DUBLIN CITY MARKETS - FIRE CONDITIONS

There are special Fire conditions in place for all Dublin City Food Markets which must be complied with. This is especially a condition in Harcourt Street Market.

REGULATIONS FOR STALLS USING GAS APPLIANCES IN DUBLIN CITY FOOD MARKETS

STALL Requirements for Fire Extinquishers

1 NON COOKING
1 4kg dry powder extinguisher and 1 2kg co2 fire extinguisher

2 COOKING
2kg ABC dry powder or 9LAFFF and 1 2kg co2 fire extinguisher add a 1m2 light duty fire blanket

3 DEEP FAT FRYING
6Lwet chemical <class f > 2 times 2 kg ABC dry powder fire extinguisher and 1 times 2kg co2 fire extinguisher and a 1.8 heavy duty fire blanket .

Our regulations for Gas Appliances that are used in our markets are as follows

No Butane gas allowed - ie yellow bottles. Only propane - red bottles

No manual cut offs on top of gas bottle - Only approved automatic regulators allowed, which cut off the gas supply automatically from the bottle, when there is a tear or break in the hose system.

All bottles to be caged with lock on cage

No rubber hoses - All hoses connecting from gas bottles to appliances to be made from flexible metal wire.

Two manual cut off levers - 1 at cooking point and 1 on gas bottle being installed.

Gas bottle to be 5 meters from cooking area

3 meter spacing between stalls using gas appliances - buffer zone between stalls which would be none gas using stall.

Correct calibration of mille bars for cooking - ie 28/56 mille bars etc. Separate line per mille bar band

No static lines to and from bottle to cooking appliances - ie only flexible steel lines allowed

Fire Extinguisher - Compliant industrial fire Extinguisher is required - not small domestic type.

This system is designed to produce maximum safety for all gas users, visitors and personnel in the market.

Sean McArdle
Irish Farmers Markets

If you need installation changes please contact Hannes Jung at 087 2332195 and he will provide a contact for upgrading or installation.