ABSTRACT
The purpose of these classifications is to arrive at specific requirements for storage facilities with regard to the health and safety of operating personnel and inhabitants within the vicinity, based on the associated hazards of each of the products stored. Since hazard characteristics vary with physical
properties of stored fluid, providing standard safeguards for all types of storages might not be economical. Therefore, NFPA and the Institute of Petroleum have developed criteria for storage tanks based on the nature of the fluid stored and the classifications as shown in the above table. Usually, a group of fluids is categorized under each class considering the fluids’ physical and chemical characteristics, to ward off complications in formulating requirements for each and every fluid.
