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)
