Of course, But you have to drench the area for, say 10 hours?
Couple of month ago I attended a fire of such a pile. It was in the yard. Flame detectors initiated water monitors automatically. After 2 hours and 18 min. the 250,000 galon reservoir was depleted. I was sent by the Insurers. One of the first think I did was to shut off the 2x3000GPM diesel pumps (in the last minute). The firefighting duration was 14 hours. Regard 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 11:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: baled waste paper 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-firesprinkl > er.org > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkl > er.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
