Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Dedication
Introduction
NFPA 1 Summary of Technical Changes
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Application
1.4 Equivalencies, Alternatives, and Modifications
1.5 Units
1.6 Enforcement
1.7 Authority
1.8 Duties and Powers of the Incident Commander
1.9 Liability
1.10 Fire Code Board of Appeals
1.11 Records and Reports
1.12 Permits and Approvals
1.13 Certificates of Fitness
1.14 Plan Review
1.15 Technical Assistance
1.16 Notice of Violations and Penalties
1.17 Permit Fees
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications
2.3 Other Publications
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
3.3 General Definitions
3.4 Special Performance-Based Definitions
Chapter 4 General Requirements
4.1 Goals and Objectives
4.2 Assumptions
4.3 Compliance Options
4.4 Fundamental Requirements
4.5 General Requirements
Chapter 5 Performance-Based Option
5.1 General
5.2 Performance Criteria
5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
5.4 Design Scenarios
5.5 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
5.6 Safety Factors
5.7 Documentation Requirements
Chapter 6 Classification of Occupancy
6.1 Classification of Occupancy
Chapter 7 Reserved
Chapter 8 Reserved
Chapter 9 Reserved
Chapter 10 General Safety Requirements
10.1 Fundamental Requirements
10.2 Owner/Occupant Responsibilities
10.3 Occupancy
10.4 Building Evacuation
10.5 Fire Drills
10.6 Reporting of Fires and Other Emergencies
10.7 Tampering with Fire Safety Equipment
10.8 Emergency Action Plans
10.9 Smoking
10.10 Open Flames, Candles, Open Fires, and Incinerators
10.11 Fire Protection Markings
10.12 Seasonal and Vacant Buildings and Premises
10.13 Combustible Vegetation
10.14 Special Outdoor Events, Carnivals, and Fairs
10.15 Outside Storage
10.16 Parade Floats
10.17 Powered Industrial Trucks
10.18 Storage of Combustible Materials
10.19 Indoor Children’s Playground Structures
Chapter 11 Building Services
11.1 Electrical Fire Safety
11.2 Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning
11.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
11.4 Utilities
11.5 Heating Appliances
11.6 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
11.7 Stationary Generators and Standby Power Systems
11.8 Smoke Control
11.9 Emergency Command Center
11.10 Two-Way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
11.11 Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems
11.12 Photovoltaic Systems
Chapter 12 Features of Fire Protection
12.1 General
12.2 Construction
12.3 Fire-Resistive Materials and Construction
12.4 Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives
12.5 Interior Finish
12.6 Contents and Furnishings
12.7 Fire Barriers
12.8 Smoke Partitions
12.9 Smoke Barriers
Chapter 13 Fire Protection Systems
13.1 General
13.2 Standpipe Systems
13.3 Automatic Sprinklers
13.4 Fire Pumps
13.5 Water Supply
13.6 Portable Fire Extinguishers
13.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
13.8 Other Fire Protection Systems
13.9 Non-Listed Fire Protection or Suppression Devices and Equipment
Chapter 14 Means of Egress
14.1 Application
14.2 Exit Access Corridors
14.3 Exits
14.4 Means of Egress Reliability
14.5 Door Openings
14.6 Enclosure and Protection of Stairs
14.7 Exit Passageways
14.8 Capacity of Means of Egress
14.9 Number of Means of Egress
14.10 Arrangement of Means of Egress
14.11 Discharge from Exits
14.12 Illumination of Means of Egress
14.13 Emergency Lighting
14.14 Marking of Means of Egress
14.15 Secondary Means of Escape
Chapter 15 Fire Department Service Delivery Concurrency Evaluation
15.1 Application
15.2 Level of Service Objectives
15.3 Evaluator Qualifications
