Monday, July 25, 2011

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Continue again with another post and still with the Codes and I hope this post will end soon because Piping & Fabrication will explain about the other piping systems.

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a voluntary association of members representing all aspects of fire protection, such as professional societies, educational institutions, public officials, insurance companies, equipment manufacturers, builders and contractors, and transportation groups. The NFPA publishes codes, standards, guides, and recommended practices in a 12-volume set of books called the National Fire Codes. Conformance to the National Fire Codes may be required by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Sometimes insurance companies may leave no choice for the owner/user of the facility but to comply with the fire protection and prevention requirements of the applicable National Fire Codes.

Volumes 1 through 8 contain actual text of the National Fire Codes and Standards. The requirements contained in these volumes have been judged suitable for legal adoption and enforcement. Volumes 9 through 11 contain recommended practices and guides considered to be good engineering practices. Volume 12 contains formal interpretations, tentative interim amendments, and errata that relate to the documents in Volumes 1 through 11.

Here is a list of NFPA publications. For specific NFPA Codes and Standards related to fire protection systems piping, refer to Chapter C2, Part C of this handbook.

National Fire Protection Association Publications
  • Technical Committee Documentation and Reports
  • Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook, Sixth Edition
  • Automatic Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems, Second Edition
  • Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code Handbook, Fifth Edition
  • Fire Litigation Handbook
  • SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, First Edition
  • Fire Protection Guide to Hazardous Materials, Eleventh Edition
  • Fire Protection Handbook, Seventeenth Edition
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gases Handbook, Third Edition
  • Life Safety Code Handbook, Sixth Edition
  • National Electrical Code Handbook, Seventh Edition
  • National Fuel Gas Code Handbook, Second Edition
  • National Fire Codes and Standards, Volumes 1 through 12
  • Formal Interpretations, Volume 13

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