There are a couple of things to consider. Many breweries use flavorings, most of which are stored as Combustible/Flammable Liquids in plastic totes. Some also store proprietary wood chips for a specific flavoring process. Raw packaging materials, such as cardboard for the six pack sleeves, and for the full cases will also lead you down a different path for protection in these storage areas.
The bottling/packaging process will also present you with large amounts of open empty boxes staged for packaging in automated multilevel staging units. These systems may cause obstructed combsutible storage areas. Many breweries will further distill "Waste Beer" to a higher alcohol content for industrial use. These areas will as you can guess should be considered and protected as Distrilleries. M ---------------------------------------- On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Justin Petcosky < [email protected]> wrote: > We have a brewery we are installing a sprinkler system in. What's your > opinions on an occupancy classification (No major flammable material. > Just beer fermenting in tanks)? In 13, ordinary group 1 calls out > beverage manufacturing and in ordinary group 2 calls out distilleries. > Engineer on the project is calling for group 2. Opinions or past > experiences? > > > > > > > > Justin Petcosky > > Project Manager/Estimator > > Petcosky and Sons > > Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Protection > > 421 Commerce Rd. > > Vestal, NY 13850 > > www.petcosky-sons.com > > 607-797-0160 Ext.105 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- *If You See Something Suspicious.... Say Something! 1-866-HLS-TIPS.* Norman Arendt, CHS III, CMAS, PhD, CFEII President Infragard Madison Members Alliance Middleton Fire District Plan Reviewer and Investigator PCII and CVI Certified _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
