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[curious_cat]

Are there any good documents that recommend design guidelines for firefighting systems for chemical plants?

 

I have seen documents for oil refineries / petrochem installations / Oil  Gas etc. but those are not very applicable to a standalone chemical facility. 

 

Specifically, something that advises on fire fighting header design / sizing / water storage capacity / hydrant spacing  etc. 

 

The facility in question is small sized, approx. 2000 tons/year of a specialty chemical. 

[breizh]

Hi Curious-cat

The answer is yes : NFPA 20/30 ;

Attached document from internet ( quite old)  .

Another great resource if you can get access to it is standard ( guidelines ) provided by FM global (insurance and risk management).

 

Breizh

[breizh]

http://www.williamsf...Protection.aspx

 

http://publicecodes..../2009/index.htm

 

Additional input .

 

Breizh

Edited by breizh, 20 April 2016 - 11:01 PM.