Contaiment and retention are part of the overall hazards analysis. I was not about to perform such a comprehensive task here on the board, just providing a starting point. If the person attempting to perform a hazards analtsis is not familiar with the broad scope of such an effort then they don't need to start. Find someone experienced in doing these in depth analysis' and pay them to do the job. A real comprehensive Hazards Analysis isn't something you can do in a few minutes or even hours in some cases and certainly can't cover in depth on a forum a such as this.
Besides, like it or not, for most applications where toxics or highly tocics are used or stored, water based sprinklers are the norm and no special containment or retention is generally called for. Not in every case but in most. The premise being that these chemicals are not going to be a player in the fire part of the incident and most likely will be diluted to a point where they are no longer hazardous. BUT and again I say BUT, you need to consult the MSDS information as this is often addressed and look at CFR regs., local codes, Department of Health/Environment services or whatever your local agency may be called and find out if there are special considerations. Craig Prahl 864-599-4102 ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of douglas hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pesticides Storage And when you put water on the Haz Mat chemicals what do you end up with? How is the resulting liquid Haz Mat going to be dealt with? Dykes, underground tanks, just let it run into the storm drains, hope it evaporates? Douglas Hicks General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:34 PM Subject: RE: Pesticides Storage Ray, First in order to do any kind of analysis you need MSDS on ALL of the products to be stored, then you need to know what kind of conatiners, if they are racked or palletized, how high and how much. Do you have a rack or storage arrangement plan? I assume you already know the building construction characteristics? Don't assume that NFPA 30 will be the only place to look. Flammables and combustible liquids will probably be the least of any commodity when it comes to pesticides. Mostly you'll be dealing with toxics and highly toxics which don't have a big impact on the fire protection systems in and of themselves but they do have major impact on other systems which could in turn affect your installation, such as ductwork (obstructions). Toxics are addressed in the Building Code as far as allowable quantities in reference to occupancy classifications. Most likely you will be dealing with an "H" Occupancy. _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.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 http://lists.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)
