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NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook:2016 Edition

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NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook

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PDF Pages PDF Title
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
NFPA 13: Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook
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