I did one of these a while back. There is no good information in the Standards about this (unless there is something new). The problem is this could end up as a deep seated fire and the only real way to extinguish it is to pull all of the stuff out, look for hot spots and hit them with a hose. The closest thing I found was a vague reference to fire in piles of wood chips.
If you want to talk about it, give me a call sometime tomorrow Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860-535-2080 (tel:860-535-2080) (ofc) 860-554-7054 (tel:860-554-7054) (fax) 860-608-4559 (tel:860-608-4559) (cell) > > On Nov 9, 2023 at 11:46 AM, <Tstone52 (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > > > A local Solid Waste Company is building a new warehouse style building for > receiving, Sorting, Bailing and short term storage of recyclables. Mechanical > Sorting (Roughly 40,000 SF), will be used to sort Plastics, > Paper/Cardboard and metal. > > > > Storage will consist Bailed Paper, Bailed Plastic and Bailed Aluminum. Top of > storage shall not exceed 15’-0 high. Roughly 27,000 SF of Storage. The bails > are wrapped with metal bands or wire. > > > > > > > > I am having trouble locating NFPA 13 information concerning storage of Bailed > Materials and or deign information over the Processing/Sorting machinery. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > G. Tim Stone > > > > > > > > G. Tim Stone Consulting, LLC > > > > NICET Level III Engineering Technician > > > > Fire Protection Sprinkler Design > > > > and Consulting Services > > > > > > > > 117 Old Stage Rd. - Essex Jct., VT. 05452 > > > > CELL: (802) 373-0638 > > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum > mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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