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8987C <br />Page 2 <br />�+. Stora9e units cannot be inspected without a search warrant. <br />Such warrant could only be issued upon probable cause c.hat a <br />violation of the law were shown. <br />5. 5torage buildings are frequently constructed and arranged so <br />that Jiscovery of fire from the street in front is not possible <br />until fire is in an advanced stage. <br />6. Storage units and buildings have few openinys and horizontal <br />-- ventilation potential is extremely limited. Heat and smoke can <br />escape only through the same openinqs thraugh which <br />firefighters c2n enter, thus iricreasing a greater po!ential for <br />injury. <br />7. Storage buildings with corridor networks are particularly <br />dangerous. <br />a. Fires in contents and construction conducive to fire <br />spread could cut off ar_cess to exits. <br />b. Interruption of an electrical circuit can place corridors <br />in total darkness. <br />8. Two story storage buildings present additional hazards. <br />a. There is no way to effectively police floor loading to <br />keep it within safe limits. <br />b. Typical floor support syste� are of a type that rapidly <br />lose strength under fire conditions. <br />c. Vertical ventilation of the first floor cannot be <br />accanpiished. <br />9. Automatic fire sprinklers are an acceptab2e solution to <br />mini-storage fire problems. <br />a. Most fires would be expected to be extinguished or <br />confined within a single unit with operation of a single <br />soriNcler head. <br />Effective Date: :�uly 1, 1989 <br />Fire Marsha ,, y o vere <br />