NFPA 13 2016

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NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems

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Updates in the 2016 NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems help designers, engineers, contractors, and installers develop the best fire sprinkler defense for any occupancy. Fire protection challenges have changed along with construction materials and types of storage. Get equipped for today’s hazards by getting up-to-code with the new industry standard for the automatic sprinkler system design, installation, and acceptance testing; hanging and bracing systems; underground piping; and seismic protection. Revisions to commodity classification tables in the 2016 NFPA 13 present the most significant update to the tables in over 30 years. Updated classification tables in Chapter 5 Annex based on today’s materials help sprinkler system designers avoid common errors in classifying commodities. The new tables improve accuracy and reduce the risk for mistakes that could prove catastrophic in a fire. A task group addressed the costly problem of corrosion in piping. In a major change that impacts installers, the 2016 NFPA 13 adds a new requirement that a single air vent be installed for each wet sprinkler system to help reduce potential corrosion activity due to trapped air. A task group concluded that venting the trapped air in a wet system can decrease water delivery time, reduce alarm ring delay, reduce water flow alarm cyclic ringing, and reduce corrosion activity. Other changes provide more flexible options for sprinkler design: A new protection scheme for exposed bay plastics in racks has been added to Chapter 17, in response to the potential for serious fires. New language added to Chapter 8 based on studies done by the Fire Protection Research Foundation allows sprinklers to be omitted above certain cloud ceiling configurations. Conversions to metric have switched from an exact conversion into an approximate conversion to make the Standard more usable and cost effective on a global scale. A new provision requires listed window sprinklers to be used where glazing assemblies are used as an alternative to fire-resistance-rated construction. Revisions in Chapter 9 address the use of concrete anchors An alternative storage protection scheme has been added for certain storage arrangements, similar to the Scheme A allowance in NFPA 30: Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code. Gain the edge in sprinkler protection to prevent fire deaths and property loss. NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems advances how sprinkler system designers, installers, maintainers, and AHJs can safeguard people and property against fire. Improve automatic fire sprinkler effectiveness and avoid errors using the new research-based 2016 edition of NFPA 13: Installation of Sprinkler Systems

