What is a Flammable Storage Cabinet?
What is a flammable storage cabinet? Well, a flammable storage cabinet is, of
course, a cabinet which is used to store flammables and chemicals. If a black
box is colored orange, just like other important stuff used to store urgently
needed stuff, a flammable cabinet has a pretty eye-catching color; yellow. This
yellow storage cabinet is used to store flammables and chemicals such as
corrosive and pesticides. The cabinet is mainly built as a response to the
awareness of fire wrath. Flammables and chemical storage unit is fire
resistant. It is not common for a house to have such kind of cabinet, unless
they use pesticides and something else. It is more common for a work place of
an office.
One thing that people need to
know about flammable storage cabinet
is that they should not have vent. It is not required for the cabinet to have
vent. Even the Federal regulatory agency does not recommend it. However, the
factory may provide the bungs for venting. To get the ventilated cabinet, the
customer should have the permission assigned by the state or the local codes,
or the requiring company. According to the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), the function of the flammable cabinet is to protect the flammable
stored from the fire outside the cabinet. Therefore, a vent, or an access to
reach the flammables, are not necessarily provided. And if the vent is
importantly required for whatever reason, then, the vent should be ducted
directly to outdoors. Not only that, but vent requirement for a cabinet is also
strictly managed in NFPA. There are at least five requirements that a customer
should fulfill before deciding to put a vent on the cabinet, which includes the
classification or health hazard, permission by Fire Marshall, Environmental
health and Safety, insurance company, and also a consultation by an industrial
hygienist.
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