Fire protection information, sources

A nonprofit organization that is the authoritative source for developing standards for minimizing the possibility and effects of fire and explosion conducts fire safety programs provides information on fire protection, prevention, and suppression develops systems for prevention and suppression offire and explosions arising from hazardous substances. 

Information on fire protection codes and standards are available from several sources, including the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the Eire Suppression Systems Association (ESSA), and the American Petroleum Institute (API). Jurisdictions that provide requirements for fire protection include federal, state, and local agencies. This Guideline bridges the regulatory requirements and industry standards with practical application and provides ... 

It is probably evident from the above introductory discussion, and important to realise, that the whole issue of heat and fire protection with respect to textiles is a complex area involving knowledge of elements of fire science, flame retardant treatments, development of heat and fire resistant fibres and derived textile structures and the inter-relationships between regulations, applications and markets. The bibliography lists a number of prime sources of information in these areas, and for an overview of textiles for fire and heat protection the reader should refer in particular to a recent article by this author. In this chapter, the focus will be only on high performance textiles in which fire and heat protection are essential requirements. 

Source Information in this adapteci table reproduced with permission from NFPA 45-2015, Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals. Copyright 2014, National Fire Protection Association. This reprinted material is not the complete and official position of the NFPA on the referenced subject, which is represented only by the standard in its entirety. 

Drainage is an important consideration in the prevention of pool fires—if the material is drained to a safe location, a pool fire is not possible. See NFPA 30 (NFPA, 1987a) for additional information. The important considerations are that (1) the liquid must be drained to a safe area, (2) the liquid must be covered to minimize vaporization, (3) the drainage area miast be far enough away from thermal radiation fire sources, (4) adequate fire protection must be provided, (5) consideration must be provided for containment and drainage of fire water and (6) leak detection must be provided. 

Protection Engineering offer extensive additional reading in this area. The information available in these two sources is enough to rely upon for designing a fire suppression system. 

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