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SUMMARY:Leicestershire Distribution Warehouse Sprinkler Actuation
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nFire Rescue Service; Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service (LFRS)\nDate of Incident 16 March 2022\nTime of call; 21:30\nLocation of incident; Magna Park\, Leicestershire (Lutterworth)\nUse of building; Warehouse\nType of incident; fire\nFixed firefighting system: Sprinkler System (Wet Pipe)\nWater Supply\, water storage tank\n2x sprinkler heads actuate\n\n  \n  \n       \nImages\, credit LFRS \n  \nThe Incident  \n\n\nLFRS have reported the following fire requiring the mobilisation of five appliances from Leicestershire and Warwickshire FRS.\n\n\nThe location of the fire was in the distribution warehouse involving the pallet racking system used to store a variety of goods.\n\n\nThe cause of the fire is under investigation; however\, the seat of the fire was at low level spreading vertically to the pallets above due to the combustible material/fire loading.\n\n\nThe fire was not immediately contained/suppressed by the sprinkler system as in rack sprinkler protection was not installed\, in rack sprinkler systems on activation release water into a targeted area to minimise damage\, downtime for the facility.\n\n\nThis is advantageous as it ensures that fires that begin in the lower/middle areas of the rack can be extinguished before it consumes surrounding combustible material allowing further potential fire spread\n\n\nThe sprinkler system was located above the top layer of racking\, resulting in a delay for the predetermined temperature to be reached allowing the sprinkler heads to actuate.\n\n\nTwo sprinkler heads actuated containing/suppressing the fire preventing further fire spread. The benefit of which allowed operational crews time to establish their operational tactical plan prior to committing crews to extinguish the fire using Breathing Apparatus and one hose reel jet\n\n\nA forklift was used to remove the damaged pallets affected by the fire. No injuries were reported\n\n\nFire Data Warehouses \nFire data relating to primary fires attended by FRSs in the UK for Warehouses where sprinklers were present\, operated for the ¹financial years 2018/19 to 2020/21 accounted for 59 fires of which 17 operated. The impact of the sprinkler system in controlling or extinguishing the fire is known for all 17 fires where the system operated\, this data can be used to measure the performance reliability of the system.\nPerformance reliability measures the effectiveness of the system when it is activated and is defined where the sprinkler system contained/controlled\, extinguished the fire.\n\n\nFrom the 17 sprinkler activations.\n\n\n8 x fires were contained or controlled (47.5%)\n\n\n8 x fires were extinguished (47.5%)\n\n\n1x fire did not contain/control (6%)\n\n\nThis incident clearly identifies once again the benefits of installing sprinklers in warehouses re-enforced by the above-mentioned data. \nThe inclusion of a sprinkler system for property protection can\n\n\nPrevent major financial and equipment losses\,\n\n\nPrevent a potential major fire\, turning it into a minor incident\n\n\nPrevent a business from going out of business\n\n\nLinks;\n\n\nBAFSA; Warehouses & modern logistics facilities\, our vision we believe that automatic fire sprinklers are an essential implement in the business resilience tool kit\n\n\nLeicestershire Fire & Rescue Service; website\n\n\n¹Source: FOI Requests for Incident Recording System Data relating to primary fires attended by FRSs in which sprinklers were present for England\, Scotland\, and Wales for the financial years 2018/19 to 2020/21
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LOCATION:lutterworth
CATEGORIES:Commercial
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