Thanks Guys, this helps. They are getting their insurance company and state fire marshal involved so we will see what happens. This building burnt not too long ago and now they want to make it larger. They may reconsider.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Trash Transfer Station Despite recycling efforts, municipal waste (I think) remains largely paper with wood and plastics interspersed. I would expect fires in transfers station piles to behave similarly to baled waste paper fires, with added heat release from the plastics. On a facility like this a number of years back, we married the requirements of FM data Sheet 8-22 on baled waste paper storage with the requirements of class IV solid pile storage (or maybe we used plastics?). Can't recall the details, as they were left behind at a previous employer - but that was the concept. Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection Engineer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile: 701.371.5759 | http://www.kfiengineers.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Trash Transfer Station That was my initiating and there was no conclusion posted. In my case I had a cascading pile about 12-15 ft high of Class IV (based on observation from existing facility). I was considering adjusting the requirements for a pile of wood chips (Class III) to Class IV. >From a letter I received off Forum, supposedly AFSA has information on loss history, but I haven't been able to get a hold of it. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com On Aug 9, 2013, at 8:31 AM, "Fire Protection Services" <[email protected]> wrote: > Forum > > > > A few weeks ago there was a post on trash transfer stations. > > Could someone tell me what the conclusion was? EH2 comes to mind but > not sure. > > I have deleted those emails and apparently the monthly email to search > the archives. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
