For those of us in the process safety arena, we hear about “pre-planning” almost daily (or maybe we should hear it that often!). But when we actually start looking into what “preplanning” looks like, most facilities are lost at what they should be doing. Once again, I turn to the International Fire Code (IFC) to establish a baseline of activities that should be done when “preplanning”. The IFC (I’m using the 2015 edition) establishes some baselines for the different types of occupancies, of which I will be discussing Group H Occupancies, which is what most PSM/RMP facilities would fall under. To be more specific, I will be using Group H-5 occupancy requirements from my semi-conductor days. Here is a breakdown of the topics we should consider covering in our “preplanning”…