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3.2.2.5.(3)
ApplicationIntent
OP1OS1
ObjectiveOS1 Fire Safety
Attribution
[F81-OS1.1] [F81,F02,F12-OS1.2]
Application
Application 1: 
Posting of storage method and maximum height of storage as described in Clauses 3.2.2.5.(2)(b) and (c), in storage areas, as part of the fire safety plan.
This applies to buildings or parts of buildings used for the short- or long-term indoor storage of the following products, whether raw or waste materials, goods in process, or finished goods:
Application 2: 
This also applies to fire safety plans for areas where processes and operations involve a risk of explosion, high flammability or related conditions which create a hazard to life safety, inside buildings, as stated in Clause 5.1.5.1.(2)(a).
Exceptions: 
except as exempted in:
  • Sentence 3.1.1.4.(1), which applies to:
    • the storage and dispensing of Class 2.1 flammable gases at fuel dispensing stations, and
    • facilities operated by manufacturers or distributors [handling or storing more than 1 500 kg, as stated in Appendix A] of Class 2 gases, and
  • Sentence 3.2.1.1.(2), which applies to high rack storage warehouses with storage heights greater than 13 m.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To limit the probability of unsafe storage practices, or accidental mixing or mishandling of products, which could lead to a fire or explosion, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders.
Intent 2: 
To limit the probability of unsafe storage practices, or accidental mixing or mishandling of products, which could lead to inappropriate emergency response actions in a fire situation, which could lead to the spread of fire, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders.
Intent 3: 
To limit the probability that the fire load of the products will not be controlled or limited, which could lead to the ineffectiveness of automatic or manual firefighting operations in a fire situation involving the stored products, which could lead to the spread of fire beyond its area of origin, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders.
Intent 4: 
To limit the probability that aisle widths will be inadequate, which could lead to firefighting operations being delayed or ineffective, which could lead to the spread of fire, which could lead to harm to persons, including emergency responders.
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