Outside piles of combustibles are typically protected by area hydrants only.
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Specialist Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [email protected] http://www.ch2m.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - FPDC Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nuts Do you have a potential of a deep seeded fire within a pile of nuts that sprinklers may not be able to protect. You might want to read up on piles of Commodities stored outside to get some insight on how a fire would behave. Sounds like a job for an FPE. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2010, at 2:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Combustible dust will be an issue but you're not going to provide any > kind of protection against it from a fire suppression standpoint. > Protection and control of dust explosions area handled by a > combination of architectural and structural features. > >> From a fire protection standpoint, NFPA 13 identifies bagged nuts as >> a Class III commodity. That's the closes you get there. > > If you're looking for an Occupancy classification most likely OH 2 > gets the closest since it includes Agricultural, Feed and Cereal > Mills. > > > > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt > Grise > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:53 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Nuts > > That reminds me of a recycling center I looked at. They just dumped > paper and plastic on the ground and pushed it around with wheel > loaders. We called their setup 'solid pile storage'. > > One thing that comes to mind: their warehouse sounds dusty...do they > have/need any dust explosion protection? > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dennis Browning > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Nuts > > I have a warehouse where they dump nuts [in the shell] onto the > floor and then push them around with skip loaders and dump them into > bins and/or conveyors. My question is what would the design > parameters be? This is a new one for me but I'm sure not new in the > industry! Any help would be much appreciated. > Dennis Browning > Browning Fire Protection > Office # (541) 245-0466 > Fax # (541) 245-0498 > Email: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > [email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > [email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:Sprinklerforum- > [email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
