Army Ammunition Plants Fire Fighting Foam Guide 1980

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CONTRACTOR REPORT ARLCD-CR-80049
ENGINEERING GUIDE FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND DETECTION SYSTEMS
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AT ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTS
VOLUME I
SELECTION AND DESIGN
LOUIS JOBLOVE
MANUEL AVELAR
NORVAL DOBBS
AMMANN & WHITNEY
TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER FEB 1 8 1981
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
LEONARD FRANK B
ARRADCOM
DECEMBER 1980
VLUSA ARMYR ARMAGMENT ERESEAR CH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
CALIBER
WEAPON SYSTEMS LABORATORY
DOVER, NEW JERSEY
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Fire extinguishing systems Propagation of fire
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T'his i eport presents guidelines for the design of fire protection systems for
use in Army Ammunition Plants. Reference is made to existing published standards
for frire protection systems and applications of standard and specialized systems.
Also presented are approaches to estimating fire protection systems cost.,
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FOREWORD
This is Volume I of a two-part report which assembles into
one document basic guidelines and criteria for the design and
testing of fire protection and detection systems for use at Army
Ammunition Plants. Volume I covers "Selection and Dcsign" and
Volume II covers "Testing" of such systems. The report is intended
to serve as a guide for:
1. Managers of plant modernization and expansion programs.
2. Managers of plant safety divisions.
3. Plant fire protection personnel including designers.
4. Other interested Department of Defense fire protection
personnel.
5. Architect/Engineer firms involved in the design of
facilities for Army Ammunition Plants.
The report places particular emphasis on the "hardened water
curtain", which is a blast-resistant fire protection system developed
by the Energetic Systems Process Division of the Large Caliber Weapon
Systems Laboratory of ARRADCOM for installation in ramps which connect
adjoining buildings. A hardened water curtain combines elements of
ultra high-speed deluge systems with special piping configurations,
and its primary purpose is to reduce the possibility of propagation
of fire and explosion from building to building. The report also
provides guidelines for conventional fire protection systems.
Reference is made in the report to existing publications of the
National Fire Protection Association and governmental and insurance
agencies which should be conformed to as applicable, and procedures
are outlined for estimating costs for fire protection systems.
In any program for installation of fire protection systems in
new or revamped facilities, or for upgrading of existing fire protection,
priorities should be established in order to achieve maximum benefit
with the available funds. Determining such priorities will require a
hazards evaluation of the component areas of the facility, including
considerations of personnel exposure, operations critical to production,
and dollar value of structures and equipment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SUMMARY
INTRODUCI I UN
Back ground 3
Purpose and Objective 3
Format ano Scope of Report 4
SITE WATER SUPPLY
General 5
Water Supply Capacity 5
Flow Demand and Duration 6
Sample: Determination of Required Water Supply'
System Capacity 7
Site Distribution System 8
Protection Against Effect of Line Rupture 9
EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
General 10
Automatic Sprinkler Systems 11
Water Spray Fixed Systems 14
Foam Water Sprinkler and Spray Systems 14
Design Requirements 14
•alon Systems 15
Carbon Dioxide Systems 16
Standpipe ana tHose Systems 16
Portable Fire Extinguishers 17
DLTECTION SYSTEMS
General 18
Detection Devices 10
Control and Alarm Panels 21
Telephone Alarm Signals 22 Vol-
Available Equipment 22
POWER SUPPLY 1 (
General 23
•Etiergency Supply Power 23
. Battery Pack 23
Intrinsically Safe Systems 23
DILI/or
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SYSTEMS FOR SPECIAL HAZARUS
General 25,
Ultra High-Speed Deluge Systems 2b
Applications in Munition Manufacturing Facilities 27
Design Requirements for Deluge Systems at
High Hazard Work Stations 28
HARUENED WATER CURTAINS
General 29
Hardened Water Curtain 29
Special Valving 31
Protection Levels with Hardened Systems 32
Selection of Protection Levels 34
Firebreaks in Ramps 39
ANALYSIS OF FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
General 41
Hazard Probability 41
Hazard Severity/Accident Categories 42
Aialysi s 44
SYSTEM COSTING
General 45
Site Water Supply and Distribution Systems 45
.unventional Automatic Sprinkler Systems 4b
Ultra High-Speed Deluge Systems at Work Stations 4j
Hardened Water Curtains at Ramps 46
Rate-of-Flow Devices for Pressure Loss Protection 46
Halon and Carbon Dioxide Systems for Computer
and motor Control Rooms 4b
Demlition ": $
Engi neeri ng 41
Tabulation 41
