a diagram that specifies the conditions and events necessary for a failure, in this case a fire, to occur
a formal method for determining, organizing and evaluating possible direct causes for a mishap and to trace them to root causes
a graphical representation of a logical structure representing undesired events ("failures") and their causes
a graphical tool used to understand the relationships that either directly cause or contribute to the cause of a particular failure
a logical diagram that displays the interrelationships between a potential critical event (accident) in a system and the reasons for this event
a logical diagram that illustrates the coherence between an undesired event in a system and the causes of this event
a powerful risk-analysis tool, but its greatest limitation is the availability of relevant failure data
a symbolic logic diagram, in the form of an inverted tree, showing the cause and effect relationship between an undesired event and contributing causes
a tool for making sure that you have a visual representation of all the possible causes of an anomaly