62-07: Fire Protection of Water Cooling Towers

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Late in 1951, one our factory insurance association (known usually as just the FIA) representatives was making an inspection of a chemical plant when a fire was discovered in a coo ling tower. The tower was practically a total loss and he wanted to know how to protect such a tower from fire. All he got was a horselaugh from everyone. The question was: How could a tower burn when it was wet at all times? He was persistent and referred this matter to the loss analysis department and it was found that the losses in cooling tower fires were no laughing matter. As a result, this problem was referred to our engineering council for study in 1952, and tentative standards for fire protection for cooling towers were developed. One of our representatives was appointed to serve on the National Fire Protection Association (known as the NFPA) Water Cooling Tower Committee in 1958, and also on an American Standard Association committee on the subject of fire protection for water cooling towers. Show more