Presenter: Richard Bielen and Derek Duval

Sporting goods stores, big box stores, guns shops, hardware stores, Doomsday Preppers and their competition, and target shooters will display or store thousands of rounds of small arms ammunition. Should the fire department and public be concerned if there is a fire in the storage or display area? This session will explore what really happens to small arms ammunition, smokeless powder, and primers when exposed to a fire. The requirements of NFPA 495, Explosive Materials Code, will be reviewed, as well as the results of fire tests and observations from structure fires.