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
2	Important Notices and Disclaimers
3	Additional Notices and Disclaimers
4	2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications 12.12 Protection of Idle Pallets
16	Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Application 1.4 Retroactivity 1.5 Equivalency 1.6 Units and Symbols
17	1.7 New Technology Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
18	2.3 Other Publications
20	2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions
22	3.4 Sprinkler System Type Definitions 3.5 System Component Definitions
23	3.6 Sprinkler Definitions
24	3.7 Construction Definitions 3.8 Private Water Supply Piping Definitions
25	3.9 Storage Definitions
27	3.10 Marine Definitions
28	3.11 Hanging and Bracing Definitions Chapter 4 General Requirements 4.1 Level of Protection 4.2 Limited Area Systems 4.3 Owner’s Certificate 4.4 Additives 4.5 Air, Nitrogen, or Other Approved Gas 4.6 Support of Nonsprinkler System Components Chapter 5 Classification of Occupancies and Commodities 5.1 Classification of Occupancies 5.2 Light Hazard Occupancies
29	5.3 Ordinary Hazard Occupancies 5.4 Extra Hazard Occupancies 5.5 Special Occupancy Hazards 5.6 Commodity Classification
32	Chapter 6 System Components and Hardware 6.1 General 6.2 Sprinklers
34	6.3 Aboveground Pipe and Tube
36	6.4 Fittings
37	6.5 Joining of Pipe and Fittings
39	6.6 Valves 6.7 Fire Department Connections 6.8 Waterflow Alarm Devices
40	6.9 Signs Chapter 7 System Requirements 7.1 Wet Pipe Systems 7.2 Dry Pipe Systems
42	7.3 Preaction Systems and Deluge Systems
44	7.4 Combined Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems for Piers, Terminals, and Wharves 7.5 Multi-Cycle Systems 7.6 Antifreeze Systems
46	7.7 Outside Sprinklers for Protection Against Exposure Fires (Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems)
47	7.8 Refrigerated Spaces
49	7.9 Commercial-Type Cooking Equipment and Ventilation
50	7.10 Additives and Coatings Chapter 8 Installation Requirements 8.1 Basic Requirements 8.2 System Protection Area Limitations
51	8.3 Use of Sprinklers
53	8.4 Application of Sprinkler Types
55	8.5 Position, Location, Spacing, and Use of Sprinklers
57	8.6 Standard Pendent and Upright Spray Sprinklers
65	8.7 Sidewall Standard Spray Sprinklers
69	8.8 Extended Coverage Upright and Pendent Spray Sprinklers
74	8.9 Extended Coverage Sidewall Spray Sprinklers
78	8.10 Residential Sprinklers
85	8.11 CMSA Sprinklers
88	8.12 Early Suppression Fast-Response Sprinklers
91	8.13 In-Rack Sprinklers 8.14 Pilot Line Detectors
92	8.15 Special Situations
99	8.16 Piping Installation
102	8.17 System Attachments
106	8.18 Electrical Bonding and Grounding Chapter 9 Hanging, Bracing, and Restraint of System Piping 9.1 Hangers
112	9.2 Installation of Pipe Hangers
116	9.3 Protection of Piping Against Damage Where Subject to Earthquakes
135	Chapter 10 Underground Requirements 10.1 Piping
136	10.2 Fittings
137	10.3 Connection of Pipe Fittings and Appurtenances 10.4 Protection of Private Fire Service Mains. [24:10.4]
138	10.5 Grounding and Bonding 10.6 Restraint
139	10.7 Steep Grades 10.8 Installation Requirements
140	10.9 Backfilling 10.10 Testing and Acceptance
143	Chapter 11 Design Approaches 11.1 General
144	11.2 Occupancy Hazard Fire Control Approach for Spray Sprinklers
148	11.3 Special Design Approaches
149	Chapter 12 General Requirements for Storage 12.1 General
150	12.2 Hose Connections 12.3 Adjacent Hazards or Design Methods 12.4 Wet Pipe Systems 12.5 Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems 12.6 Storage Applications
151	12.7 Discharge Considerations 12.8 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration 12.9 Unsprinklered Combustible Concealed Spaces
153	12.10 Room Design Method 12.11 High-Expansion Foam Systems
156	Chapter 13 Protection of Miscellaneous and Low-Piled Storage 13.1 General 13.2 Design Basis
159	13.3 In-Rack Sprinklers Chapter 14 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Class I through Class IV Commodities 14.1 General 14.2 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 IV Commodities
160	14.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities
163	14.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 14.5 Special Design for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, or Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 14.6 High-Expansion Foam — Reduction to Ceiling Density
165	Chapter 15 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 15.1 General 15.2 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
167	15.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities 15.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities
171	15.5 High-Expansion Foam — Reduction in Ceiling Density Chapter 16 Protection of Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 16.1 General
175	16.2 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height
188	16.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height
203	Chapter 17 Protection of Rack Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 17.1 General
206	17.2 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height
221	17.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height
230	Chapter 18 Protection of Rubber Tire Storage 18.1 General 18.2 Columns Within Rubber Tire Storage 18.3 Water Supplies 18.4 Ceiling Systems 18.5 In-Rack Sprinkler System Requirements for Protection of Rubber Tires 18.6 Reduced-Discharge Density
234	Chapter 19 Protection of Roll Paper 19.1 Protection of Roll Paper Storage
236	Chapter 20 Special Designs of Storage Protection 20.1 General 20.2 Plastic Motor Vehicle Components 20.3 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage and Display of Class I Through Class IV Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group A Plastics in Retail Stores
238	20.4 Protection of Baled Cotton Storage 20.5 Sprinkler Protection of Carton Records Storage with Catwalk Access
240	20.6 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 (2.44 m) High 20.7 Protection of High Bay Records Storage Chapter 21 Alternative Sprinkler System Designs for Chapters 12 Through 20 21.1 General
241	21.2 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Palletized and Solid-Piled, Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities 21.3 Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Open-Frame Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities 21.4 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration 21.5 Minimum Obstruction Criteria
244	Chapter 22 Special Occupancy Requirements 22.1 General 22.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids 22.3 Aerosol Products 22.4 Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials
245	22.5 Solvent Extraction Plants. [NFPA 36] 22.6 Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines 22.7 Nitrate Film 22.8 Laboratories Using Chemicals 22.9 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes
246	22.10 Acetylene Cylinder Charging Plants 22.11 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code
247	22.12 Utility LP-Gas Plants 22.13 Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 22.14 Protection of Information Technology Equipment 22.15 Standard on Incinerators, and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment
248	22.16 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces 22.17 Health Care Facilities Code, Class A Hyperbaric Chambers 22.18 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems 22.19 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages, Approved Production Facilities, and Production Locations
249	22.20 Animal Housing Facilities 22.21 Water Cooling Towers
251	22.22 Standard for the Construction and Fire Protection of Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves 22.23 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities
252	22.24 Aircraft Hangars 22.25 Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp Drainage, and Loading Walkways 22.26 Aircraft Engine Test Facilities 22.27 Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants
253	22.28 Light Water Nuclear Power Plants
254	22.29 Hydroelectric Generating Plants. [NFPA 851] 22.30 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties — Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship. [NFPA 909] 22.31 National Electrical Code
255	22.32 Fire Protection of Telecommunication Facilities 22.33 Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases, Mists, and Noncombustible Particulate Solids 22.34 Hypobaric Facilities 22.35 Coal Mines
256	22.36 Metal/Nonmetal Mining and Metal Mineral Processing Facilities
257	22.37 Hazardous Materials Code
259	Chapter 23 Plans and Calculations 23.1 Working Plans
260	23.2 Water Supply Information 23.3 Hydraulic Calculation Forms
266	23.4 Hydraulic Calculation Procedures
270	23.5 Deluge Systems 23.6 Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems 23.7 Pipe Schedules
274	Chapter 24 Water Supplies 24.1 General 24.2 Types
275	Chapter 25 Systems Acceptance 25.1 Approval of Sprinkler Systems and Private Fire Service Mains 25.2 Acceptance Requirements
279	25.3 Circulating Closed Loop Systems
280	25.4 Instructions 25.5 Hydraulic Design Information Sign 25.6 General Information Sign Chapter 26 Marine Systems 26.1 General
281	26.2 System Components, Hardware, and Use
282	26.3 System Requirements 26.4 Installation Requirements
283	26.5 Design Approaches 26.6 Plans and Calculations 26.7 Water Supplies
285	26.8 System Acceptance 26.9 System Instructions and Maintenance Chapter 27 System Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance 27.1 General 27.2 Inactive Sprinkler Systems Abandoned in Place Annex A Explanatory Material
448	Annex B Miscellaneous Topics
450	Annex C Explanation of Test Data and Procedures for Rack Storage
456	Annex D Sprinkler System Information from the 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code
460	Annex E Development of the Design Approach to Conform with SEI/ASCE 7
466	Annex F Informational References
470	Index