The Environmental
health and Safety Facility annex (formerly the Volatile
solvents Storage Building) is a unique building in
that it was designed and constructed for the storage
of flammable/combustible chemicals and compressed
gases. The facility is one story of fire resistive
construction containing two chemical and one compressed
gas storage rooms, an office and electrical equipment
room.
Each room plus the common corridor, and
electrical equipment room are protected with a Halon
1301 fire extinguishing
system. Each of the six Halon systems is independent of the others. The
Halon systems are interconnected with the buildings fire alarm system consisting
of manual pull
stations, smoke detectors, and visible/audible devices. This system is
connected to
the Pine Street Police Station.
Portable fire extinguisher's are
located throughout the facility.
All electrical systems and associated wiring/devices
are rated as Class I, Division II for Hazardous locations
per the National Electric Code, NFPA 70. Emergency
electrical power has been provided via the EHS
emergency generator.
Mechanical exhausting of each room has been provided
with exhausting equipment installed on the roof of the
facility.
Roof skylights serve as "blow out"
panels. All of the floors are coated with
non-conductive materials. Grounding buss
bars have been provided in the two chemical storage
rooms. Storage shelving is wood construction
rather than metal to reduce the possibility of sparking.
Fire department suppression equipment has access on
the North and East sides. The East side access is
through the loading dock door of the Health Science
Facility.
Two exits on the North and South ends of the
building provide sufficient means of emergency exiting.
Knox Boxes have been installed on
the North and South sides of the building on the
exterior with keys for exterior doors, and fire alarm panels to be used by the
fire department as needed.
This building is multi-classified as a Storage and
Industrial occupancy. |
