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Code Requirements
and Rack Design for
In-Rack Sprinklers
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Warehouse fire & statistics
Source: NFPA
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Warehouse fire & statistics
Source: NFPA
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Warehouse fire & statistics
Source: NFPA
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Record storage – NJ
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Plastics ASRS - SC
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Refrigerated processed meat – NJ
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Recent significant warehouse fires
Retail store with storage in rear – SC
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Solutions: Sprinklers - effective
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Pertinent design & building codes
• National Fire Protection Assn.
(NFPA) 13
• International Fire Code
• Edition varies by jurisdiction
• Authority Having Jurisdiction
(AHJ) role
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3 Basic Questions:
• What is stored?
• How is it stored?
• How high is it stored?
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What is stored?
• Class I: “…non-combustible on pallets, ..single- layered
carton..”
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What is stored?
• Class II: “…non-combustible in wooden crates, ..multiple-
layered carton..”
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What is stored?
• Class III: “…product fashioned from wood, paper, natural
fibers ..or Group C plastics..”
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What is stored?
• Class IV: “ Group B plastics or partial (5-25%) Group A
plastics..”
– Cellulosics
– Chlorophrene rubber
– Fluroplastics
– Natural rubber
– Nylon
– Silicone rubber
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What is stored?
• Group A Plastics
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What is stored?
• Mixed commodities
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What is stored?
• Pallet types
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How is it stored?
• Floor stacked
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How is it stored?
• Solid shelving
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How is it stored?
• Back to back racks
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How is it stored?
• High density (pallet flow, push back, drive-in, ASRS)
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How high is it stored?
• < 12 feet
• < = 25 feet
• > 25 feet
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Special cases
• Tires
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Special cases
• Rolled paper
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Special cases
• Record storage
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Special cases
• Movable shelving
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Special cases
• High volume, low velocity fans
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Flue spaces
– Transverse
– Longitudinal
– IFC 2012 code
change – AHJ can
demand “devices”
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• “Open” shelves
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Solid Shelving
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Clearances for water
spray
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Location to prevent head damage
from lift equipment
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Weight of pipes with water
• Solid baffles (horizontal &
vertical for aerosols,
plastics)
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Impact of sprinklers on rack design
• Seismic bracing
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ESFR type sprinklers
• Definition
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Comparison to
conventional
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Trends in protection schemes
• Suppression vs.
containment
• Firefighter action (or
inaction)
• Recent NFPA Research
Foundation for
suppression ideas re:
ASRS structures
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Trends in protection schemes
• Any expected changes to codes in the works
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