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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Gali<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have spent some time designing a purpose-built spirit collection facility (still waiting for funds to build it). We are not pursuing water sprinklers in
the zone where collections of jars are held. This is because there is a risk of spreading an alcohol based fire by adding water to the equation. Our approach is to keep the collections at low temperature (12 Celsius) to avoid evaporation from collections in
storage or from spillages – that keeps the risk of fire from alcohol vapour to a minimum. We have sprinklers outside the area where the collections are stored to prevent risk of fire spreading into the collections area. Fire suppression in areas including
collections stored in alcohol can be met best by inert gas systems which work by removing oxygen from the fire equation. They also remove oxygen from people so need to be well designed with safety systems to ensure people have vacated the area before they
go off – a good example is the underground spirit facility in Paris. Several alcohol collections stores visited during our research focus much more on fire prevention than localised suppression. In Europe we have directives on storage of flammable liquids
that dictate much of what our engineers try to achieve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gali Beiner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 10 May 2012 07:06<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Sprinklers in wet collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">We are currently dealing with a proposal to install water sprinklers in our wet collection storage facilities as part of the general fire hazard measures. It will
be very helpful to know what kind of fire-extinguishing measures have been installed in other facilities holding jars and containers with alcohol / formalin / other preservative fluids. Were there any particular considerations your institute took into accound,
given that preservation fluids tend to be so flammable? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Many thanks for your thoughts on this subject,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Gali Beiner (ACR)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">Conservator, Palaeontology Lab</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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