Already a subscriber?
MADCAD.com Free Trial
Sign up for a 3 day free trial to explore the MADCAD.com interface, PLUS access the
2009 International Building Code to see how it all works.
If you like to setup a quick demo, let us know at support@madcad.com
or +1 800.798.9296 and we will be happy to schedule a webinar for you.
Security check
Please login to your personal account to use this feature.
Please login to your authorized staff account to use this feature.
Are you sure you want to empty the cart?
NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook, 2019
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
- 1 Administration [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose
- 1.3 Application
- 1.4 Retroactivity
- 1.5 Equivalency
- 1.6 Units and Symbols
- 1.7 New Technology
- 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
- 4 General Requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Level of Protection
- 4.2 Owner’s Certificate
- 4.3 Classification of Hazard
- 4.4 Hose Connections
- 4.5 System Protection Area Limitations
- 4.6 Water Supply Information
- 4.7 Additives
- 4.8 Air, Nitrogen, or Other Approved Gas
- 4.9 Support of Nonsprinkler System
Components
- 4.10 Noncombustible Materials and
Limited-Combustible Materials
- 5 Water Supplies [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Types
- 6 Installation of Underground Piping [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Piping
- 6.2 Fittings
- 6.3 Connection of Pipe, Fittings,
and Appurtenances
- 6.4 Protection of Private Fire Service
Mains
- 6.5 Grounding and Bonding
- 6.6 Restraint
- 6.7 Steep Grades
- 6.8 Installation Requirements
- 6.9 Backfilling
- 6.10 Testing and Acceptance
- 7 Requirements for System
Components and Hardware [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Sprinklers
- 7.3 Aboveground Pipe and Tube
- 7.4 Fittings
- 7.5 Joining of Pipe and Fittings
- 7.6 Valves
- 7.7 Waterflow Alarm Devices
- 7.8 Additives and Coatings
- 8 System Types and Requirements [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Wet Pipe Systems
- 8.2 Dry Pipe Systems
- 8.3 Preaction Systems and
Deluge Systems
- 8.4 Combined Dry Pipe and Preaction
Systems for Piers, Terminals, and
Wharves
- 8.5 Multi-Cycle Systems
- 8.6 Antifreeze Systems
- 8.7 Outside Sprinklers for Protection Against
Exposure Fires (Exposure Protection
Sprinkler Systems
- 8.8 Refrigerated Spaces
- 8.9 Commercial-Type Cooking Equipment
and Ventilation
- 8.10 Pilot Line Detectors
- 9 Sprinkler Location Requirements [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Basic Requirements
- 9.2 Allowable Sprinkler Omission
Locations
- 9.3 Special Situations
- 9.4 Use of Sprinklers
- 9.5 Position, Location, Spacing, and Use of
Sprinklers
- 10 Installation Requirements for Standard
Pendent, Upright, and Sidewall Spray
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Standard Pendent and Upright
Spray Sprinklers
- 10.3 Sidewall Standard Spray Sprinklers
- 11 Installation Requirements for
Extended Coverage Upright,
Pendent, and Sidewall Spray
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 11.1 General
- 11.2 Extended Coverage Upright and
Pendent Spray Sprinklers
- 11.3 Extended Coverage Sidewall
Spray Sprinklers
- 12 Installation Requirements for Residential
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 12.1 General
- 13 Installation Requirements for CMSA
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 13.1 General
- 13.2 CMSA Sprinklers
- 14 Installation Requirements for
Early Suppression Fast-Response
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 14.1 General
- 14.2 Early Suppression
Fast-Response Sprinklers
- 15 Installation Requirements
for Special Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 15.1 Open Sprinklers
- 15.2 Special Sprinklers
- 15.3 Dry Sprinklers
- 15.4 Old-Style Sprinklers
- 16 Installation of Piping, Valves,
and Appurtenances [Go to Page]
- 16.1 Basic Requirements
- 16.2 Sprinkler Installation
- 16.3 Piping Installation
- 16.4 Protection of Piping
- 16.5 Protection of Risers Subject to
Mechanical Damage
- 16.6 Provision for Flushing Systems
- 16.7 Air Venting
- 16.8 Fitting Installation
- 16.9 Valves
- 16.10 Drainage
- 16.11 System Attachments
- 16.12 Fire Department Connections
- 16.13 Gauges
- 16.14 System Connections
- 16.15 Hose Connections
- 16.16 Electrical Bonding and Grounding
- 16.17 Signs. (Reserved
- 17 Installation Requirements
for Hanging and Support
of System Piping [Go to Page]
- 17.1 General
- 17.2 Hanger Components
- 17.3 Trapeze Hangers
- 17.4 Installation of Pipe Hangers
- 17.5 Pipe Stands
- 18 Installation Requirements
for Seismic Protection [Go to Page]
- 18.1 Protection of Piping Against Damage
Where Subject to Earthquakes
- 18.2 Flexible Couplings
- 18.3 Seismic Separation Assembly
- 18.4 Clearance
- 18.5 Sway Bracing
- 18.6 Restraint of Branch Lines
- 18.7 Hangers and Fasteners Subject to
Earthquakes
- 18.8 Pipe Stands Subject to Earthquakes
- 19 Design Approaches [Go to Page]
- 19.1 General
- 19.2 General Design Approaches
- 19.3 Occupancy Hazard Fire Control Approach for
Spray Sprinklers
- 19.4 Special Design Approaches
- 19.5 Deluge Systems
- 20 General Requirements
for Storage [Go to Page]
- 20.1 General
- 20.2 Protection of Storage
- 20.3 Classification of Commodities
- 20.4 Commodity Classes
- 20.5 Storage Arrangement
- 20.6 Building Construction and
Storage: Heights and Clearance
- 20.7 Unsprinklered Combustible
Concealed Spaces
- 20.8 Room Design Method
- 20.9 High-Expansion Foam Systems
- 20.10 Adjacent Hazards or Design Methods
