You have minimum road widths and clearances for fire apparatus. They need to submit that plan to the local fire authority for approval before they start paving.
They also need to be careful with excavation near the foundation of the tank. You do not want to disturb earth around a structure such as this. Sounds like someone with very little clue as to what they are doing or proposing. Craig L. Prahl Fire Protection Group Lead CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29303 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Denhardt Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:32 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Protecting a fire water tank Common sense should apply here. John Sent from my iPad > On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:23 PM, "Karen Lesko" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have somebody that wants to pave a new road right up against a fire water > tank on an industrial site. I can't find a code requirement for a > barrier/bollards to protect the tank because a vehicle will literally be able > to scrape against the tank. Thanks in advance for help on this. > _______________________________________________ > 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