15.4 Fire Department Service Delivery Concurrency Evaluation Documentation
15.5 Independent Review
15.6 Approval
Chapter 16 Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations
16.1 General Requirements
16.2 Processes and Hazards
16.3 Fire Protection
16.4 Safeguarding Construction and Alteration Operations
16.5 Fire Safety During Demolition
16.6 Torch-Applied Roofing Systems
16.7 Tar Kettles and Rubberized Asphalt Melters
16.8 Asbestos Removal
Chapter 17 Wildland Urban Interface
17.1 General
17.2 Plans
17.3 Wildland Fire–Prone Areas
Chapter 18 Fire Department Access and Water Supply
18.1 General
18.2 Fire Department Access
18.3 Water Supplies
18.4 Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings
18.5 Fire Hydrants
Chapter 19 Combustible Waste and Refuse
19.1 General
19.2 Combustible Waste and Refuse
Chapter 20 Occupancy Fire Safety
20.1 Assembly Occupancies
20.2 Educational Occupancies
20.3 Day-Care Occupancies
20.4 Health Care Occupancies
20.5 Residential Board and Care Occupancies
20.6 Ambulatory Health Care Centers
20.7 Detention and Correctional Occupancies
20.8 Hotels and Dormitories
20.9 Apartment Buildings
20.10 Lodging or Rooming Houses
20.11 One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Housing
20.12 Mercantile Occupancies
20.13 Business Occupancies
20.14 Industrial Occupancies
20.15 Storage Occupancies
20.16 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
20.17 Historic Buildings and Cultural Resources
Chapter 21 Airports and Heliports
21.1 Hangars
21.2 Terminals
21.3 Rooftop Heliport Construction and Protection
Chapter 22 Automobile Wrecking Yards
22.1 General
22.2 Permits
22.3 Fire Department Access Roads
22.4 Welding and Cutting
22.5 Housekeeping
22.6 Fire Extinguishers
22.7 Tire Storage
22.8 Burning Operations
22.9 Motor Vehicle Fluids and Hazardous Materials
Chapter 23 Cleanrooms
23.1 General
23.2 Applicability
23.3 Permits
Chapter 24 Drycleaning
24.1 General
24.2 Permits
Chapter 25 Grandstands and Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, Tents, and Membrane Structures
25.1 General
25.2 Tents
25.3 Grandstands
25.4 Folding and Telescopic Seating
25.5 Permanent Membrane Structures
25.6 Temporary Membrane Structures
Chapter 26 Laboratories Using Chemicals
26.1 General
26.2 Permits
Chapter 27 Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Sites
27.1 General
27.2 Manufactured Home Sites
27.3 Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds
Chapter 28 Marinas, Boatyards, Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves
28.1 Marinas, Boatyards, and Other Recreational Marine Facilities
28.2 Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves
28.3 Construction, Conversion, Repair, and Lay-Up of Vessels
Chapter 29 Parking Garages
29.1 General
Chapter 30 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages
30.1 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities
30.2 Repair Garages
30.3 Operational Requirements
Chapter 31 Forest Products and Biomass Feedstocks
31.1 General
31.2 Permits
31.3 Protection of Storage of Forest Products
Chapter 32 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities
32.1 General
32.2 Permits
32.3 Housekeeping
32.4 Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities
32.5 Production Locations
32.6 Operating Features
Chapter 33 Outside Storage of Tires
33.1 General
33.2 Individual Piles
33.3 Emergency Response Plan
33.4 Fire Control Measures
33.5 Site Access
33.6 Signs and Security
33.7 Outdoor Storage of Altered Tire Material
Chapter 34 General Storage
34.1 General
34.2 Classification of Commodities
34.3 Building Construction
34.4 Storage Arrangement
34.5 General Fire Protection
34.6 Building Equipment, Maintenance, and Operations
