Storing Flammable Liquids to be compliant with PSR/PSHR Ontario Requirements

Flammable and combustible liquids are widely used by maintenance people in their daily work. The storage, dispensing and usage of such liquids are regulated by fire codes as well as occupational health and safety laws. The regulations allow the storage of flammable/combustible liquids in plants in the following areas:

* Specially designed storage rooms, in closed containers only, where dispensing is not allowed.

* Specially designed storage and dispensing rooms, where dispensing is allowed (in this instance, the room must be equipped with explosion-relief walls and meet other requirements).

* In the open, in closed containers only, with very limited quantities in situations where handling of flammable and combustible liquids is secondary to the primary activity of manufacturing.

In industrial occupancies, quantities of flammable liquids and combustible liquids greater than those specified above are permitted in a single fire compartment, where: (a) the total quantity stored in a group of cabinets is not more than the quantity permitted for three cabinets, and (b) the distance between groups of cabinets described in Clause (a) is not less than 30 m.

In order to properly assess the situation, one must understand the boundaries of a particular fire compartment and take into account all flammable and combustible liquids present there. They shall not exceed the maximum quantities.

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