The standard allows for the inclusion of a higher hazard pallets if the number is limited to X (can't remember without looking it up) and the pallets cannot be next to each other. But it requires that the fork lift driver and the warehouse manager is on top of things to ensure that the requirement is enforced.
Kevin Law, PE Sr. Fire Protection Engineer HVAC/Fire Protection, M&PE Bechtel National - WTP Project Ph. 509-371-3280 Cell 509-531-5715 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Casterline Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: commodities in a warehouse rack What if down the road somebody forgets where what is supposed to be stored? -----Original Message----- From: Matt Grise [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:32 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: commodities in a warehouse rack I have a scenario where a customer is looking to store pallet loads of products in a rack. They have two typical types of product. One is an expanded, exposed group A plastic, the other is a group 3 paper product. Racks are 3 levels high, single row. The idea came up to store the plastics only on the first and second levels with only paper on the third level. The thought was that the protection level could be selected to protect the plastics to the height of the second tier, but then paper to the height of the third tier. I am concerned that this may not result in a high enough protection level since (I imagine) the protection level for storage of plastics to a certain level is based on the sprinklers spraying directly onto the commodities and not being obstructed by an additional level of product - even if that additional level is a lower hazard. Any thoughts? 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 _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
