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2.5. Grain Bin Fires
To Prevent Fires:
• Use the heater for its intended use only.
• Ventilate, purge all contaminates, and allow burner, and drying areas to cool inside the
heater, in the heater area and the grain bin before any persons enter these areas.
• Keep the maximum plenum temperature not more than the maximum set point
temperature.
• It is not recommended that this heater be installed or combined with products from other
brands/manufacturers. The design and safety features may not be compatible.
• Grain dust is a fire hazard. Keep all areas (including areas under the perforated floors) free
from dust and fines.
• Screen grain before it goes into a bin to help prevent dust buildup. Using a grain spreader
will help distribute dust/fines.
• Ensure that floor supports don’t block transitions.
• Use the fan to ventilate the bins before igniting the heater. This will reduce the risk of a fire
or explosion from leaking fuel.
• Make certain a qualified electrician wires the components.
In the Event of a Fire:
• Never enter a bin that is on fire. Grain fires can cause serious injury or death.
• Shut off gas at the source. Shut off the fan. Call the fire department.
• Clear everyone out of the work area.
• Seal the fan inlet and any other opening to smother the fire.
• Remove the fan and heater from the transition. Sandbag the transition opening. Flood the
bottom of the bin with water up to about 4” (10 cm) above the perforated floor. This will
protect the floor supports and may help extinguish the fire.
• Direct water toward the source of the fire. If a fire is in the upper portions of the bin, insert
a long pipe with small holes into the grain and deliver water to the source of the fire. Doing
so may help confine the fire, but extinguishing a grain bin fire with water is unlikely to occur.
Emptying the bin is almost always necessary.
• Take note of neighboring structures and fuel tanks, cool them down if necessary.
• Remove all grain from the bin to reach the fire.
• Do not cut holes in the bin to remove the grain. Stay clear of flowing grain, it can bury a
person.
• Grain smoulders for days. Do not restart the fan until all grain has been removed from the
fire area.
AXIAL FAN HEATER – LP AND NG-FIRED HEATER