Classifying and understanding the hazards in your facility is critical to the overall fire protection and life safety strategy. Jigsaw Life Safety specializes in applying years of experience in hazardous material consulting and hazard mitigation to assist our clients in ensuring they are designing and operating in a facility that meets the most current safety standards.
Hazardous materials are regulated by several overlapping and interwoven codes and standards as well as insurance regulations. We help our clients to understand how these standards impact their facility and operations and outline mitigation strategies through site evaluations, hazard assessments, and comprehensive safety design.
It is official permission from a community to store certain flammables, combustibles and/or explosives above the limits set by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations (Section 1.12.8.50 of the Massachusetts Fire Code). It is granted by the local licensing authority, such as a Board of Selectmen, City Council or License Commission. Read more: What is a hazardous materials license?
The landowner or building management company is the responsible party, not the tenant, for making sure the overall property does not exceed these limits without first acquiring a hazardous materials license. Read more: What is a hazardous materials license?
No. However, if chemical quantities increase above the limits in the license, or additional classes of materials are added, the license must be amended through the same application and public hearing process. Read more: What is a hazardous materials license?
We understand the design and compliance challenges facing property owners, managers, architects, and engineers and look forward to helping you create code-compliant design solutions that are cost effective to install and maintain.
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