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iii. Educational, healthcare, and detention and correctional
occupancies shall store flammable and combustible liquids up
to a maximum of four liters (4ℓ).
iv. Mercantile and industrial occupancies, where rooms or areas
are accessible to the public, storage shall be limited to
quantities needed for display and normal merchandising
purposes which shall not exceed eighty one liters (81ℓ) per
square meter of gross floor area.
c. In rooms or areas not accessible to the public, storage shall be
limited to two hundred twenty seven liters (227ℓ) of Class IA, four
hundred fifty four liters (454 ℓ) of Class IB, six hundred eighty one
liters (681 ℓ) of Class 1C, nine hundred eight liters (908 ℓ) of Class II,
one thousand eight hundred ninety three liters (1,893 ℓ) of
combustible liquids or any combination of flammable liquids
totaling nine hundred eight liters (908 ℓ).
d. Containers less than one hundred thirteen liters (113 ℓ) capacity
shall not be stacked more than one meter (1 m) or two containers
high, whichever is greater, unless on fixed shelving or otherwise
satisfactorily secured. Containers more than one hundred thirteen
liters (113 ℓ) shall not be stacked one upon the other. All containers
shall be stored in an upright position.
e. Shelving shall be in a stable construction, of sufficient depth and
such arrangement that containers displayed thereon shall not be
easily displaced.
f.
Leaking containers shall be secured immediately from any possible
source of ignition and the contents of which shall be transferred to
an approved container and placed to a safe location not
accessible to the public. The spill shall be appropriately contained
and collected for proper waste disposal.
g. Dispensing of Class II or III liquids from a single container having a
capacity of more than two hundred twenty seven liters (227 ℓ) may
be permitted outside of storage and handling room using
dispensing device and fire control measures. Both the dispensing
container and any reserve containers shall be considered as
contributing to the totals allowed capacity under para “A” (2) (e)
above.
h. No pile shall be closer than one meter (1 m) to the nearest beam,
chord, girder or other obstruction, and shall be one meter (1 m)
below sprinkler deflectors, or discharge orifices of water spray, or
other overhead fire protection systems or other obstructions.
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