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Presented by:
Gary Smith
Warehouse Fire
Sprinkler Codes
and Impact on
Storage Racks
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Today’s Topics
• Warehouse fire statistics
• Recent significant warehouse fires
• Sprinkler system design basics
• Impact on racking layout
• Current code enforcement trends
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Warehouse fire statistics
Source: NFPA
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Warehouse fire statistics
Source: NFPA
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Warehouse fire statistics
Source: NFPA
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Record storage – NJ
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Plastics ASRS - SC
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Refrigerated processed meat – NJ
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Retail store with storage in rear - SC
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Gap clothing - NY
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Furniture storage - IL
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Solutions: Sprinklers – effective
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Pertinent design & building codes
• National Fire Protection Assn.
(NFPA) 13
• International Fire Code
• Edition varies by jurisdiction
• Authority Having Jurisdiction
(AHJ) role
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Design process: 3 Basic Questions
• What is stored?
• How is it stored?
• How high is it
stored
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What is stored?
• Class I: “..non-combustible on pallets, ..single-layered
carton..”
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What is stored?
• Class II: “…non-combustible in wooden crates,
..multiple-layered carton..”
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What is stored? • Class III: “…product fashioned from wood, paper, natural
fibers ..or Group C plastics
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What is stored?
Class IV: “ Group B plastics or partial
(5-25%) Group A plastics..”
• Cellulosics
• Chlorophrene rubber
• Fluroplastics
• Natural rubber
• Nylon
• Silicone rubber
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What is stored?
• Group A Plastics • Group A Plastics
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What is stored?
• Mixed commodities
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How is it stored?
• Solid shelving
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How high is it stored?
• < 12 feet
• < = 25 feet
• > 25 feet
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Special cases
• Tires
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Special cases
• Record storage
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Special cases
• Movable shelving
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Special cases
• High volume, low velocity fans
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Flue spaces
– Transverse
– Longitudinal
– IFC 2012 code
change – AHJ can
demand “devices
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design Flue devices
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• “Open” shelves
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Solid shelving
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Clearances for water
spray
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Location to prevent head
damage from lift equipment
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Weight of pipes with
water
• Solid baffles (horizontal
& vertical for aerosols,
plastics)
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Current code enforcement trends
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Issues being heard
– Why all the recent concern about warehouse fire
protection?
– I need longer row spacers
– I need longer beams
– I need a device to keep product out of “flue” spaces
– I need something called a “baffle” or “barrier”
– Do all these requirements really make a difference?
– Why is my rack permit being held up by the fire marshal?
– I need a “High Pile Permit”?
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Reason # 1: Changes in commodities being stored
A Baby Boomer Christmas
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Reason # 1: Changes in commodities being stored
A Millennial Christmas
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Reason # 1: Changes in commodities being stored
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Reason # 2: Fire fighting philosophy
See video
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Reason # 3: Larger financial loses
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Reason # 4: Changes in protection schemes / equipment
Rack geometry, in conjunction with the customer’s product size & placement, is an integral part of the overall fire suppression scheme.
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