NFPA Standard

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 58, Standard for the Storage and Handhng of Liquefied Petroleum Gases... 

NFPA Standard 59A, Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handhng of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)... 

NFPA Standard System for Identification of Health, Flammahility,... 

NFPA Standard System for Identification of Health, Flammability, Reactivity, and Related Hazards (NFPA 704, Chaps. 2-5, 1990. This printed material is not the complete and official position of the National Fire Protection Association on the referenced subject, which is represented only by the standard in its entirety.)... 

Demonstrated competencies listed in NFPA Standard 472. 1992 for specialist categories C. B. and A... 

Due to the importance of complying tvith all standards and regulations, and the necessary reduction in detail in such a summary as presented here, it is recommended that the ASME, API and NFPA standards and codes be consulted for final design detail and installation conformity. 

Dust Explosion Prevention Aluminum Powder, NFPA Standard Codes 65, 651, both 1987... 

National Fire Protection Association, Static Electricity, NFPA Standard 77, Quincy, MA, USA (1983)... 

Combined systems The NFPA standards specify acceptable methods for combining the above requirements. 

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Standard 221. Construction of Fire Walls and Barriers. Proposed Standard, NFPA, Quincy, MA, 1993. 

Fully Encapsulating Suits Chemical protective suits that are designed to offer full body protection, including SCBA, are gas tight, and meet the design criteria as outlined in NFPA Standard 1991. 

Level of Protection In addition to positive pressure breathing apparatus, designations of types of personal protective equipment to be worn based on NFPA standards. 

NFPA Standard 49 9-on which the OSHA PSM-listed highly reactive chemicals are based-covers only 325 chemical substances, a very small percentage of the chemicals used in industry.10... 

CSB analyzed incident data in terms of the chemicals published in NFPA Standards 49 and 325. The data show that only about 10 percent of the 167 known incidents involved chemicals that were rated NFPA 3 or 4 (Figure 15). NFPA not rated or 0 accounts for nearly 60 percent of the data.. (Both the BPS and the Morton incidents involved chemicals that were not rated by NFPA.)... 

In its NEP, OSHA points out that for workplaces not covered by 1910.272, but where combustible dust hazards exist within dust control systems or other containers, citations under section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act (the General Duty Clause) may generally be issued for deflagration (fire) or explosion hazards. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards should be consulted to obtain evidence of hazard recognition and feasible abatement methods. Other standards are applicable to the combustible dust hazard. For example, if the workplace has a Class II location, then citations under 29 CFR 1910.307 may be issued to those employers having electrical equipment not meeting the standard s requirements. 

The first bullet indicates that the NFPA standards should be used to determine the fire water requirements for a facility. The NFPA standards do not define when a system is required. The first bullet does not achieve the result of defining when protection is necessary. In addition, the level of protection needed for a process facility is not covered by the cited NFPA standards. The NFPA standards simply describe howto design and install system components. 

Mobile fire equipment should be inspected, tested, and maintained in accordance with manufacturer s recommendations. Additional NFPA standards that may contain inspection, test and maintenance information are ... 

All insulation should be in accordance with the flame-spread and smoke-develop ratings of NFPA Standard 255. Ductwork should be... 

Other key NFPA Standards NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems... 

The NFPA Standards Council has stated that NFPA 90A9 is responsible for requirements for all materials and products in ducts and plenums, but this has been very controversial, because it indicates that the committee responsible for NFPA 90A (a small committee called Technical Committee on Air Conditioning) mandates requirements for ducts and plenums in all the major NFPA codes (NFPA 70, NFPA 101, and NFPA 5000). 

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