Over­view

More than one third of all large-scale fire dam­age in com­mer­cial op­er­a­tions and in­dustry oc­curs in stor­age and lo­gist­ics areas. Lo­gist­ics busi­nesses char­ac­ter­ist­ic­ally store large amounts of goods - and thus a high volume of as­sets - in a com­par­at­ively small area. The total sum of fire loads and the rapid spread­ing of fire com­bine to form ex­treme haz­ard po­ten­tials. As a res­ult, a fire can quickly threaten the sur­vival of an en­tire busi­ness. Es­pe­cially in the field of stor­age and lo­gist­ics there are nu­mer­ous cru­cial cri­teria for the se­lec­tion of the best type of fire pro­tec­tion. The first step is to dif­fer­en­ti­ate between the vari­ous stor­age types, from high rack stor­age to ver­tical rotary racks. The type of goods moved and stored also plays a sig­ni­fic­ant role, since these may dif­fer greatly in their com­pos­i­tion and char­ac­ter­ist­ics. Spe­cial risks, such as the stor­age of paper rolls or tires, often re­quire spe­cific fire pro­tec­tion solu­tions. And fi­nally, the com­mis­sion­ing area, the server room and other peri­pheral areas have to be taken into con­sid­er­a­tion.

Protected Area

1

Emer­gency power gen­er­at­ors

2

Re­fri­ger­ated stor­age

3

Stor­age of haz­ard­ous sub­stances

4

Server rooms

5

Of­fices

6

Small & heavy load car­ri­ers

7

Block stor­age

8

Com­mis­sion­ing

9

Tire depot

10

Paper roll de­pots

11

High rack stor­age

12

Ver­tical rotary racks

1. 1

   Emer­gency power gen­er­at­ors

2. 2

   Re­fri­ger­ated stor­age

3. 3

   Stor­age of haz­ard­ous sub­stances

4. 4

   Server rooms

5. 5

   Of­fices

6. 6

   Small & heavy load car­ri­ers

7. 7

   Block stor­age

8. 8

   Com­mis­sion­ing

9. 9

   Tire depot

10. 10

    Paper roll de­pots

11. 11

    High rack stor­age

12. 12

    Ver­tical rotary racks