Dan, I pretty much assume that the goal of the sprinkler system in this case is to contain the fire until it can be handled manually, as you say, by removing bales from the building. And also to send an alarm.
Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Apr 1, 2014, at 3:01 PM, "Dan Arbel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Todd, > > The period it takes to extinguish a fire in a pile of waste paper bales is > the time it takes to remove at least 80% of the bales by heavy equipment. > > Dan > > www.riskmanage.com > Tel: 972-4-8243337, 972-777-504-011 > Fax: 972-4-8243278, > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd - > Work > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: baled waste paper > > Is there any discussion on protection of baled waste paper other than in FM > Global standards? > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > 860-535-2080 (ofc) > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
