Businesses should continue testing fire protection and detection systems regularly
Technical pre-planning helps firefighters achieve a positive outcome.
Pre-plans for fire emergencies must be continually edited and updated.
The Toronto court also imposed a 25% surcharge that will be credited to a government fund to assist crime victims.
Tank-to-tank fire spread occurs from spreading ground-level liquid fires or radiant heat transfer.
Manufacturing facility sprinkler design is derived from experience with what were called pipe schedule sprinkler systems.
With tanks, original blueprints and drawings should be kept as reference points. These documents can be used to compare notes and measurements such as steel thickness.
Regulations for storing chemical or oils are a lot stricter than for water storage — for obvious reasons. After all, water is not going to catch fire and explode, potentially releasing toxins into the environment.
In the case of sprinkler systems guidelines are provided by NFPA 13 which is the standard that governs automatic sprinklers and intends that fire department connections are to supplement the water supply.
Tanks must have an adequate water supply and be properly maintained so that they are working during emergencies.