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3206.2 Extent and Type of Protection

Fire Code 2015 of Alabama > 32 High-Piled Combustible Storage > 3206 General Fire Protection and Life Safety Features > 3206.2 Extent and Type of Protection
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Where required by Table 3206.2, fire detection systems, smoke and heat removal and automatic sprinkler design densities shall extend the lesser of 15 feet (4572 mm) beyond the high-piled storage area or to a permanent partition. Where portions of high-piled storage areas have different fire protection requirements because of commodity, method of storage or storage height, the fire protection features required by Table 3206.2 within this area shall be based on the most restrictive design requirements.

TABLE 3206.2
GENERAL FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
COMMODITY
CLASS
SIZE OF HIGH-PILED
STORAGE AREAa

(square feet)
(see Sections 3206.2 and
3206.4)
ALL STORAGE AREAS
(See Sections 3206, 3207 and 3208)b
SOLID-PILED STORAGE, SHELF
STORAGE AND PALLETIZED STORAGE
(see Section 3207.3)
Automatic fire-extinguishing
system
(see Section
3206.4)
Fire detection
system
(see Section
3206.5)
Building
access
(see Section
3206.6)
Smoke and
heat removal
(see Section
3206.7)
Maximum pile
dimensionc

(feet)
Maximum
permissible
storage
heightd

(feet)
Maximum
pile volume
(cubic feet)
I-IV 0-500 Not
Requireda
Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
Not
Required
Not
Required
Not
Required
501-2,500 Not
Requireda
Yesi Not
Requirede
Not
Required
100 40 100,000
2,501-12,000
Public accessible
Yes Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
100 40 400,000
2,501-12,000
Nonpublic accessible
(Option 1)
Yes Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
100 40 400,000
2,501-12,000
Nonpublic accessible
(Option 2)
Not
Requireda
Yes Yes Yesj 100 30f 200,000
12,001-20,000 Yes Not
Required
Yes Yesj 100 40 400,000
20,001-500,000 Yes Not
Required
Yes Yesj 100 40 400,000
Greater than
500,000g
Yes Not
Required
Yes Yesj 100 40 400,000
High
hazard
0-500 Not
Requireda
Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
50 Not
Required
Not
Required
501-2,500
Public accessible
Yes Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
50 30 75,000
501-2,500
Nonpublic accessible
(Option 1)
Yes Not
Required
Not
Requirede
Not
Required
50 30 75,000
501-2,500
Nonpublic accessible
(Option 2)
Not
Requireda
Yes Yes Yesj 50 20 50,000
2,501-300,000 Yes Not
Required
Yes Yesj 50 30 75,000
300,001-500,000g, h Yes Not
Required
Yes Yesj 50 30 75,000

For SI: 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 cubic foot = 0.02832 m3 , 1 square foot = 0.0929 m2.
  1. Where automatic sprinklers are required for reasons other than those in Chapter 32, the portion of the sprinkler system protecting the high-piled storage area shall be designed and installed in accordance with Sections 3207 and 3208.
  2. For aisles, see Section 3206.9.
  3. Piles shall be separated by aisles complying with Section 3206.9.
  4. For storage in excess of the height indicated, special fire protection shall be provided in accordance with Note g where required by the fire code official. See Chapters 51 and 57 for special limitations for aerosols and flammable and combustible liquids, respectively.
  5. Section 503 shall apply for fire apparatus access.
  6. For storage exceeding 30 feet in height, Option 1 shall be used.
  7. Special fire protection provisions including, but not limited to, fire protection of exposed steel columns; increased sprinkler density; additional in-rack sprinklers, without associated reductions in ceiling sprinkler density; or additional fire department hose connections shall be provided when required by the fire code official.
  8. High-piled storage areas shall not exceed 500,000 square feet. A 2-hour fire wall constructed in accordance with Section 706 of the International Building Code shall be used to divide high-piled storage exceeding 500,000 square feet in area.
  9. Not required where an automatic fire-extinguishing system is designed and installed to protect the high-piled storage area in accordance with Sections 3207 and 3208.
  10. Not required where storage areas are protected by either early suppression fast response (ESFR) sprinkler systems or control mode special application sprinklers with a response time index of 50 (m • s)1/2 or less that are listed to control a fire in the stored commodities with 12 or fewer sprinklers, installed in accordance with NFPA 13.

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