https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-keeping-restoring-an-old-horse-barn/ Wed, 23 May 2018 12:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-keeping-restoring-an-old-horse-barn/#comment-411584 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:34:57 +0000 /horse-keeping/restoring-an-old-horse-barn.aspx#comment-411584 I saw on your FB page / website that you are working on building a new barn – and based on research with horses and barn fires I wanted to make sure that you are aware (as most horse people are not) of National Fire Protection best practices and guidelines for preventing fire –
It is online at http://catalog.nfpa.org
Additionally – there are several blogs to apprise people of some of the biggest mistakes that people make when building barns – especially failure to put in good smoke detection systems and hardwire them to security for early warning, build a second set of doors for each stall, and use of sprinkler systems.
See – http://www.novobrace.com/barn-fire-prevention/
and http://practicalhorsemanmag.com/article/barn-fire-2
and http://stablemanagement.com/…/12-ways-to-fireproof-your-barn
I am on a mission to try to help people change what we used to do when building barns and do it in a way that we can actually have a chance to get them out.
The 704 horses in my database that have lost their lives since Jan 1 2011 in barn fires have found their voice.
Thank you….

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