Generator Room Fire Protection

Civil defense is requesting the protection the generator room is located in concrete factory it is in detached separate room with 2 hrs fire resisting rating wall we have to stick to ibc nfpa we have water supply for class ii fhc i forgot to add in the post that it is used as an emergency power supply i believe that makes difference as i have read in nfpa 110 that fire extinguishing.

Generator room fire protection.

Generator room fire suppression. Question asked by rai mahesh on oct 14 2018 latest reply on oct 14 2018 by milt werner. Power generator fire suppression systems. Generator and fire pump room fire suppression systems published on october 7 2015 october 7 2015 14 likes 6 comments.

Using flammable fuels and oils power generators and distributors pose a serious fire risk to equipment and assets as well as the generators themselves. Like show 0 likes 0. This standard contains requirements covering the performance of emergency and standby power systems providing an alternate source of electrical power to loads in buildings and facilities in the event that the primary power source fails. The room in which the generator is loctaed must have a two hour fire rating addressed by the ventilation system.

Four factors primarily play into the selection of a suppression system for a generator room. The national fire protection association nfpa is a nonprofit organization that was established in 1896 to eliminate death injury and property loss due to fire and electrical rated hazards. Ventilation of the space for cooling and combustion air flammable combustible liquid storage and delivery storage of class a combustibles in the room and equipment tolerance to non fire damage to due to suppression. Minimum requirements set for the national fire protection association nfpa in the national electric code nec is that a person must be able to complete service duties with enclosure doors open and for two people to pass one another.

These are but a few of the generator. According to nfpa 110 that recommend pre action system to be protected in generator room.