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NFPA 1: Fire CodeHandbook, 2015
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editors
- IN MEMORIAM
- Introduction
- 1 Administration [Go to Page]
- 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
- 2 Referenced Publications [Go to Page]
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 NFPA Publications
- 2.3 Other Publications
- 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory
Sections
- 3 Definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- 3.4 Special Performance-Based Definitions
- 4 General Requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Goals and Objectives
- 4.2 Assumptions
- 4.3 Compliance Options
- 4.4 Fundamental Requirements
- 4.5 General Requirements
- 5 Performance-Based Option [Go to Page]
- 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
- 6 Classification of Occupancy [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Classification of Occupancy
- 7 Reserved
- 8 Reserved
- 9 Reserved
- 10 General Safety Requirements [Go to Page]
- 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
- 11 Building Services [Go to Page]
- 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
- 12 Features of Fire Protection [Go to Page]
- 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
- 13 Fire Protection Systems [Go to Page]
- 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
- 14 Means of Egress [Go to Page]
- 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
- 15 Fire Department Service Delivery
Concurrency Evaluation [Go to Page]
- 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
- 16 Safeguarding Construction, Alteration,
and Demolition Operations [Go to Page]
- 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
- 16.8 Asbestos Removal
- 17 Wildland Urban Interface [Go to Page]
- 17.1 General
- 17.2 Plans
- 17.3 Wildland Fire–Prone Areas
- 18 Fire Department Access and Water
Supply [Go to Page]
- 18.1 General
- 18.2 Fire Department Access
- 18.3 Water Supplies
- 18.4 Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings
- 18.5 Fire Hydrants
- 19 Combustible Waste and Refuse [Go to Page]
- 19.1 General
- 19.2 Combustible Waste and Refuse
- 20 Occupancy Fire Safety [Go to Page]
- 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
- 21 Airports and Heliports [Go to Page]
- 21.1 Hangars
- 21.2 Terminals
- 21.3 Rooftop Heliport Construction
and Protection
- 22 Automobile Wrecking Yards [Go to Page]
- 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
- 23 Cleanrooms [Go to Page]
- 23.1 General
- 23.2 Applicability
- 23.3 Permits
- 24 Drycleaning
- 24.1 General
- 24.2 Permits
- 25 Grandstands and Bleachers, Folding
and Telescopic Seating, Tents,
and Membrane Structures [Go to Page]
- 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
- 26 Laboratories Using Chemicals [Go to Page]
- 26.1 General
- 26.2 Permits
- 27 Manufactured Home and Recreational
Vehicle Sites [Go to Page]
- 27.1 General
- 27.2 Manufactured Home Sites
- 27.3 Recreational Vehicle Parks
and Campgrounds
- 28 Marinas, Boatyards, Marine Terminals,
Piers, and Wharves [Go to Page]
- 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
- 29 Parking Garages [Go to Page]
- 29.1 General
- 30 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages [Go to Page]
- 30.1 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities
- 30.2 Repair Garages
- 30.3 Operational Requirements
- 31 Forest Products [Go to Page]
- 31.1 General
- 31.2 Permits
- 31.3 Protection of Storage of Forest Products
- 32 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities [Go to Page]
- 32.1 General
- 32.2 Permits
- 32.3 Housekeeping
- 32.4 Soundstages and Approved Production
Facilities
- 32.5 Production Locations
- 32.6 Operating Features
- 33 Outside Storage of Tires [Go to Page]
- 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
- 34 General Storage [Go to Page]
- 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
- 35 Reserved
- 36 Telecommunication Facilities and
Information Technology Equipment [Go to Page]
- 36.1 General
- 37 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger
Rail Systems [Go to Page]
- 37.1 General
- 38 Reserved
- 39 Reserved
- 40 Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention [Go to Page]
- 40.1 General
- 40.2 Permits
- 40.3 Fugitive Dust Control and Housekeeping
- 40.4 Ignition Sources
- 40.5 Fire Protection
- 40.6 Training and Procedures
- 40.7 Inspection and Maintenance
- 41 Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot
Work [Go to Page]
- 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
- 42 Refueling [Go to Page]
- 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
- 43 Spraying, Dipping, and Coating
Using Flammable or Combustible
Materials [Go to Page]
- 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
- 44 Solvent Extraction [Go to Page]
- 44.1 General
- 44.2 Application
- 44.3 Permits
- 44.4 Special Requirements
- 45 Combustible Fibers [Go to Page]
- 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
- 46 Reserved
- 47 Reserved
- 48 Reserved
- 49 Reserved
- 50 Commercial Cooking [Go to Page]
- 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
- 51 Industrial Ovens and Furnaces [Go to Page]
- 51.1 General
- 51.2 Location
- 51.3 Safety Controls
- 52 Stationary Storage Battery Systems [Go to Page]
- 52.1 General
- 52.2 Permits
- 52.3 Safety Features
- 53 Mechanical Refrigeration [Go to Page]
- 53.1 General
- 53.2 Safety Features
- 53.3 Operations, Maintenance, and Testing
- 54 Ozone Gas–Generating Equipment [Go to Page]
- 54.1 Scope
- 54.2 Location
- 54.3 Piping, Valves, and Fittings
- 54.4 Automatic Shutdown
- 54.5 Manual Shutdown
- 55 Reserved
- 56 Reserved
- 57 Reserved
- 58 Reserved
- 59 Reserved
- 60 Hazardous Materials [Go to Page]
- 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
- 61 Aerosol Products [Go to Page]
- 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
- 62 Reserved
- 63 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic
Fluids [Go to Page]
- 63.1 General Provisions
- 63.2 Building-Related Controls
- 63.3 Compressed Gases
- 63.4 Cryogenic Fluids
- 63.5 Bulk Oxygen Systems
- 63.6 Bulk Gaseous 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
- 64 Corrosive Solids and Liquids
- 64.1 General
- 65 Explosives, Fireworks, and Model
Rocketry [Go to Page]
- 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
- 66 Flammable and Combustible
Liquids [Go to Page]
- 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
- 67 Flammable Solids [Go to Page]
- 67.1 General
- 68 Highly Toxic and Toxic Solids and
Liquids [Go to Page]
- 68.1 General
- 69 Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Liquefied
Natural Gases [Go to Page]
- 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
- 70 Oxidizer Solids and Liquids [Go to Page]
- 70.1 General
- 71 Pyrophoric Solids and Liquids [Go to Page]
- 71.1 General
- 72 Unstable (Reactive) Solids and
Liquids [Go to Page]
- 72.1 General
- 73 Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids [Go to Page]
- 73.1 General
- 74 Ammonium Nitrate [Go to Page]
- 74.1 General
- 75 Organic Peroxide Solids
and Liquids [Go to Page]
- 75.1 General
- Annexes
A Explanatory Material
- B Hazardous Materials
Classifications
- C Sample Ordinance Adopting the NFPA 1,
Fire Code
- D Hazardous Materials Management Plans
and Hazardous Materials Inventory
Statements
- E Fire Fighter Safety Building Marking
System
- F Informational References
- Index
- Important Notices and Legal
Disclaimers
- TIAs [Go to Page]