NFPA 1-2015 Fire Code (Effective Date 9 3 2014).pdf

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29、.Copyright 2014 National Fire Protection Association. All Rights Reserved.NFPA1Fire Code2015 EditionThis edition of NFPA 1, Fire Code, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Codeand acted on by NFPA at its June Association Technical Meeting held June 912, 2014, in LasVegas, NV. It was issue

30、d by the Standards Council on August 14, 2014, with an effective date ofSeptember 3, 2014, and supersedes all previous editions.An extensive Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA), indicated by boxed notices at the ap-propriate areas within the document, was issued on August 14, 2014. This TIA implements

31、Standards Council Decision D#14-1 to temporarily withdraw NFPA 1124 and end all NFPAstandards development activities relating to the storage and retail sales of consumer fire-works. For further information, see Decision D#14-1 at http:/www.nfpa.org/sc2014.For further information on Tentative Interim

32、 Amendments, see Section 5 of the Regula-tions Governing the Development of NFPA Standards, available at http:/www.nfpa.org/regs.This edition of NFPA 1 was approved as an American National Standard on September 3, 2014.Origin and Development of NFPA 1This Code was originally developed as a result of

33、 the requests of many members of theNational Fire Protection Association for a document covering all aspects of fire protectionand prevention that used the other developed NFPA codes and standards. NFPA staff initiatedthis work in 1971 upon a directive from the NFPA Board of Directors.The original c

34、ode was written around a format that served as a guide for the development of alocal fire prevention code. Prerogatives of local officials were excluded from the main text of thedocument but included within appendices as guidance for exercising desired prerogatives.In the late 1980s, the Fire Marsha

35、ls Association of North America undertook the task of devel-oping a code that was more self-contained, adding administrative sections and extracting heavilyfrom other NFPA codes and standards. The draft was submitted to the Fire Prevention CodeCommittee. The Committee examined changes in the built e

36、nvironment as it is affected by fireand incorporated significant portions of the Life Safety Code. A special task group on hazardousmaterials examined technological changes in the handling, storage, and use of flammable andcombustible materials. Chapters extracting hazardous material requirements pl

37、aced a greateremphasis on protection of life and property from chemical products made and used in the envi-ronment. A major rewrite resulted in the 1992 edition of the Fire Prevention Code.The 1997 edition updated the text extracted from other NFPA codes and standards and addedcompliance with additi

38、onal NFPA codes and standards as part of the requirements of NFPA 1.The 2000 edition of NFPA 1 was a complete revision that updated the text extracted fromother NFPA codes and standards. Additional direct references from NFPA codes and stan-dards that are essential to a code officials use of the doc

39、ument were added. The Committeealso added a new section on performance-based design as a valuable tool for code officials anddesign professionals. NFPA 1 was restructured to be more functional with respect to adminis-tration, code enforcement, and regulatory adoption processes.The 2003 edition of NF

40、PA 1, Uniform Fire Code, was a complete revision. It incorporatedprovisions from the Western Fire Chiefs, Uniform Fire Code, under a partnership between NFPAand Western Fire Chiefs, while it updated and expanded the provisions extracted from other keyNFPA codes and standards. To emphasize the partne

41、rship, the document was renamed NFPA 1,Uniform Fire Code. The Uniform Fire Code is a trademark of the Western Fire Chiefs Association.NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code, was restructured into parts to be more compatible with theregulatory adoption procedures, including administration and code enforcement, oc

42、cupan-cies, processes, equipment, and hazardous materials provisions. The Committee included anewly expanded chapter on performance-based design as an enhanced tool for code officialsand design professionals. Additional extracts and references from NFPA codes and standardsthat are essential to a cod

43、e officials use of the document were added, bringing the number of11NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.referenced NFPA codes and standards to over 125. Additional chapters on hazardous mater

44、ials were included thatincorporate the provisions covered in the Uniform Fire Code.The 2006 edition of NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code, was a complete revision of the Code that incorporated the provi-sions from NFPA 230, Standard for the Fire Protection of Storage. The Technical Committee on Uniform Fire

45、Code hadbeen given responsibility for NFPA 230 by the NFPA Standards Council, so they incorporated the requirements intoNFPA 1 UFC rather than maintain a separate standard.The 2006 edition of NFPA 1 included new chapters on classification of occupancy, motion picture studios, outdoortire storage, an

46、d general storage, along with other extracted provisions updated and expanded the from other keyNFPA codes and standards that were essential to a code officials use of the document. The number of NFPA codes andstandards referenced in this edition was 117.With the 2009 edition of NFPA 1, the title of

47、 the document was changed from Uniform Fire Code to Fire Code. Therevision updated all the extracted provisions from the 117 codes and standards that were included as mandatoryreference publications in the 2006 edition. The revisions also included an expansion of Section 12.5 on interior finishto co

48、ntain extracted provisions from NFPA 101; an expansion of Section 12.6 on furnishings, contents, decorations,and treated fabrics to contain extracted provisions from NFPA 101; a new Section 18.4, which moved fire flow require-ments for buildings from Annex H; a new Section 32.5 for regulating locati

49、ons for motion picture and televisionproduction studios, soundstages, and approved production facilities with extracted provisions from NFPA 140; andnew Sections 40.3 through 40.7 on combustible dust explosion protection and fire prevention with extracted provi-sions from NFPA 654. Additional information on hazardous materials classifications was added to Annex B. Thisrevision also added three annexes to the 2009 edition, including Annex O, In-Building Public Safety Radio Enhance-ment Systems; Annex P, Fire Department Service Delivery Concurrency Evaluation; and Anne