Standards
ISA-18.2
Definition
The alarm management standard for the process industries, defining an alarm as an indication of an abnormal condition requiring a timely operator response, and setting out a lifecycle from philosophy through monitoring.
Its central premise is that an alarm without a defined operator response is not an alarm. Widely used rate targets, from EEMUA 191, put a workable system at roughly six alarms per hour per operator.
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