Delaware Administrative Code
Title 1 - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
700 - Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission
706 - Specific Occupancy Requirements
Chapter 5 - Outdoor Tire Storage and Disposal Sites
Section 706-5-5.0 - General Fire Protection

Universal Citation: 1 DE Admin Code 706-5-5.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

5.1 General.

5.1.1 Storage or handling of tires shall not be located so as to seriously expose adjoining or adjacent properties in the event of a fire.

5.1.2 Weeds, grass, and similar vegetation shall be eliminated throughout the entire yard. Combustibles shall be removed as they accumulate.

5.1.3 Smoking shall be prohibited within the tire storage area. Other types of potential ignition sources, such as cutting and welding, heating devices, and open fires, shall be prohibited.

5.1.4 Suitable safeguards shall be provided to minimize the sparks from such equipment as refuse burners, boiler stacks, and vehicle exhaust.

5.2 Security Of Storage Yards.

5.2.1 A security fence shall be placed so as to completely enclose the yard containing outdoor tire storage. A minimum height of six feet of chain link, plus two strands of barbed wire shall be provided.

5.2.2 Access gate(s) shall be installed in accordance with the State Fire Marshal.

5.2.3 Twenty-four (24) hour per day manned security shall be provided to limit access and to provide for communications to the appropriate fire dispatch center.

EXCEPTION NO. 1: SITES STORING LESS THAN 10,000 UNITS.

EXCEPTION NO. 2: WHEN THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINES THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR SITES STORING MORE THAN 10,000 UNITS.

5.2.4 Security lighting shall be provided with constant illumination of the yard during hours of darkness.

EXCEPTION NO. 1: SITES STORING LESS THAN 10,000 UNITS.

EXCEPTION NO. 2: WHEN THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINES THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR SITES STORING MORE THAN 10,000 UNITS.

5.3 Storage Of Tires.

5.3.1 Tires shall be placed on solid, level ground.

5.3.2 The method of stacking shall be solid piles in an orderly manner.

5.3.3 The yard shall be maintained free of other combustible materials and debris.

5.3.4 A minimum of a 50 foot wide clear zone shall be established between the inside perimeter of the security fence and tire piles.

5.3.5 Earthen or other suitable barriers of a minimum height of 30 inches shall be provided to contain the potential liquid products of combustion resulting from a fire to the pile of origin.

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