34.7 Protection of Rack Storage
34.8 Protection of Rubber Tires
34.9 Protection of Roll Paper
34.10 Storage of Idle Pallets
Chapter 35 Animal Housing Facilities
35.1 General
35.2 Permits
Chapter 36 Telecommunication Facilities and Information Technology Equipment
36.1 General
Chapter 37 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems
37.1 General
Chapter 38 Marijuana Growing, Processing, or Extraction Facilities
38.1 Application
38.2 Permits
38.3 Fire Protection Systems
38.4 Means of Egress
38.5 Growing or Production of Marijuana
38.6 Processing or Extraction
38.7 Transfilling
Chapter 39 Reserved
Chapter 40 Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention
40.1 Application
40.2 Permits
40.3 Retroactivity
40.4 General
40.5 Operating Procedures and Practices
40.6 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
40.7 Training and Hazard Awareness
40.8 Contractors
40.9 Emergency Planning and Response
40.10 Incident Investigation
40.11 Management of Change
40.12 Documentation Retention
40.13 Management Systems Review
40.14 Employee Participation
Chapter 41 Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work
41.1 General
41.2 Responsibility for Hot Work
41.3 Fire Prevention Precautions
41.4 Sole Proprietors and Individual Operators
41.5 Public Exhibitions and Demonstrations
41.6 Arc Welding Equipment
Chapter 42 Refueling
42.1 General
42.2 Automotive Fuel Servicing
42.3 Storage of Liquids
42.4 Piping for Liquids
42.5 Fuel Dispensing Systems
42.6 Building Construction Requirements
42.7 Operational Requirements
42.8 Additional Requirements for CNG, LNG, Hydrogen, and LPG
42.9 Marine Fueling
42.10 Aircraft Fuel Servicing
42.11 Alternate Fuels
Chapter 43 Spraying, Dipping, and Coating Using Flammable or Combustible Materials
43.1 Application
43.2 Automated Electrostatic Spray Equipment
43.3 Handheld Electrostatic Spray Equipment
43.4 Drying, Curing, or Fusion Processes
43.5 Miscellaneous Spray Operations
43.6 Powder Coating
43.7 Organic Peroxides and Plural Component Coatings
43.8 Styrene Cross-Linked Composites Manufacturing (Glass Fiber–Reinforced Plastics)
43.9 Dipping, Coating, and Printing Processes
43.10 Training
Chapter 44 Solvent Extraction
44.1 General 923
44.2 Application
44.3 Permits
44.4 Special Requirements
Chapter 45 Combustible Fibers
45.1 General
45.2 Electrical Wiring
45.3 No Smoking
45.4 Vehicles and Material Handling Equipment
45.5 Loose Storage of Combustible Fibers
45.6 Baled Storage
45.7 Storage of Hay, Straw, and Other Similar Agricultural Products
45.8 Hazardous Materials
Chapter 46 Reserved
Chapter 47 Reserved
Chapter 48 Reserved
Chapter 49 Reserved
Chapter 50 Commercial Cooking
50.1 Application
50.2 General Requirements
50.3 Protection of Coverings and Enclosure Materials
50.4 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment
50.5 Procedures for the Use, Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Equipment
50.6 Minimum Safety Requirements for Cooking Equipment
50.7 Mobile and Temporary Cooking Operations
Chapter 51 Industrial Ovens and Furnaces
51.1 General
51.2 Location
51.3 Safety Controls
Chapter 52 Energy Storage Systems
52.1 General
52.2 Lead-Acid and Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
52.3 Additional Battery Technologies
Chapter 53 Mechanical Refrigeration
53.1 General
53.2 Safety Features
53.3 Operations, Maintenance, Testing, and Decommissioning
Chapter 54 Ozone Gas–Generating Equipment
54.1 Scope
54.2 Location
54.3 Piping, Valves, and Fittings
54.4 Automatic Shutdown
54.5 Manual Shutdown
Chapter 55 Cleaning and Purging of Flammable Gas Piping Systems
55.1 Application
Chapter 56 Reserved
Chapter 57 Reserved
Chapter 58 Reserved
Chapter 59 Reserved
