Best practices for proper alarm management

8/7/2024

Environment and Safety B. STRAKER, JEM Advisors, Houston, Texas; T. HANSON, JEM Advisors, Mississippi; R. KENYON, JEM Advisors, Temecula, California; G. LADNIER, JEM Advisors, Daphne, Alabama; G. McLEOD, JEM Advisors, San Rafael, California; T. SAUVAIN, JEM Advisors, San Rafael, California Process alarms are critical safeguards put into place on operating units to enable operators to avoid incidents that impact a company’s safety, reliability and bottom line. It is absolutely essential to any safe facility operation that alarms are properly managed and utilized to address real and consequential operational issues before they become incidents. How can alarm management performance be evalu