When you live in the Hauts-de-France region, you must know the CH’TI specialty beers!
These beers are brewed by the Castelain Brewery, a family-owned and independent SME established in the Hauts-de-France for almost 100 years. Since 1926, this brewery has been developing a know-how combining tradition and modernity in order to offer specialty beers brewed in the greatest respect of the brewing traditions of the North. Nicolas CASTELAIN, representing the 3rd generation, took over the management of the family business in 2019. In order to ensure the safety of the brewery and its employees, the Castelain Brewery contacted us to purchase a 200 m3 fire fighting storage tank.
REMINDER OF THE STANDARDS
The installation of a fire water reserve allows the fire and rescue services to have the hydraulic capacity necessary for their missions, in sectors where the water supply networks are insufficiently sized. The hydraulic facilities of a fire fighting storage tank depend on its capacity in m3.
In France, the requirements are governed by La Défense Extérieure Contre l’Incendie (D.E.CI.)
A NEED FOR THE CASTELAIN BREWERY
WHAT IS THE VOLUME OF THE TANK?
Located in the town of Bénifontaine, the brewery’s fire hydrant network was insufficient. The brewery needed a 120m3 tank to complete the existing network. However, in anticipation of a possible expansion of the brewery, the capacity was increased to 200 m3.
WHY CHOOSE A FLEXIBLE TANK INSTEAD OF A RIGID ONE ?
According to Maud – Quality Manager of the Castelain Brewery, the flexible tank has many advantages over the rigid tank:
“The flexible tank has many advantages, such as being better integrated into the environment. This option also allowed us to install it ourselves. In the case of a building extension, we can move it more easily. The civil engineering is greatly reduced compared to a rigid tank. Finally, it requires little maintenance or upkeep.”
HOW DID THE INSTALLATION OF THE TANK GO?
The flexible tank is very easy to install, so much so that the Castelain Brewery was able to install it themselves in-house. They only needed the help of a service provider for the parking area for the emergency vehicle and the installation of the fire hydrants. After installing the fire tank, it must be declared to the Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours.
WHY CHOOSE THE PRONAL FIRE FIGHTING STORAGE TANK?
Like Pronal, the Castelain Brewery defends the know-how of the Hauts-de-France region. It wishes to keep this local anchorage. Therefore, the company works mainly with service providers from its region (72% of their service providers are regional).
THE PRONAL FIRE FIGHTING STORAGE TANK
Thanks to our design engineering office, our fire fighting storage tanks comply with the national reference of the DECI, they are therefore approved by the professionals of the fire fighting and approved by the SDIS.
This flexible solution does not require any work and consequently no building permit. The tank can also be used as protection for temporary events such as fairs or festivals.
Designed by hand in our production workshops, they have a minimum life span of 10 years.
CONCLUSION
Our fire fithing storage tank has therefore enabled the Castelain Brewery to meet the DECI regulations. In addition, “if a fire ever breaks out, the fire department will have all the resources at their disposal to save our employees and our facilities.”
If you’re a fan of good craft beer, stop by their store!
📍 13 rue Pasteur 62410 Bénifontaine
⏲️ Tuesday to Thursday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm; Friday and Saturday: 10am to 6pm
📧 contact@chtiboutique.fr
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