Resources for New Marijuana Grow Facilities?

8/28/2019

Does anyone have good resources (articles, design guidance) for fire suppression systems protecting new marijuana grow facilities?

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Jonathan Sullivan

8/28/2019 10:22:07 am

Chapter 38 - Marijuana Growing, Processing, or Extraction Facilities was added to the 2018 Edition of NFPA 1.

They also published an article on 2016 about the challenges associated with these type of spaces in the NFPA Journal. The cover of that issue was graced by marijuana leaves. I left it on my desk. It was was a great conversation starter.

Colleen

9/8/2019 05:54:25 pm

RE: "It was a great conversation starter." LOL!! I can only imagine...

DTC

8/28/2019 11:04:03 am

Good Morning,

If you are specifically talking about the grow areas then you would just treat this as:

Agricultural facility - NFPA13 A5.3.2 - Ordinary Hazard Group II.

However, look into their processes as well make sure they are not conducting extraction using flammables which would need to be evaluated separately.

Its funny I have seen a wide range of requirements for protection of this. "Because it carries the name of Marijuana It must be more dangerous."

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