Hay Barn Fire Requirements 061308i>~a~e I0~°' `~00
Fire IZegaairea~ents fora ay am
I~Tr. ~'arlson,
Fast week ~~ neat regarding the I-Iay Shed located at tlae I~el's Feed aaad ~'aran Supply
located at 16533 ighway 507 SF~ ~ela~n, ashia~gton, 98597. t~nr intent was to discaass
the bazilding code rega~irenwents as they apply to the I-Iay Shed.
~o~a had stated teat yoaa considered tl~e baailding to be fI-3 occar~aaa~acy, used on nay
research, here is what I have foizn in the 2006 Iaaternational wilding bode, as well as
the 2006 Ia~ternational I~ ire bode.
'Thc ~I-3 occa.~pancy code a°eads as srach:
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So to fend oast how maach combustible fiber can. be stored, we referenced [F~ gable 307.1
~1~. Qn that table (attached) it aefea-s only loose baled coaz~bustibles. ~e I~owe~er, are
dealing with hay bales, haled. Storage as defined ia~ the 2006 IFS' Section. 2905, Baled
Storage, states:
I'g, 270 IFS " crl~ ~,~ nc~, erritz, l~czlcxc~ ~~~rz~cz.s~zl~le°~rb~t•.s s~Tz~r111a~ lirzzitec~ try
single b~c~cks ~r~~ile~ zz~t zrze~~e t~zan ?~,t?~~~ ~~a~~aic°.f~~~ ~?~ltlnz.~'j ~z~ vQ~zz~rz~~ rz~t it~el~ditzg
aisle cat° elecrt°cr~tces..lc~cks° cat•iles zaf c~l~c~N~er° s~acrll ~ sc~~ac~r°cztec,~r'°~trz cxr~jcezzt
,st~t°a~e ~v c~zisles~ tzc~t less than ',feet (1.52~ttztta) r~ti~le, c?t° Ia~~~laslz-fzt°~= Z?ctz~riet~s cctzzstt°ucted
of c~~ztztaurazts sheets r~~'tz~tzemlaza5stzlale txzatet`zctl c~t~rzc~~n~.~°~arrz ~~~e, fTc~rtt° tc- cz tzzirz~zrzutrz
ezght cif 1. fa~at (3~,~ ttartz) ct1 eve the l?iglaest~a~aitzt oaf the ~aile.s ate t'r~lectitzg t~cat less tlaarz
1 f~cat (:35' t~zr~ he}jc~mz< the sicle,s f tdze til~=.s, "
phis section tells us ~~~ can stare lay in stacks rrat e~ceedin 25,000 cubic feet, arad i
there is mare than. ar~re, we nlay stare hay sa lata~ as eve have ~ feat aisles between them..
rI'his being said, we clearly would need ~ brrildin perrxrit far the st etre•
I-Ia~ae~jer, as I rese~rehe this, the efrnitian of ~~r°ieultr~l stare years to have
different definition between tl~e I13C acrd the IF'~. `I'l~e I13 does net appear to classify our
buil.din as an at;ricLrltural stara~e, whereas the IF`S' does. 'fhe I~'~' ire section ?903
~aeneral Fareeautians, in the IFS statesa
`T'his paragraph clearly classifres FI~y as an t~~ricirltur~al pradaret, and since we are dealing
with a building in ~~~laich the prirxrary martial to be stared withir~r it is I~ay; it would seem
that this paragraph warrld apply,
~,dditianally, we currently rzreet the regarirerent of °`c:lez° l~car°i~catztc~l a~zstatzce ec~ttztl to
the Ize~t oaf a file zs trzzntai~zecl laetuPeet~ sz~~° stoat°a~e a~ stt°ztetzares car cott2l~z~stzle
tazcatericzls. " In our ease, the save height of the barn is 1 feet, ~vlaich n~reans that as long as
we are 1 feet away from the nearest brrildin~, we are compliant. e are 95 feet away
f-ranr the retail build]ng.
I else found another location a~~ the Ih~ that seems to apply. In Section 105, Permits, the
cede reads:
~l~gm 5 I~~~ 5.6.7 ~'t~rxr r~stble,bes. ~t~ ~a~aet•czti~al ~aea°r~z~t is t°ez~it•e~l. fot^ t~Ze .st~r°age
tzc~ Tztzclll~z c~~'c°tarazlazrstlle et•.s irz zzctt7titzes t~e~rt~=t• tlzczrz 160 c°trltzc° feet (~. ~5 rtz3).
~e tlrat~: ~ stet°rzzit is tzcat z°eztit°ec~.~rat° r°ieatltr°cxl st~at•cz~e.
"Phis takes us back to reference IFS' 2903.1 where it discusses I-Iay as an agricultural
px°cau~tm
ased an n~Y research of the Bade, it appears that eve sauld rased to submit an applicatia
far the structure itself; but as far as fire requirer~cents, it appears fleet there shauld e na
perrnittin required. Please advise us if yacrr interpretatian of the code varies fra ears ar
if there is sazxretlrin~ eve have sharply averlaaked. e leak f~rtvard to hearing franc ya.
~ansttuctian Praject araaer
l~el's Feed and Farm Supply