NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook:2016 Edition
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NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
NFPA | 2016 | 89 |
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PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | Cover |
2 | Copyright |
5 | Contents |
11 | Preface |
13 | Acknowledgments |
15 | About the Contributors |
21 | About the Editor |
25 | 1 Administration 1.1 Scope |
26 | 1.2 Purpose |
27 | 1.3 Application |
28 | 1.4 Retroactivity |
29 | 1.5 Equivalency 1.6 Units and Symbols |
31 | 1.7 New Technology |
35 | 2 Referenced Publications 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications |
36 | 2.3 Other Publications |
40 | 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections |
43 | 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions |
45 | 3.3 General Definitions |
52 | 3.4 Sprinkler System Type Definitions |
58 | 3.5 System Component Definitions |
61 | 3.6 Sprinkler Definitions |
71 | 3.7 Construction Definitions |
78 | 3.8 Private Water Supply Piping Definitions |
80 | 3.9 Storage Definitions |
100 | 3.10 Marine Definitions |
103 | 3.11 Hanging and Bracing Definitions |
107 | 4 General Requirements 4.1 Level of Protection 4.2 Limited Area Systems |
108 | 4.3 Owner’s Certificate |
110 | 4.4 Additives 4.5 Air, Nitrogen, or Other Approved Gas 4.6 Support of Nonsprinkler System Components |
113 | 5 Classification of Occupancies and Commodities 5.1 Classification of Occupancies |
115 | 5.2 Light Hazard Occupancies |
116 | 5.3 Ordinary Hazard Occupancies |
120 | 5.4 Extra Hazard Occupancies |
121 | 5.5 Special Occupancy Hazards 5.6 Commodity Classification |
155 | 6 System Components and Hardware 6.1 General |
158 | 6.2 Sprinklers |
169 | 6.3 Aboveground Pipe and Tube |
177 | 6.4 Fittings |
181 | 6.5 Joining of Pipe and Fittings |
189 | 6.6 Valves |
191 | 6.7 Fire Department Connections |
194 | 6.8 Waterflow Alarm Devices |
196 | 6.9 Signs |
199 | 7 System Requirements 7.1 Wet Pipe Systems |
203 | 7.2 Dry Pipe Systems |
219 | 7.3 Preaction Systems and Deluge Systems |
227 | 7.4 Combined Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems for Piers, Terminals, and Wharves |
230 | 7.5 Multi-Cycle Systems |
231 | 7.6 Antifreeze Systems |
241 | 7.7 Outside Sprinklers for Protection Against Exposure Fires (Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems |
245 | 7.8 Refrigerated Spaces |
252 | 7.9 Commercial-Type Cooking Equipment and Ventilation |
256 | 7.10 Additives and Coatings |
257 | 8 Installation Requirements 8.1 Basic Requirements |
261 | 8.2 System Protection Area Limitations |
264 | 8.3 Use of Sprinklers |
274 | 8.4 Application of Sprinkler Types |
284 | 8.5 Position, Location, Spacing, and Use of Sprinklers |
296 | 8.6 Standard Pendent and Upright Spray Sprinklers |
321 | 8.7 Sidewall Standard Spray Sprinklers |
332 | 8.8 Extended Coverage Upright and Pendent Spray Sprinklers |
342 | 8.9 Extended Coverage Sidewall Spray Sprinklers |
350 | 8.10 Residential Sprinklers |
362 | 8.11 CMSA Sprinklers |
370 | 8.12 Early Suppression Fast-Response Sprinklers |
377 | 8.13 In-Rack Sprinklers |
378 | 8.14 Pilot Line Detectors |
379 | 8.15 Special Situations |
414 | 8.16 Piping Installation |
438 | 8.17 System Attachments |
456 | 8.18 Electrical Bonding and Grounding |
463 | 9 Hanging, Bracing, and Restraint of System Piping 9.1 Hangers |
483 | 9.2 Installation of Pipe Hangers |
498 | 9.3 Protection of Piping Against Damage Where Subject to Earthquakes |
577 | 10 Underground Requirements 10.1 Piping |
583 | 10.2 Fittings |
584 | 10.3 Connection of Pipe Fittings and Appurtenances |
586 | 10.4 Protection of Private Fire Service Mains |
592 | 10.5 Grounding and Bonding 10.6 Restraint |
602 | 10.7 Steep Grades |
603 | 10.8 Installation Requirements |
604 | 10.9 Backfilling |
605 | 10.10 Testing and Acceptance |
613 | 11 Design Approaches 11.1 General |
619 | 11.2 Occupancy Hazard Fire Control Approach for Spray Sprinklers |
630 | 11.3 Special Design Approaches |
635 | 12 General Requirements for Storage |
638 | 12.1 General |
649 | 12.2 Hose Connections 12.3 Adjacent Hazards or Design Methods |
652 | 12.4 Wet Pipe Systems |
653 | 12.5 Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems 12.6 Storage Applications |
660 | 12.7 Discharge Considerations |
664 | 12.8 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration |
666 | 12.9 Unsprinklered Combustible Concealed Spaces |
669 | 12.10 Room Design Method |
670 | 12.11 High-Expansion Foam Systems |
671 | 12.12 Protection of Idle Pallets |
681 | 13 Protection of Miscellaneous and Low-Piled Storage |
683 | 13.1 General |
684 | 13.2 Design Basis |
687 | 13.3 In-Rack Sprinklers |
691 | 14 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Commodities 14.1 General |
692 | 14.2 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Palletized, Solid- Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Commodities |
701 | 14.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid- Commodities |
705 | 14.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Commodities |
706 | 14.5 Special Design for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, or Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities |
707 | 14.6 High-Expansion Foam — Reduction to Ceiling Density |
713 | 15 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 15.1 General |
714 | 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 |
725 | 15.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities |
727 | 15.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities |
730 | 15.5 High-Expansion Foam — Reduction in Ceiling Density |
