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NFPA®'s 2016 Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook helps contractors and engineers reduce fire deaths through compliance with NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R.

Eight out of ten fire deaths occur in the home. Protect people with home fire sprinkler system planning and installation using NFPA's user-friendly new Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook. Ideal for engineers, designers, contractors, and installers, this unique resource combines clear explanations, full-color visuals, and hands-on access to the 2016 editions of NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R text. You'll get the support you need to install residential fire sprinklers with confidence, so you can reduce risks while maximizing efficiency on the job.

Loaded with new features -- including house plans showing sprinkler installation -- this one-stop source brings you up-to-date!

    Reference the complete texts of the 2016 NFPA 13D: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes and NFPA 13R: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies.
    A wealth of commentary clarifies the intent and reasoning behind NFPA 13D's and NFPA 13R's requirements -- with new explanations on key differences between the Standards.
    First-time, full-color house plans show correct sprinkler installation -- essential for contractors!
    A new plans review checklist gives those reviewing plans added assurance that nothing is overlooked.
    Full-color photos, graphics, illustrations, and detailed drawings clarify concepts.
    Historical Notes provide invaluable background on residential fire sprinkler use in the United States.
    Supplements written by experts include a new supplement on conducting sprinkler plans review, a revised Pedestal/Podium Building Design Using Model Building Codes and NFPA Sprinkler Standards, and an overview of technical changes for both NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R.
    An entire section is devoted to NFPA's Sprinkler Initiative, with research material and links to Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and NFPA.

New design features improve navigation and accessibility.

    Code Update icons indicate a change has occurred.
    ""Ask the AHJ"" FAQs help installers avoid common errors.
    Updated FAQs throughout make technical provisions clear.

Consult the most comprehensive and authoritative source of facts and advice about residential fire sprinkler systems.

The following editions for this book are also available...

Format	Year	Publisher	Type	Title				Annual Price
	2013	NFPA	Handbook	NFPA 13D and NFPA 13R: Automatic Sprinkler Systems for Residential Occupancies Handbook				$346.50	Buy

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Year	Publisher	Title		Annual Price
VAR	NFPA	NFPA NFC Package with all NFPA Standards & NFPA Handbooks	[+]	$2,789.33	Buy
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2007	NFPA	NFPA 10: Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
2002	NFPA	NFPA 10: Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
1998	NFPA	NFPA 10: Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
2002	NFPA	NFPA 11: Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam
1998	NFPA	NFPA 11: Standard for Low-Expansion Foam
2005	NFPA	NFPA 11: Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam
1999	NFPA	NFPA 11A: Standard for Medium- and High-Expansion Foam Systems
2000	NFPA	NFPA 12: Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems
2008	NFPA	NFPA 12: Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems
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About NFPA

The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.

The world's leading advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety, NFPA develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.

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