Damaging events of the past have shown that incidents cannot be excluded despite the high security standards. To limit the damages, the measures of fire water retention are of great importance.
The presence of flammable liquids in a facility will always create a unique fire hazard challenge not only because of their relatively high heat content, but also because they can freely move past barriers that are not leak proof.
Due to violent storms and floods being increasingly extreme the preventive flood protection of the buildings in form of flood barriers plays the more important role.