Chapter 60 Hazardous Materials
60.1 General Requirements
60.2 Special Definitions
60.3 Classification of Materials, Wastes, and Hazard of Contents
60.4 Permissible Storage and Use Locations
60.5 Fundamental Requirements
60.6 Emergency Action Planning, Fire Risk Control and Chemical Hazard Requirements for Industrial Processes
60.7 Performance Alternative
Chapter 61 Aerosol Products
61.1 General Provisions
61.2 Basic Requirements
61.3 Storage in Warehouses and Storage Areas
61.4 Mercantile Occupancies
61.5 Operations and Maintenance
Chapter 62 Reserved
Chapter 63 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids
63.1 General Provisions
63.2 Building-Related Controls
63.3 Compressed Gases
63.4 Cryogenic Fluids
63.5 Bulk Oxygen Systems
63.6 Gas Hydrogen Systems
63.7 Bulk Liquefied Hydrogen Systems
63.8 Gas Generation Systems
63.9 Insulated Liquid Carbon Dioxide Systems
63.10 Storage, Handling, and Use of Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization and Fumigation
63.11 Liquid Oxygen in Home Care
Chapter 64 Corrosive Solids and Liquids
64.1 General
Chapter 65 Explosives, Fireworks, and Model Rocketry
65.1 General
65.2 Display Fireworks
65.3 Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience
65.4 Flame Effects Before an Audience
65.5 Fireworks Manufacturing
65.6 Model Rocketry
65.7 Rocketry Manufacturing
65.8 High Power Rocketry
65.9 Explosives
Chapter 66 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
66.1 General
66.2 Reserved
66.3 Definitions
66.4 Definition and Classification of Liquids
66.5 Reserved
66.6 Fire and Explosion Prevention and Risk Control
66.7 Electrical Systems
66.8 Application of Area Classification
66.9 Storage of Liquids in Containers — General Requirements
66.10 Reserved
66.11 Reserved
66.12 Reserved
66.13 Reserved
66.14 Hazardous Materials Storage Lockers
66.15 Outdoor Storage
66.16 Automatic Fire Protection for Inside Liquid Storage Areas
66.17 Processing Facilities
66.18 Dispensing, Handling, Transfer, and Use of Liquids
66.19 Specific Operations
66.20 Reserved
66.21 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Requirements for All Storage Tanks
66.22 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Aboveground Storage Tanks
66.23 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Underground Tanks
66.24 Storage Tank Buildings
66.25 Storage Tank Vaults
66.26 Reserved
66.27 Piping Systems
66.28 Bulk Loading and Unloading Facilities for Tank Cars and Tank Vehicles
66.29 Wharves
Chapter 67 Flammable Solids
67.1 General
Chapter 68 Highly Toxic and Toxic Solids and Liquids
68.1 General 1288
Chapter 69 Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Liquefied Natural Gases
69.1 General Provisions
69.2 LP-Gas Equipment and Appliances
69.3 Installation of LP-Gas Systems
69.4 LP-Gas Liquid Transfer
69.5 Storage of Cylinders Awaiting Use, Resale, or Exchange
69.6 Vehicular Transportation of LP-Gas
69.7 LP-Gases at Utility Plants
69.8 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities
Chapter 70 Oxidizer Solids and Liquids
70.1 General
Chapter 71 Pyrophoric Solids and Liquids
71.1 General
Chapter 72 Unstable (Reactive) Solids and Liquids
72.1 General
Chapter 73 Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids
73.1 General
Chapter 74 Ammonium Nitrate
74.1 General
Chapter 75 Organic Peroxide Solids and Liquids
75.1 General
Annexes
Annex A Explanatory Material
Annex B Hazardous Materials Classifications
Annex C Sample Ordinance Adopting the NFPA 1, Fire Code
Annex D Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements
Annex E Fire Fighter Safety Building Marking System
Annex F Fire Fighter Breathing-Air Replenishment Systems
Annex G Informational References
Index