Codes, Standards and Regulations
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Overview of of Codes, Standards and Regulations in CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY, NC and PA
In November 2002, Sprinkler Age magazine featured it's 15th annual legislative review for the United States and Canada. This summary of legislation and codes offers an overview of regulations...
Preventing Losses in the Furniture/Woodworking Industry
An occupancy with inherent hazards is wood processing. With flammable liquids, wood dust and heavy combustible loading it is imperative to adhere to strict property loss prevention standards. In a...
Changes to NFPA 13 Regarding Earthquake Protection
It is important to maintain sprinkler systems in service for fire protection following a major earthquake. Present standards for sprinkler system earthquake resistance are mostly satisfactory;...
New Rules and Regulations for Fire Sprinklers
The 2002 edition of NFPA 25, Inspection Testing and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, contains many changes. Sample Testing Sprinklers Dry type sprinklers should be sample tested...
Legislative Review - State Codes and Standards
In November 2001, Sprinkler Age magazine featured it's fourteenth annual legislative review for the United States and Canada. This summary of legislation and codes offers an overview of regulations...
Central Sprinkler Head Recall
On July 19th, 2001, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Central Sprinkler Company, an affiliate of Tyco Fire Products LP, of Lansdale, PA., announced a voluntary recall of 35 million...
State Requirements for NFPA, Building Codes and Authorities Having Jurisdiction
The chart below offers a quick overview of regulations affecting the fire sprinkler industry in individual states. It provides a summary of legislation and codes. This information was gathered by the...
NFPA to Develop a Building Code
This past march, the NFPA's Board of Directors approved a plan to develop a consensus building code as part of a full set of consensus codes and standards. This decision resulted due to a directive...
Performance Based Design vs. Prescriptive Design
Performance Based Design (PBD) and performance based codes are buzz words in fire protection engineering today…but what exactly is PBD and how does it differ from Prescriptive Design? The idea...
Changes to NFPA 13 (2000)
The 1999 Edition of NFPA 13 the "Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems" has gone through a major revision. The intent of the changes in this edition was to make NFPA 13 a more thorough...