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2.2 Minimum fire safety requirements
BC-01
Boiler room Floor of concrete construction, either bare or tiled. All materials
for floor, walls and ceiling must be fire-resistant to F60/REI60
rating.
Boiler rooms door:
The Boiler room’s door also might close
single handed and it has to be possible to close off the door.
Connecting doors to the fuel storeroom must also be Class
T30/EI
2
30-C fire doors, self-closing and lockable. There must
be no direct connection to rooms in which flammable gases or
liquids are stored.
Fuel storeroom The same minimum fire safety requirements apply as for the
boiler room.
Storeroom doors/hatches
: Storeroom doors/hatches must be
fire safe to Class T30/EI
2
30-C, self-closing and lockable. There
must be a warning sign carrying the message "Do not enter
when feeder system is running" attached to the storeroom
door/hatch.
Fireproof collars:
If the storeroom is not situated directly
adjacent to the boiler room, a fireproof collar must be fitted to
the extraction and air return pipes at their wall exit points from
the boiler room. If the outfeed auger goes directly into the
boiler room, it is factory fitted with a special fire safety lining.
No additional fireproof collars are required on the air pipes. If
the outfeed auger is sited entirely inside the storeroom (i.e. if
the outfeed auger does not extend out of the storeroom),
fireproof collars must similarly be fitted to the extraction and air
return pipes at their wall exit points from the storeroom.
> 50 m³
HLE - Manual fire extinguisher
: If 50 m³ of fuel or more can
be stored, a manually operated fire extinguishing facility must
be installed. It must be protected against freezing and
connected to a pressurised water pipe (DN20 conduit). The
discharge point must be located directly above where the fuel
outfeed channel exits the storeroom. The fire extinguishing
facility must be identified by a sign carrying the inscription
"Fuel storeroom fire extinguisher".
Filler pipes
: Filler pipes through rooms where there is a fire
risk must be provided with Class F90/REI90 cladding.
