Sean Burns on mon 13 aug 07
A while back I asked for and got some very good input on dealing with
local fire officials when creating a raku setup at a summer camp in the
Berkshires of Massachusetts.
Long story short version is with the help of an intermediary we were
able to come up with a very easy setup that would be within the fire code-
without this second party there definately would have been no raku as part
of my summer program- the fire marshall is new and looking to enforce big
time.
Concrete pad 4"-6" thick for the kiln 25' from building
Run a buried line from the tank to the kiln
Lolli columns to demarcate the live area
No structure above kiln
I got to do two days of firing without this exact setup in
place so folks could see if the kids would like it before they(camp) went
ahead and put the permanent setup in place- got great results so the above
will be in place for me for next years season.
Thats it!
and Thanks
Sean Burns
Williamsburg, Ma
John Fulwood on tue 14 aug 07
Sean,
Glad to hear you were able to work it out. I hate a new official of any kind. They seem to need to make their mark to feel important. Must be a power thing. I am currently dealing with a new fire marshal as well. I have had an indoor reduction kiln for 4 years and it was inspected each year. Now it seems that it needs to be enclosed in a room with a 2hr burn rated walls, floor and ceiling. It is already in a 1700 sq/ft space that used to house a much larger kiln but, that does not seem to matter. Looks like I have no choice. In the end, I will still be making pots. Lets all join hands and jump through the hoops. As long as we can make pots and teach others about this wonderful process, it is worth it.
good luck,
John Fulwood
-----Original Message-----
>From: Sean Burns
>Sent: Aug 13, 2007 4:49 PM
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: fire marshall blues/raku revisited
>
>A while back I asked for and got some very good input on dealing with
>local fire officials when creating a raku setup at a summer camp in the
>Berkshires of Massachusetts.
> Long story short version is with the help of an intermediary we were
>able to come up with a very easy setup that would be within the fire code-
>without this second party there definately would have been no raku as part
>of my summer program- the fire marshall is new and looking to enforce big
>time.
> Concrete pad 4"-6" thick for the kiln 25' from building
> Run a buried line from the tank to the kiln
> Lolli columns to demarcate the live area
> No structure above kiln
> I got to do two days of firing without this exact setup in
>place so folks could see if the kids would like it before they(camp) went
>ahead and put the permanent setup in place- got great results so the above
>will be in place for me for next years season.
> Thats it!
> and Thanks
>
> Sean Burns
> Williamsburg, Ma
>
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