A Study on Improvement of Installation Provision for Fire Detection and Suppression System in Rack-Type Warehouse

Abstract

A rack-type warehouse is a warehouse in which racks are installed vertically and the commodities are stacked vertically in a rack. In the rack-type warehouse, when the storage height is high and the commodities are stacked in layers, the fire detection is delayed because it is not sensing the heat and smoke by the stored commodities. In addition, the water sprayed by the sprinkler equipment penetrates to the fire point. Also in the fire detector and suppression system installed according to installation provision of Korea, it is difficult to detect and suppress the fire of Rack-Type Warehouse. For this reason, this study analyzes the fire cases of the rack-type warehouses occurred in Korea, and proposes the improvement directions of the fire detection and fire-fighting provisions related to the fire detection and fire extinguishing facilities according to comparing and examining the domestic and overseas related standards. Keywords: Rack-Type, Warehouse, Fire Safety Code, Fire Detection, Sprinkler Head