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Ll T •• September 5, 1995 TO: Dwane Milnes, City Manager FROM: Douglas C. Ratto, Fire Chief SUBJECT: • LI It :.'...•°a...a�f•iiv�a•\1`�'®X!lGfa7Tf►��f�/�:��:�'�� This memorandum is sent to you in response to Vice -Mayor Weaver's request at the August 14, 1995 City Council meeting. An inspection of Commercial Salvage Company was conducted on August 23, 1995, to determine fire code violations after a fire on August 4, 1995. The fire appeared to have started in the cardboard baling machine and spread to the cardboard storage area. According to a neighboring business, storage problems existed as cardboard containers were consistently stacked higher than the fence and would spill onto exterior properties. A full cleanup was ongoing during the inspection and past storage problems are being repeated. The cardboard storage was being stacked higher than the fence. On the west side of the yard where piping is stored, seven barrels are unmarked and the contents are unknown. These barrels require secondary containment. On the wash pad are several containers of hydraulic fluid and light oil. Even though the wash pad has an oil water separator, oil continues to overflow from the catch container onto the cement pad and into the oil waste separator. The owner commented, he was not concerned because the oil water separator caught the material. The baler is leaking hydraulic fluid into a can. The cardboard may be contamination by this combustible liquid. There are three barrels inside the main shed; the contents are unknown and the containers are not labeled. Storage areas shall be provided with spill control, drainage control and secondary containment. Uniform Fire Code (UFC), 79.405. Individual containers, shall be conspicuously marked or labeled in accordance with nationally recognized standards. UFC Sec 80-107 Rubbish and cardboard waste are stored against the fence. Some materials have spilled over the fence onto adjacent properties. The stacks are loose and limited to control. The product is eventually baled and then stacked in another section of the yard. Occupancies exclusively performing commercial rubbish handling or recycling shall maintain rubbish or product to be processed or recycled as completely baled or stacked in an orderly manner in an approved location. UFC Sec. 11.302c. Rubbish and cardboard are stored against the fence on the west and north sides of the yard. Bales are stored along the south side of the yard. Outside storage of combustible materials shell not be located within 10 feet of e property line. UFC Sec. 1 1.303e. Storage in the open shall not exceed 20 feet in height. UFC Sec. 11.303e2.