NFPA 1123-2014 Code for Fireworks Display (Effective Date 08 15 2013).pdf

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28、cil, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101; email: stds_adminnfpa.orgFor more information about NFPA, visit the NFPA website at www.nfpa.org.12/11Copyright 2013 National Fire ProtectionAssociation.All Rights Reserved.NFPA1123Code forFireworks Display2014 EditionThis edition

29、 of NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display, was prepared by the Technical Com-mittee on Pyrotechnics and acted on by NFPAat its JuneAssociation Technical Meeting heldJune 1013, 2013, in Chicago, IL. It was issued by the Standards Council on July 26, 2013, withan effective date ofAugust 15, 2013, and

30、supersedes all previous editions.This edition of NFPA1123 was approved as anAmerican National Standard onAugust 15,2013.Origin and Development of NFPA 1123The development of NFPA1123 began in 1975 with the submission to the Technical Commit-tee on Pyrotechnics of a proposed standard drafted by the A

31、merican Pyrotechnics Association.The proposed standard was redrafted and was officially adopted by the National Fire ProtectionAssociation at its 1978 Fall Meeting. The 1978 edition was amended in 1980, and the amendedversion was adopted by theAssociation at its 1981 Fall Meeting.In the 1990 edition

32、 of NFPA 1123, the Committee initiated a complete revision of the docu-ment that incorporated a good deal of additional detail on the operation of outdoor fireworksdisplays, including enhancements in the safe conduct of outdoor fireworks displays by increasingthe audience separation distances. The C

33、ommittee also addressed the new technology of electri-cally firing outdoor displays of fireworks. Generally, the Committee provided performance re-quirements rather than supply specific prescriptions for meeting those requirements.The 1995 edition of NFPA 1123 represented partial amendments to the d

34、ocument and in-cluded editorial revisions to improve its ability to be used, adopted, and enforced and to make itconform with the Manual of Style for NFPATechnical Committee Documents. The Committee updatedthe definitions used for fireworks to be consistent with the terminology used in the U.S. Depa

35、rt-ment ofTransportation regulations that incorporated the United Nations shipping designationsfor fireworks (explosives), including the marking of aerial shells. The 1995 edition also incorpo-rated a new chapter containing requirements for electrically firing fireworks displays and refinedthe provi

36、sions for manually firing large-diameter aerial shells.The 2000 edition of NFPA1123 contained three significant changes. First, a new Chapter 4 ondisplay fireworks launched from floating vessels and floating platforms was added to the docu-ment. It provided guidance on the construction, sizing, oper

37、ations, and egress requirements forthose fireworks displays launched from floating vessels and floating platforms. Second, require-ments for mortar installation and placement were added. The third significant change revisedandexpandedthetablesinAppendixAthatprovidedguidanceonmortarwallthicknessforst

38、eel,paper,high-densitypolyethylene(HDPE),andfiberglassmortars.Chapter2wasalsoreorganizedto provide a more logical sequence.The 2005 edition contained three major revisions to the code. The Committee added smalleraerialshellsizestotheseparationdistancestableinChapter5andreorganizedChapter5toclarifyth

39、e requirements for the various shell types. The reorganization of the chapter established clearrequirements for aerial shells, mines and comets, and ground display pieces.The 2005 edition also included new guidance on displays from rooftops and other limited orrestricted access sites. The code also

40、was reorganized according to the Manual of Style for NFPATechnical Committee Documents.The 2010 edition incorporated minor revisions to definitions, requirements for protection ofready boxes, and requirements for determining the fallout area and display site. The Committeealso amended requirements p

41、ertaining to single-break aerial salute shells; requirements pertain-ing to handling of live components or unexploded shells, and requirements for angling aerialshells, comets and mines, and Roman candles and cakes.The2014editionhasincorporatedseveralrevisionstodefinitionsandhasaddedprovisionsforsep

42、aration distances for marine preparation areas. This edition has also increased spectator dis-tancesforelevateddisplaysites,includingtheserequirementsinthespectatorsectionofthecode.Annex material has been added for clarification of these separation distances.11231NFPAand National Fire ProtectionAsso

43、ciation are registered trademarks of the National Fire ProtectionAssociation, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.Technical Committee on PyrotechnicsRachel Robbins, ChairNatural Resources Canada, Canada EKenneth L. Kosanke, SecretaryPyroLabs, Incorporated, CO SEGregory S. Altland, City of York Fire/Rescue S

44、ervices,PA ECarl F. Baldassarra, The RJA Group, IL SERichard Bowes, Natural Resources Canada, Canada RTW. G. Bulifant, III, Dominion Fireworks, Inc., VA UAnthony J. Cesaroni, Cesaroni Technology Inc., FL MEdward L. Cochran, Minneapolis, MN SEJohn A. Conkling, Chestertown, MD SERandall W. A. Davidson

45、, Risk International on the use of pyrotechnic special effects before a proximate audience; on the manufacture,transportation, storage for use of military, automotive, agricultural, and industrial pyrotechnics.11233COMMITTEE PERSONNEL2014 EditionContentsChapter 1 General . 112351.1 Scope . 112351.2

46、Purpose 112351.3 Equivalency . 112351.4 Enforcement 11235Chapter 2 Referenced Publications . 112352.1 General . 112352.2 NFPA Publications . 112352.3 Other Publications 112352.4 References for Extracts in MandatorySections 11236Chapter 3 Definitions . 112363.1 General . 112363.2 NFPA Official Defini

47、tions 112363.3 General Definitions . 11236Chapter 4 Requirements for Display FireworksAerial Shells and Equipment 112384.1 Construction of Display FireworksAerial Shells . 112384.2 Storage and Transportation ofFireworks 112394.3 Installation of Mortars 112394.4 Installation of Buried Mortars 1123104

48、.5 Installation of Mortar Racks . 1123104.6 Requirements for Chain Fusing 112310Chapter 5 Display Site Selection . 1123115.1 General . 1123115.2 Minimum Spectator SeparationDistance Requirements . 1123125.3 Tents 112312Chapter 6 Floating Vessels and FloatingPlatforms 1123136.1 General . 1123136.2 Co

49、nstruction 1123136.3 Platform Sizing Requirements 1123136.4 Operations 1123136.5 Communications . 1123146.6 Personnel 1123146.7 Combustible Material . 1123146.8 Marine Preparation Area Separation 112314Chapter 7 Rooftops, Other Structures, andOther Limited Egress Locations 1123147.1 General Conditions . 1123147.2 Construction 1123147.3 Size Requirements . 1123147.4 Egress Requirements 1123157.5 Rooftops and Other Structures . 1123157.6 Operations 1123157.7 Flammable and Combustible Materials . 112316Chapter 8 Operatio