Fire Prevention Plans
Fire Prevention Plans or FPPs are a requirement of any site operator with an environmental permit that receives combustible waste with the objective of minimising the likelihood of a fire happening, aiming to enable a fire to be extinguished within 4 hours, and minimising the spread of fire within the site and to neighbouring sites[1].
Overview
Fire Prevention Plans or FPPs are a requirement of any site operator with an environmental permit that receives combustible waste with the objective of minimising the likelihood of a fire happening, aiming to enable a fire to be extinguished within 4 hours, and minimising the spread of fire within the site and to neighbouring sites[1]. Between 2001 and 2013 there were, on average, more than 300 fires a year in waste and recycling sites[2].
An environmental permit will either have a specific condition requiring appropriate measures to be taken, or require a fire prevention plan to be maintained as part of the written management system associated with the environmental permit.
Types of Combustible Waste
The types of combustible waste listed in the guidance[1] are:
- paper or cardboard
- plastics
- Rags and textiles
- scrap metals contaminated or mixed with other waste such as oils or plastics
- de-polluted and un-depolluted ELVs including fragmentiser waste
- refuse derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF)
- compost and plant material
- biomass
- mixed waste containing any combustible wastes
- WEEE
and also include wood and specific reference to waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs, which require specific segregation and compliance with specific regulations[3].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gov.UK Guidance
- ↑ CIWM article in June 2021 Edition of Circular Magazine written by Sam Ahmad
- ↑ POPs regulations 2019 – UK SI.2019 No.1099 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1099/made), implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1021