- Author
- Comeau, E. | Puchovsky, M.
- Title
- Warehouse Fire, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 1996. Fire Investigation Report.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- Fire Investigation Report, 1996, 25 p.
- Keywords
- warehouses | fire investigations | sprinkler systems | fire alarm systems | fire suppression
- Abstract
- Two fires occurred in an occupied, operational general merchandise warehouse on March 21, 1996 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The building, which was completed in 1991, occupied 1,134,770 square feet (105,420 m2), with the warehouse area measuring 930,020 square feet (86,400 m2). The height of the building in the hibh-bay rack area was 72 feet (22 m). The warehouse contained a combination of high racks measuring 65 feet (20 m) high and low racks measuring 24 feet to 30 feet (6.4 m to 9 m) high. The high racks were all equipped with in-rack sprinklers, while not all of the low racks were equipped with in-rack sprinkler systems. In addition to the racks, the main warehouse area housed a vareity of conveyor systems and a mechanized retrieval system.