When East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service came to renovate the fire station at Hove the oil tank serving the station’s heating system posed a problem. The old steel tank was inside the station’s buildings; not an ideal arrangement and it was taking up valuable space.

The solution was to use a Tuffa FireStop 10,000 litre tank sited next to the buildings. As the FireStop includes its own fireproofing within the tank’s double skin this meant, apart from a new concrete base, no builder’s work was required to ensure that the installation met Building Regulation requirements. The fire resistance comes from a three layer sandwich of fire resistant and insulating material that is fitted between the tank and an outer cover. This gives a warranted and tested fire resistance of 30 to 60 minutes. The tank includes contents gauges and an overfill alarm within its cover.

The new tank was installed by Roseland Heating of Eastbourne.

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