- 20.11 Hose Connections
- 20.12 Hose Stream Allowance and
Water Supply Duration
- 20.13 Discharge Considerations: General
- 20.14 Protection of Idle Pallets
- 20.15 Column Protection: Rack Storage and Rubber
Tire Storage
- 21 Protection of High Piled Storage Using
Control Mode Density Area (CMDA)
Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 21.1 General
- 21.2 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Palletized,
Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back
Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class
- Commodities
- 21.3 Control Mode Density/Area
Sprinkler Protection Criteria for
Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or
Back-to-Back Shelf Storage
of Plastic and Rubber Commodities
- 21.4 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class
I Through Class IV Commodities
- 21.5 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Single-, Double-, and
Multiple-Row Racks for Group A Plastic
Commodities Stored Up to and Including
25 ft (7.6 m) in Height
- 21.6 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Rack Storage Rubber
Tires
- 21.7 Control Mode Density/ Area Sprinkler Protection
Criteria for Roll Paper Storage
- 21.8 Special Design for Rack Storage of Class
- Through Class IV Commodities and Group A
Plastics Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m)
in Height
- 21.9 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage
and Display of Class I Through Class
- Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group
A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group
A Plastics in Retail Stores
- 21.10 Control Mode Density/ Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Baled Cotton
Storage
- 21.11 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Carton Records
Storage with Catwalk Access
- 21.12 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler
Protection Criteria for Compact Storage
of Commodities Consisting of Paper Files,
Magazines, Books, and Similar Documents
in Folders and Miscellaneous Supplies with
No More Than 5 Percent Plastics Up to
8 ft (2.4 m) High
- 22 CMSA Requirements for Storage
Applications [Go to Page]
- 22.1 General
- 22.2 Palletized and Solid-Piled Storage of
Class I Through Class
- Commodities
- 22.3 Palletized and Solid-Piled Storage of
Nonexpanded and Expanded Group A Plastic
Commodities
- 22.4 Single-, Double-, and Multiple-Row Rack
Storage for Class I Through Class
- Commodities
- 22.5 Single-, Double-, and Multiple-Row Racks of
Group A Plastic Commodities
- 22.6 Rubber Tires
- 22.7 Roll Paper Storage
- 23 ESFR Requirements for
Storage Applications [Go to Page]
- 23.1 General
- 23.2 ESFR Design Criteria
- 23.3 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR)
Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled
Storage of Class I Through Class
- Commodities
- 23.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response
(ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or
Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic
Commodities
- 23.5 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR)
Sprinklers for Rack Storage of Class
- Through Class IV Commodities
- 23.6 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR)
Sprinklers for Rack Storage of Group A
Plastic Commodities
- 23.7 Protection of Exposed Expanded Group A
Plastics
- 23.8 ESFR Protection of Rack Storage of
Rubber Tires
- 23.9 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR)
Sprinklers for Protection of Roll Paper
Storage
- 23.10 Plastic Motor Vehicle Components
- 23.11 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage
and Display of Class I Through Class
- Commodities , Cartoned Nonexpanded Group
A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group
A Plastics in Retail Stores
- 23.12 Protection of High Bay Records
Storage
- 23.13 Slatted Shelves
- 24 Alternative Sprinkler System
Designs for Chapters [Go to Page]
- 24.1 General
- 24.2 Sprinkler Design Criteria for
Palletized and Solid-Piled, Storage of Class
- Through Class IV and Plastic
Commodities
- 24.3 Sprinkler Protection Criteria for
Open-Frame Rack Storage of Class I Through
Class IV and Plastic Commodities
- 24.4 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply
Duration
- 24.5 Minimum Obstruction Criteria
- 25 Protection of Rack Storage
Using In-Rack Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 25.1 General Requirements of In-Rack
Sprinklers
- 25.2 Ceiling-Level Sprinkler Design
Criteria in Combination with In-Rack
Sprinklers
- 25.3 In-Rack Sprinkler Characteristics
- 25.4 Vertical Spacing and Location of
In-Rack Sprinklers
- 25.5 Horizontal Location and Spacing of
In-Rack Sprinklers
- 25.6 Protection of Racks with Solid
Shelves
- 25.7 Horizontal Barriers in Combination
with In-Rack Sprinklers
- 25.8 Alternative In-Rack Sprinkler Protection
Options That Are Independent of the Ceiling
Sprinkler Design
- 25.9 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in
Combination with CMDA Sprinklers at
Ceiling Level
- 25.10 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in
Combination with CMSA Sprinklers
at Ceiling Level
- 25.11 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in
Combination with ESFR Sprinklers at Ceiling
Level
- 25.12 Design Criteria for In-Rack Sprinklers
in Combination with Ceiling-Level
Sprinklers
- 26 Special Occupancy Requirements [Go to Page]
- 26.1 General
- 26.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- 26.3 Aerosol Products
- 26.4 Spray Application Using Flammable or
Combustible Materials
- 26.5 Solvent Extraction Plants .