.EFERENCES 48
DISTRIBUTION LIST 139
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* .,TAULLS
Tdble 1 - Suninary of fire protection level
selections for hardened curtains at
LSAAP 10b-imv Hle M1 Projectile Melt/
Pour Facility 49
Table 2 - Sunciary of applications and cost
components of fire protection systems 50
FIGURLS
Fig 1 - Typical hardened water curtain modules 51
Fig 2 - Typical hardened water curtain module 52
Fig 3 Typical arrangement of upriser and
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nozzles - unshielded 53
Fig 4 -Typical arrangement of upriser and
nozzles - shielded 54
Fig 5 - Fire detection systems circuitry b5
Fig 6 - Lone Star 105-m HE M1 LAP facility 6
Fig 7. Hardened water curtain fire protection
levels - Lone Star AAP 105-m HE M
LAP Facility 51
Fig 8 - Enlarged detail (Application 1) -
See Figure 7
Fig 9 - Schem atic - Building E-125 (ground
floor) and Raps RE-2S and RE-44 S9
'.Fig 10 - Schematic - Building E-123 and
Ramp RE-43 60
Fig 11 - Schematic - Building E-129 and
Ramp RE-31 61
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FIGURES (cont'd)
Fig 12 - Schematic - Buildings E-166 and E-161
Fig 13 -Schematic -Building E-4 (partial) 63
Fig 14 Schematic - Building E-161 (partial)
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and Ramp RE-25 64
Fig 15 - Schematic - Building E-125 (basement).
and Ramps RE-42 and RE-43 65
-: Fig 16 - Safety design criteria -
Lone Star AAP 105-nm HE M1 LAP Facility b6
Fig 17 - Fire protection design criteria -
Lone Star AAP 105-m HE 141 LAP Facility 67
Fig 1 - Application 1, Protection Level Ill -
Lone Star AAP 10-mm HE MI LAP Facility 68
Fig 19 - Applicdtion 1, Protection Level II -
Lone St~ar AAP 105-m HE M LAP Facility 69
Fig 20 - Application 1, Protection Level I -
Lone Star PA 106-m iHE M1 LAP Facility 70
Fig 21. - Application 1,t alance of Facility -
Lone Star AAP 10b6-a HC MI LAP Facility 11
APPENDICES - REPRESENTATIVE SYSTE14S AND EQUIPM4ENT
APPLNUIX A - Hteat, Smoke and Flame Detectors 13
APPENDIX b - Detection System Panels and Power
Supply Units 94
APPENDIX C -Fire Extinguishing Systems and
Equipment 1u9
DISTRIBUTION LIST 138
SUWMARY
This report is a compilation of basic guidelines and
criteria for the design of fire protection and detection systems
at Army Anujunition Plants.
The section on 'ite Water Supply presents general criteria
for water supply and distribution systems for fire protection
largely by reference to existing publications. Guidelines
peculiar to arinunition facilities, such as limitations of hydrant
usage and a method of limiting loss of main pressure due to line
rupture dre also included in this section.
The section on Extinguishing Systems briefly describes
conventional automatic sprinkler and spray systems, Halon
systems, carbon dioxide systems, hose systems and portable fire
extinguishers. Reference is made to existing publications for
design requirements, and discussion of applications for the
various systems in munitions facilities is included.
The following two sections on Detection Systems and Power
Supply provide an overview of available fire detection systems
and special requirements for the electrical supplies for such
installations, with reference made to applicable publications.
:- The section titled "Systems for Special Iazards" describes
* ultra high-speed deluge systems, their applications in munitions
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facilities, basic guidelines for their design, and some of their
litaitations.
The section o Hardened Water Curtains describes a new
concept which uses a modified ultra high-speed deluge system
designed to resist the effects of explosions and prevent the
spread of fire through connecting ramps. Guidelines are
presented for the application and design of these systems, and
there is additional discussion of the use of rate-of-flow devices
to limit loss of pressure in the water supply mains in the event
of line rupture. A classification of fire protection levels
achievable through the use of hardened water curtains and
rate-of-flow devices is defined. Finally, to illustrate an
approach to selecting appropriate protection levels, the
reasoning used in selection of such levels for a melt/pour
facility at Lone Star AAP is outlined and sumarized in tabular
fore.
The section on, Analysis of Fire Protection Requirements
provides a brief description of the relationship between
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consideratiuns of hazard probability and severity, and
determination of the extent of the fire protection systems that
should be provided for a particular facility.
The last section of the report titlea "System Costing"
provides a summary of major items to be considered in estimating
costs for fire protection systems, and concludes with a
tabulation of these items and typical applications for the
various types of systems.
F- The appendices are compilations of catalog materials showing
some representative examples of various types of fire protection
and detection systems and equipment.
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