WASTE DISPOSAL & RECYCLING
from airborne ignition sources – such as the famous Chinese lantern incident at a recycling plant in Smethwick in 2013.
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Waste storage barns and canopies can also be fitted with sprinkler systems, which prevent fires spreading to nearby stores or facilities. Professional systems are designed to match the fire load presented; high risk areas, such as waste management facilities, have a greater density of sprinkler heads. Sprinkler systems have an extremely high success rate of extinguishing fires.
COST EFFECTIVE The sheer number of waste storage fires has had a dramatic effect on insurance cover, with a number of insurers pushing up premiums or declining to offer buildings, contents, machinery and business interruption cover. Yet De Boer has worked with loss adjusters who look favourably on waste storage with a protective covering and their risk clearly reduced.
Semi permanent structures also have a number of benefits over ‘bricks and mortar’ solutions, as they can be erected swiftly, relocated to a future site if necessary and can have a life span of 25 years. Temporary structures are a robust solution, which meet stringent regulations and can be modified to exact operational needs.
The use of tensioned fabric as the cladding detail also offers a further significant cost effective benefit. Many steel framed, steel clad buildings are damaged beyond repair in the event of a fire owing to the uncontrolled build-up of heat within the structure, causing the building to collapse.
By comparison, a tensioned fabric structure will allow the heat to escape, preventing damage to the structural steel frame. The ease and speed with which a new fabric panel can be fitted means that day-to-day operations can be resumed quickly and efficiently, with minimal losses to the insurer.
“THE ANNUAL ‘FIRE STATISTICS REPORT’ FROM THE SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE SUGGESTS THAT THE WASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY SUFFERS A FIRE AT LEAST ONCE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.”
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In 2013 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service estimated that the financial cost of emergency service attendance at refuse fires in 2012/13 cost £15.9 million. Now is the time to realise the potential cost savings that semi- permanent structures can offer the waste management industry.
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