[NFPA 36
- 26.6 Installation and Use of Stationary
Combustion Engines and Gas
Turbines
- 26.7 Nitrate Film
- 26.8 Laboratories Using Chemicals
- 26.9 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding,
Cutting, and Allied Processes
- 26.10 Acetylene Cylinder Charging Plants
- 26.11 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic
Fluids Code
- 26.12 Utility LP-Gas Plants
- 26.13 Production, Storage, and Handling of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG
- 26.14 Protection of Information Technology
Equipment
- 26.15 Standard on Incinerators, and Waste
and Linen Handling Systems and
Equipment
- 26.16 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces
- 26.17 Health Care Facilities Code, Class
A Hyperbaric Chambers
- 26.18 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger
Rail Systems
- 26.19 Motion Picture and Television Production
Studio Soundstages , Approved Production
Facilities, and Production Locations
- 26.20 Animal Housing Facilities
- 26.21 Water Cooling Towers
- 26.22 Standard for the Construction and Fire
Protection of Marine Terminals , Piers, and
Wharves
- 26.23 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities
- 26.24 Aircraft Hangars
- 26.25 Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp
Drainage, and Loading Walkways
- 26.26 Aircraft Engine Test Facilities
- 26.27 Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric
Generating Plants
- 26.28 Light Water Nuclear Power Plants
- 26.29 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource
Properties — Museums, Libraries, and Places
of Worship. [NFPA 909
- 26.30 National Electrical Code
- 26.31 Fire Protection of
Telecommunication Facilities
- 26.32 Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of
Vapors , Gases, Mists, and Noncombustible
Particulate Solids
- 26.33 Hypobaric Facilities
- 26.34 Coal Mines
- 26.35 Metal/Nonmetal Mining and Metal
Mineral Processing Facilities
- 26.36 Hazardous Materials Code
- 27 Plans and Calculations [Go to Page]
- 27.1 Working Plans
- 27.2 Hydraulic Calculation Procedures
- 27.3 Hose Allowance
- 27.4 Hydraulic Calculation Forms
- 27.5 Pipe Schedules
- 28 Systems Acceptance [Go to Page]
- 28.1 Approval of Sprinkler Systems and Private
Fire Service Mains
- 28.2 Acceptance Requirements
- 28.3 Automated Inspection and Testing Devices
and Equipment
- 28.4 Instructions
- 28.5 Hydraulic Design Information Sign
(Hydraulic Data Nameplate
- 28.6 General Information Sign
- 29 Existing System Modifications [Go to Page]
- 29.1 General
- 29.2 Components
- 29.3 Sprinklers
- 29.4 Revamping of Pipe Schedule
Systems
- 29.5 Revamping of Hydraulic Design
Systems
- 29.6 System Design
- 29.7 Testing
- 30 Marine Systems [Go to Page]
- 30.1 General
- 30.2 System Components, Hardware, and
Use
- 30.3 System Requirements
- 30.4 Installation Requirements
- 30.5 Design Approaches
- 30.6 Plans and Calculations
- 30.7 Water Supplies
- 30.8 System Acceptance
- 30.9 System Instructions and Maintenance
- 31 System Inspection, Testing, and
Maintenance [Go to Page]
- 31.1 General
- A Explanatory Material
- B Miscellaneous Topics
- C Explanation of Test Data and Procedures for Rack
Storage
- D Sprinkler System Information from the 2018 Edition
of the Life Safety Code
- E Development of the Design Approach to Conform
with ASCE/SEI 7 and Suggested Conversion Factor
Adjustments for Locations Outside the United
States
- F Informational References
- Index
- 2016 –2019 Roadmap
- Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers
- Errata [Go to Page]