Did You Know? Fire Risk in Warehouse Building - Heat Source

Did You Know? Fire Risk in Warehouse Building - Heat Source

There is serious fire exposure in a warehouse. The fire load in the warehouse usually consists largely of stored goods such as combustible goods, flammable liquids, packaging materials, and wooden pallets. Once a heat source comes into contact with stored goods, fire may easily spread throughout the warehouse building.

To prevent fire happen, we should know the basic principle of the fire triangle:

Did You Know? Fire Risk in Warehouse Building - Heat Source

The fire triangle is an illustration of three elements a fire needs to ignite. To simply put, fire can be prevented or extinguished by eliminating one of three elements in the fire triangle. In this topic, we can prevent fires by eliminating the heat source.

Did You Know? Fire Risk in Warehouse Building - Heat Source

*) Source: https://www.nfpa.org/Codes-and-Standards/All-Codes-and-Standards/List-of-Codes-and-Standards

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