IEEE 979-2012

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IEEE Guide for Substation Fire Protection

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Revision Standard – Active. Guidance is provided to substation engineers in determining the design, equipment, and practices deemed necessary for the fire protection of substations.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	IEEE Std 979-2012 Front Cover
3	Title Page
6	Notice to users Laws and regulations Copyrights Updating of IEEE documents Errata
7	Patents
8	Participants
10	Introduction
11	Contents
13	Important Notice 1. Overview 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 General
15	2. Normative references 3. Definitions
16	3.1 General terms 3.2 Fire-suppression system terms
17	3.3 Fire detection system terms
18	4. Fire hazards 4.1 General 4.2 Combustible oil hazards
19	4.3 Flammable and combustible liquid and gas hazards 4.4 Fire exposure hazards
20	4.5 Indoor substation hazards 4.6 Critical loss assets
21	4.7 Maintenance and construction 5. Fire protection considerations for substation sites 5.1 General 5.2 External exposures
22	5.2.1 Forested or grassland areas 5.2.2 Hazardous industries or operations 5.2.3 Combustible buildings 5.3 Site grading
23	5.4 Prevailing winds 5.5 Fire emergency response capability 5.6 Available firefighting water supplies 5.7 Emergency access to the substation
24	6. Fire protection for substation buildings 6.1 General 6.2 Use and occupancy 6.2.1 Control buildings and rooms 6.2.2 Battery rooms and areas
25	6.2.3 Support buildings and separated areas 6.3 Underground substations 6.4 High-rise substations
26	6.5 Indoor substations 6.6 Construction 6.6.1 Building materials 6.6.2 Fire separation 6.6.3 Floor and roof
27	6.6.4 Cable trays 6.6.5 Conduits and cables
28	6.6.6 Building openings 6.6.7 Interior finish 6.6.8 Lightning protection 6.6.9 Furnishings 6.6.10 Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
29	6.6.11 Smoke and heat management 6.6.12 Drainage
30	6.7 Fire alarm and detection systems 6.8 Fire suppression
31	6.9 Life safety 6.9.1 General 6.9.2 Arrangement of exits 6.9.3 Emergency lighting 6.9.4 Exit signage 6.9.5 Fire extinguishers
32	6.10 Combustible materials 7. Fire protection for substations 7.1 Spatial separation of outdoor mineral-oil-insulated equipment
33	7.2 Prescriptive separation requirements 7.2.1 Method for measuring spatial distances
34	7.2.2 Equipment to equipment 7.2.3 Equipment to buildings 7.2.4 Equipment to property lines 7.2.5 Exceptions
35	7.2.6 Other types of adjacent equipment 7.3 Calculated separation requirements 7.4 Ground surface material 7.5 Cable raceway systems 7.5.1 Cable trenches
37	7.6 Water supply 7.7 Fire extinguishers 8. Fire protection for equipment 8.1 Oil-spill-containment systems
38	8.2 Stone flame suppression
39	8.3 Fire barriers 8.3.1 Height 8.3.2 Width 8.4 Fire-suppression systems
40	8.4.1 Indoor equipment vaults 8.4.2 Alternative dielectric insulating medium 8.5 Explosion suppression 8.5.1 Distribution class transformers 8.5.2 Power class transformers 8.5.3 Alternative dielectric insulation medium
41	8.6 Equipment design 9. Fire protection measures selection 9.1 General 9.2 Fire protection objectives 9.3 Performance factors
42	9.4 Life cycle factors 9.5 Risk-based economic analysis 9.6 Benefit/cost analysis
44	Annex A (normative) Additional information to main body clauses A.1 Purpose A.2 Fire hazards
45	A.3 Fire protection considerations for substation sites A.4 Forested or grassland areas A.5 Prevailing winds A.6 Fire emergency response capability
46	A.7 Available firefighting water supplies
47	A.8 Emergency access to the substation
48	A.9 Substation buildings
49	A.10 Construction A.11 Fire separation
50	A.12 Floor and roof A.13 Building openings A.14 Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)
51	A.15 Smoke and heat management A.16 Fire alarm and detection systems A.16.1 General A.16.2 Detection
52	A.17 Fire suppression
55	A.18 Fire extinguishers
56	A.19 Equipment to property lines A.20 Fire barriers
57	A.21 Alternative dielectric insulating medium A.22 Risk-based economic analysis
59	Annex B (informative) Quantitative methods for analysis of hazards B.1 Calculation methods
61	B.2 Heat flux nomographs
68	Annex C (informative) Selection of fire protection systems and substation design C.1 Compliance C.2 Electrical supply reliability C.3 Revenue and asset preservation
69	C.4 Oil-insulated energized equipment
70	C.5 Fire detection and signaling systems C.5.1 General
71	C.5.2 Fire detection equipment selection criteria
72	C.5.3 Fire alarm panel
73	C.5.4 Signaling systems
74	C.6 Benefit/cost analysis
77	Annex D (informative) Fire emergency plan, incident management, and recovery D.1 Purpose D.2 Preplanning for the fire emergency
78	D.3 Incident management
80	D.4 Recovery D.5 Energized equipment D.6 Loss history
81	Annex E (informative) Examples E.1 Determining the flame front E.1.1 Transformer without containment E.1.2 Transformer with containment and without flame-suppressing stone
82	E.1.3 Transformer with containment and flame-suppressing stone
83	E.2 Substation example E.2.1 General E.2.2 Given information
84	E.2.3 Fire sources in the substation
96	Annex F (informative) Bibliography