731 | 16 Protection of Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities |
732 | 16.1 General |
753 | 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 |
782 | 16.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height |
815 | 17 Protection of Rack Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 17.1 General |
834 | 17.2 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height |
866 | 17.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height |
891 | 18 Protection of Rubber Tire Storage 18.1 General |
892 | 18.2 Columns Within Rubber Tire Storage |
893 | 18.3 Water Supplies 18.4 Ceiling Systems |
897 | 18.5 In-Rack Sprinkler System Requirements for Protection of Rubber Tires |
898 | 18.6 Reduced-Discharge Density |
899 | 19 Protection of Roll Paper |
900 | 19.1 Protection of Roll Paper Storage |
909 | 20 Special Designs of Storage Protection 20.1 General 20.2 Plastic Motor Vehicle Components |
910 | 20.3 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group A Plastics in Retail Stores |
919 | 20.4 Protection of Baled Cotton Storage |
920 | 20.5 Sprinkler Protection of Carton Records Storage with Catwalk Access |
925 | 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 |
928 | 20.7 Protection of High Bay Records Storage |
931 | 21 Alternative Sprinkler System Designs for Chapters 12 Through 20 |
932 | 21.1 General |
934 | 21.2 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Palletized and Solid-Piled, Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities |
937 | 21.3 Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Open-Frame Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities |
942 | 21.4 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration |
943 | 21.5 Minimum Obstruction Criteria |
945 | 22 Special Occupancy Requirements 22.1 General |
946 | 22.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids |
948 | 22.3 Aerosol Products |
950 | 22.4 Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials |
953 | 22.5 Solvent Extraction Plants [NFPA 36 22.6 Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines |
954 | 22.7 Nitrate Film |
958 | 22.8 Laboratories Using Chemicals 22.9 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes |
959 | 22.10 Acetylene Cylinder Charging Plants 22.11 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code |
960 | 22.12 Utility LP-Gas Plants 22.13 Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG 22.14 Protection of Information Technology Equipment |
961 | 22.15 Standard on Incinerators, and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment |
966 | 22.16 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces 22.17 Health Care Facilities Code, Class A Hyperbaric Chambers |
967 | 22.18 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems |
968 | 22.19 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages, Approved Production Facilities, and Production Locations |
969 | 22.20 Animal Housing Facilities 22.21 Water Cooling Towers |
979 | 22.22 Standard for the Construction and Fire Protection of Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves |
981 | 22.23 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities |
983 | 22.24 Aircraft Hangars 22.25 Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp Drainage, and Loading Walkways 22.26 Aircraft Engine Test Facilities |
984 | 22.27 Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants |
988 | 22.28 Light Water Nuclear Power Plants 22.29 Hydroelectric Generating Plants [NFPA 851 |
989 | 22.30 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties — Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship [NFPA 909 |
991 | 22.31 National Electrical Code |
992 | 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 |
993 | 22.35 Coal Mines |
995 | 22.36 Metal/Nonmetal Mining and Metal Mineral Processing Facilities |
998 | 22.37 Hazardous Materials Code |
1003 | 23 Plans and Calculations 23.1 Working Plans |
1013 | 23.2 Water Supply Information |
1015 | 23.3 Hydraulic Calculation Forms |
1029 | 23.4 Hydraulic Calculation Procedures |
1061 | 23.5 Deluge Systems |
1062 | 23.6 Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems |
1063 | 23.7 Pipe Schedules |
1087 | 24 Water Supplies 24.1 General |
1092 | 24.2 Types |
1103 | 25 Systems Acceptance 25.1 Approval of Sprinkler Systems and Private Fire Service Mains |
1107 | 25.2 Acceptance Requirements |
1115 | 25.3 Circulating Closed Loop Systems 25.4 Instructions 25.5 Hydraulic Design Information Sign |
1116 | 25.6 General Information Sign |
1119 | 26 Marine Systems 26.1 General |
1124 | 26.2 System Components, Hardware, and Use |
1128 | 26.3 System Requirements 26.4 Installation Requirements |
1132 | 26.5 Design Approaches |
1133 | 26.6 Plans and Calculations 26.7 Water Supplies |
1138 | 26.8 System Acceptance |
1139 | 26.9 System Instructions and Maintenance |
1141 | 27 System Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance 27.1 General |
1142 | 27.2 Inactive Sprinkler Systems Abandoned in Place |
1145 | Annexes A Explanatory Material |
1147 | B Miscellaneous Topics |
1151 | C Explanation of Test Data and Procedures for Rack Storage |
1153 | D Sprinkler System Information from the 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code |
1163 | E Development of the Design Approach to Conform with SEI/ASCE 7 |
1173 | F Informational References |
1181 | Supplements |
1183 | 1 Evolution of Storage Sprinkler Standards |
1191 | 2 Step-by-Step Hydraulic Calculations for a Fire Sprinkler System |
1217 | 3 The European Experience with Fire Sprinklers |
1227 | Edition to the 2016 Edition of NFPA 13 |
1233 | NFPA 13 Index |
1255 | Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers |