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Challenges when Producing Fire
Preventions Plans
Emma How and Sophie Crosswell
Eunomia Research & Consulting
9th November 2016
History of Eunomia
• Established in 2001 by
Chairman, Dr Dominic Hogg
• Rapid growth
• 20 staff in 2009
• 42 staff in 2013
• Now more than 70
• Largest strategic waste
consultancy team in UK/EU
Eunomia Offices
Auckland,
New
Zealand
Brussels,
Belgium
Manchester
Bristol London
UK
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Key Expertise in Waste Management
• Policy appraisal & guidance
• Strategy and planning
• Environmental and financial modelling
• Operational expertise• Collection logistics (in-house
collections modelling tool)
• Efficiency reviews, change management, business process re-engineering
• Market assessment, technology appraisal (due diligence)
• Procurement
Issue 1: Impact on Site Design
• Issue:
• Achieving compliant material separation whilst ensuring
sufficient storage space
FIRE WALLSOR
6M
SEPERATION
Issue 1: Impact on Site Design
Daily
Throughput
Volume &
tonnes of
material to be
stored
Required bay
sizes
Calculation Modules
Annual site
throughput by
material stream
Haulage method
Minimum
storage capacity
Collection
vehicles
Material
properties
Maximum pile
height
Issue 1: Impact on Site Design
Bale Storage
Area
Requirements:
- Adjustable bale
dimensions
- No. bales per
shipment
- Adjust stack
dimensions
- Est. no. days
storage
Compliance with
FPP Guidance:
- Compares
material
volumes,
based on bay
sizes, with FPP
guidance
- Calculates
water
requirements
for EA
compliance
High-Level
Business Case:
- Material income
- Operational
costs
- Capital
development
costs
- Financial
projections
Issue 1: Compliant Site Design
Sort line
Shed
entrance/
exit
Issue 2: Preventing Site Fires
• Developing procedures to prevent site fires
Waste Acceptance
and Identification
of Hot Loads
Procedure
Procedures for
Managing Ignition
Sources
Issue 3: Managing a Site Fire
• Providing sufficient water to fight a fire
Original Pile
Largest waste pile:
700m3
Pile Size:
• Height 3.5m
• Width 20m
• Depth 12m
Water Required:
840,000 litres (3 hours)
Halve Pile
Width
2 Smaller Piles
Each waste pile: 350m3
Pile Size:
• Height 3.5m
• Width 10m
• Depth 12m
Water Required: 420,000
litres (3 hours)
Issue 3: Managing a Site Fire
• Using your quarantine
area:
• Dedicated area
• Use during and after a
fire event
• Emissions to the
environment
External
Impermeable
Surfacing
Internal
Impermeable
Surfacing
Weighbridge
Quarantine
Area
