Fire-fighting gaps between alcohol storehouses of production buildings and 

constructions depending on their degree of fire-resistance, are given in table 1[13]. 

Table 1 Fire-fighting gaps between alcohol storehouses of production buildings 

and constructions depending on their degree of fire-resistance 

Method  

of preserving alcohol

 

Capacity of alcohol 

storehouses groups 

of reservoirs, m

3

 

Gaps depending on the degree  

of fire-resistance of a building, 

construction, m

 

I, II,  

III, IIIa

 

IIIb, IV, 

 IVa, V

 

Ground reservoirs (open storehouse)

 

from 1000 to 2000

 

30

 

36

 

from 600 to 1000

 

24

 

30

 

from 300 to 600

 

18

 

24

 

less than 300

 

12

 

18

 

Storehouse building (closed storehouse) 
according to the degree of fire-
resistance  I, II, III

 

 

9

 

12

 

Notes: 
1. Gaps to buildings and constructions of the III-rd, IV-th, V-th degree of fire-resistance are 

received only for operating enterprises during their reconstruction. 

2. Gaps to the administrative and consumer buildings as well as the buildings of the categories 

A and B should be widened by 25 %. 

3. Distances from buildings and constructions aren’t standardized to closed and open alcohol 

storehouses (sheds) for HIL (Highly Inflammable Liquids) with capacity up to 100 m

3

, it the wall of 

the building is turned to the side of these storehouses, blind fire-fighting one of the 1

st

 type. 

 
Minimum distances from the walls of ground reservoirs and closed alcohol 

storehouses to reception and supplying, pouring out and pouring in devices of the 
railway gauges and motor-car roads must meet the requirements, given in table 2 [13]. 

Table 2 Minimum distances from the walls of ground reservoirs and closed 

alcohol storehouses 

Constructions,  

to which the distance is determined

 

Distance, m

 

from the walls  

of ground reservoirs

 

from the closed  

alcohol storehouses

 

Reception and supplying (measuring) section

 

10

 

isn’t standardized

 

The area of pouring out and pouring in into 
tank-trucks and barrels

 

15

 

8

 

Railway pouring out and pouring in devices

 

15

 

10

 

Axis of railway gauges of the general system

 

50

 

30

 

Axis of inside factory railway gauges

 

20

 

20

 

Edge of the public part of a motor-car road of 
the general system

 

20

 

15

 

Edge of the public part of a motor-car road of 
the enterprise

 

10

 

5

 

Air-lines of the electricity transmission 
irrespective of tension

 

according to RAE

 

according to RAE

 

 

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