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Type 1 Magazines - Permanent magazines for the storage of high explosives, subject to the limitations pre- scribed by 55.206 and 55.213. Other classes of explosive materials may also be stored in type l magazines.

§ 555.210 Construction of type 4 magazines. A type 4 magazine is a building, igloo or “Army-type structure”, tunnel, dugout, box, trailer, or a semitrailer or other mobile magazine. (1) General. Outdoor magazines are to be fire-resistant, weather-resistant, and theft-resistant.

Type 2 Magazines - Mobile and portable indoor and outdoor magazines for the storage of high explosives, subject to the limitations prescribed by 55.206, 55.208(b), and 55.213. Other classes of explosive materials may also be stored in type 2 magazines.

There are three fundamental types: mechanical, nuclear, and chemical. A mechanical explosive is one that depends on a physical reaction, such as overloading a container with compressed air.

Smoking, matches, open flames, spark-producing devices, and firearms (except firearms carried by guards) shall not be permitted inside of or within 50 feet of magazines. The land surrounding a magazine shall be kept clear of all combustible materials for a distance of at least 25 feet.

A type 1 magazine is a permanent structure: a building, an igloo or “Army-type structure”, a tunnel, or a dugout. It is to be bullet-resistant, fire-resistant, weather-resistant, theft-resistant, and ventilated.

Incompatible explosives such as blasting explosives and detonators must be stored in separate receptacles or magazines. Depending on the quantity stored, magazines containing incompatible explosives must be spaced at least 10 m apart where unmounded.

A single magazine (or group of magazines considered as one for table of distance purposes) cannot contain more than 300,000 pounds of explosive materials or more than 20 million detonators.

Type 2 Magazine. Mobile and portable indoor and outdoor magazines for the storage of high explosives. Other classes of explosive materials may also be stored in type 2 magazines. Must meet the construction requirements in 27 CFR § 555.208.