FIREGUARD^®
Phone: (262) 534-3130 Fax: (262) 534-4748 e-mail: sales@ipstanks.com

2 Hour Fire-rated Fireguard^®:

Lightweight double wall steel aboveground storage tank

For aboveground fuel storage, concrete tanks are good...
and heavy! They're also expensive to transport and install
and almost impossible to move once they're in place.

Fireguard® offers the safety of UL 2085 steel
secondary containment...plus lightweight convenience.
Fireguard® features a super lightweight insulation within the
interstice, reducing total tank weight by more than half--so it
can be easily relocated! The porous insulation material allows
migration of any liquid through the interstice to the monitoring
point. Unlike plastic liners, the steel double wall design provides
110% UL-listed secondary containment. And Fireguard®
comes delivered as a complete unit--with Steel Tank Institute
Quality Assurance built in. Isn't this the kind of performance
you're looking for?

FIREGUARD^™ SPECIFICATIONS

CYLINDRICAL DESIGN

SAMPLE INNER TANK DIMENSIONS

GALLONS		LENGTH		DIAMETER
			(inches)

SAMPLE OUTER TANKS
DIMENSIONS

LENGTH		DIAMETER
	(inches)

INNER & OUTER
STEEL WALL
THICKNESSES (inches)
(min.)

APPROX.
WEIGHT
(lbs.)

560

0.123

3,600

1,000

0.123

5,000

2,000

144

156

0.167

9,100

4,000

168

180

0.240

16,500

5,000

162

174

108

0.240

18,600

8,000

252

264

108

0.240

26,200

10,000

324

336

108

0.240

32,300

12,000

384

396

108

0.240

37,400

RECTANGULAR DESIGN

INNER TANK DIMENSIONS (inches)

GALLONS	LENGTH	WIDTH	HEIGHT
	(max.)	(max.)	(max.)

OUTER TANK DIMENSIONS (inches)

LENGTH	WIDTH	HEIGHT
(max.)	(max.)	(max.)

INNER & OUTER
STEEL WALL
THICKNESSES (inches)
(min.)

APPROX.
WEIGHT
(lbs.)

500	90	36	36
1,000	116	56	36
2,000	128	76	48

102	48	49
128	68	49
140	88	61

0.123

0.167

0.240

4,000

7,000

12,250

Note: Consult manufacturer for exact dimensions.

IS YOUR ABOVEGROUND TANK EVERYTHING IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE?
FIREGUARD®	vs.		Concrete Encased
• Secondary containment is testable on-site using standard, economical testing procedures. • Fireguard®'s steel outer wall provides low-cost maintenance and protects the insulation material from weathering. • An average 12,000 gallon Fireguard® weighs under 30,000 pounds - well within the legal load limit for trucking. • 30-year warranty is standard with every Fireguard®.		• The secondary containment on certain designs may require elaborate and expensive procedures to be tested on-site. • Exposed concrete outer wall is susceptible to cracking, spalling and weathering - problems that are expensive to correct and are usually not covered by warranty. • An average 12,000 gallon concrete-encased tank weighs upwards of 100,000 pounds - imagine the hassles involved in handling that tank. • Some manufacturers may charge extra for a 30-year warranty.

Beware of False
Secondary Containment

UL 2085 has two listings for thermally insulated tanks: one for single wall tanks and one for secondary containment (double wall). The most common fire protected tank models are not listed for secondary containment. Although a plastic liner may be installed between the inner steel tank and the concrete encasement, and is perceived by tank owners as secondary containment, according to UL listings, the liners do not constitute secondary containment.

The liners may provide a monitorable interstice during normal use. During a fire, liners could leak out through cracks in the concrete. If this were to occur. UL testing has not determined the consequences if the concrete insulation absorbs gasoline during a pool fire. However, a recent pool test conducted for Fireguard's® UL 2085 listing examined the consequences of gasoline in the interstice which could be absorbed by the insulation material. Testing results proved that vapors and flames vented out of the interstice and insulation material as designed. The tank integrity of Fireguard® would not be jeopardized during such a fire.

Many concrete encapsulated tanks using plastic liners are not UL 2085 listed for secondary containment--their listing only addresses the thermal insulation. Tank customers and regulators may not be aware that many UL 2085 listed tanks that appear to be double wall don't include secondary containment as part of the UL listing. Fireguard® is UL 2085 listed for secondary containment and uses a steel outer wall for the secondary containment.

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