Driven Fire was contracted by an engineering and architectural firm to create fire protection engineering documents for three new buildings on the Empirical Foods campus: Main Building, Warehouse, and Wastewater Treatment Facility. All three buildings are supplied by a suction tank and pump located at the Main Building. Engineering documents for the Main Building consisted of a plan showing which areas required sprinkler protection, their design requirements, and a manual wet and manual dry standpipe layout. The Warehouse utilized ceiling level only ESFR sprinkler protection for all areas of the building including palletized, solid-piled, and rack storage. The Wastewater Treatment Facility system utilized standard spray sprinklers to protect hazardous chemical storage and anhydrous ammonia storage. The International Fire Code and FM Data Sheet 7-14: Protection for Chemical Plants due to the Storage of Liquefied Flammable Gas were referenced to determine the proper design criteria for the automatic sprinkler system. By preparing these fire protection engineering documents for each of the three buildings, the owner could be confident that the installing contractors were providing code compliant systems based on what was required by the International Fire Code and the best practices of similar occupancies.
Project Type
New Construction
Area of Application (sq. ft.)
100,000 to 125,000
Number of Stories
4
Number of Sprinklers
1,250 to 1,500
Number of Zones
6
Design Standards
NFPA 13, 14, and 20
System Type(s)
Fire Pump, Manual Dry Standpipe, Stand Pipe, Wet
Occupancy Classifications
Special: FM Data Sheet 7-14: Fire Protection For Chemical Plants Due to the Storage of Liquefied Flammable Gas, Light, Ordinary, Storage
Description
Driven Fire was contracted by an engineering and architectural firm to create fire protection engineering documents for three new buildings on the Empirical Foods campus: Main Building, Warehouse, and Wastewater Treatment Facility. All three buildings are supplied by a suction tank and pump located at the Main Building. Engineering documents for the Main Building consisted of a plan showing which areas required sprinkler protection, their design requirements, and a manual wet and manual dry standpipe layout. The Warehouse utilized ceiling level only ESFR sprinkler protection for all areas of the building including palletized, solid-piled, and rack storage. The Wastewater Treatment Facility system utilized standard spray sprinklers to protect hazardous chemical storage and anhydrous ammonia storage. The International Fire Code and FM Data Sheet 7-14: Protection for Chemical Plants due to the Storage of Liquefied Flammable Gas were referenced to determine the proper design criteria for the automatic sprinkler system. By preparing these fire protection engineering documents for each of the three buildings, the owner could be confident that the installing contractors were providing code compliant systems based on what was required by the International Fire Code and the best practices of similar occupancies.
New Construction
100,000 to 125,000
4
1,250 to 1,500
6
NFPA 13, 14, and 20
Fire Pump, Manual Dry Standpipe, Stand Pipe, Wet
Special: FM Data Sheet 7-14: Fire Protection For Chemical Plants Due to the Storage of Liquefied Flammable Gas, Light, Ordinary, Storage
Storage Tank + Fire Pump