NFPA 520-2016 Standard on Subterranean Spaces (Effective Date 9 7 2015).pdf

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29、ards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright 2015 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 520 Standardon SubterraneanSpaces 2016Edition This edition of NFPA 520, Standard on Subterranean Spaces, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Subterranean Sp

30、aces and acted on by NFPA at its June Association Technical Meeting held June 2225, 2015, in Chicago, IL. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 18, 2015, with an effective date of September 7, 2015, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 520 was approved as an American

31、 National Standard on September 7, 2015. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA520 In 1993, a symposium was convened by the United States Fire Administration to examine the problem of fire in subterranean spaces that have been converted for commercial use. The symposium was the result of a fire in a developed s

32、ubterranean space in Kansas City, Kansas, that burned from December 1991 to April 1992. The symposium examined several unique fire and life safety issues that exist in subterranean spaces, including means of egress issues such as orientation and excessive travel distances, poor ventilation, communic

33、ation difficul- ties, and nontraditional behavior of fire. The result was a recommendation to the National Fire Protection Association to develop a standard that addresses fire and life safety in these occupancies. For the 2005 edition, the committee made only minor revisions to the document by add-

34、 ing some definitions, clarifying some provisions that users had found unclear, and expanding several concepts that had been found to work well. For the 2010 edition, the committee found that NFPA 520 generally had been an effective document over the past 15 years. The committee made only minor revi

35、sions, revising two definitions with appropriate extracts from other documents and clarifying the provisions of three subsections. For the 2016 edition, the committee determined that NFPA 520 generally has been an effective document over the past 20 years. The committee made only minor revisions, ch

36、ang- ing the phrase “areas of refuge” to “refuge areas” and updating various reference documents. 5201 NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.TechnicalCommitteeonSubterraneanSpaces JackPoole, Ch

37、air Poole Fire Protection, Inc., KS SE JosephA.Cappuccio, The RJA Group, Inc., VA SE MichaelEarlDillon, Dillon Consulting Engineers, Inc., CA SE CharlesJ.Doughty, Iron Mountain/National Underground Storage, Inc., PA M WilliamA.Eppich, The Protectowire Company, Inc., MA M JohnH.Hastings, Kansas City

38、Fire Department, MO E LisaJ.Krause, Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc., MO U FrancisA.McGarry, Frank McGarry Associates, Inc., NY SE DavidA.Melzer, Dean Realty Company, MO U JamesPriest, FERMI National Accelerator Laboratory, IL U Alternates JohnL.Kubicek, U.S. Department of Energy, NV U (Al

39、t. to J. Priest) KristenZane, Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc, MO U (Alt. to L. J. Krause) AllanFraser, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occur

40、red.Akey to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. CommitteeScope: This Committee shall have primary responsib

41、ility for documents on safeguarding life and property against fire, explosion, and related hazards associated with occupancies located in subterranean spaces not addressed by other documents. 5202 SUBTERRANEAN SPACES 2016 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration . 5204 1.1 Scope 5204 1.2 Purpose . 52

42、04 1.3 Application . 5204 1.4 Retroactivity 5204 1.5 Equivalency . 5204 Chapter2 ReferencedPublications . 5204 2.1 General 5204 2.2 NFPA Publications 5204 2.3 Other Publications . 5205 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections . 5205 Chapter3 Definitions 5205 3.1 General 5205 3.2 NFPA Offici

43、al Definitions . 5205 3.3 General Definitions 5205 Chapter4 ConstructionFeatures 5206 4.1 Occupancy in Subterranean Spaces 5206 4.2 Compartmentation Requirements 5208 4.3 Interior Finish . 5209 4.4 Electrical Installations . 5209 4.5 Control of Smoke Spread . 5209 Chapter5 MeansofEgress 5209 5.1 Mea

44、ns of Egress Within the Building . 5209 5.2 Means of Egress from the Common Space . 5209 5.3 Occupant Load Determination 5209 5.4 Egress Capacity 5209 5.5 Exit Doors 5209 5.6 Illumination in Common Spaces 52010 5.7 Marking . 52010 5.8 Refuge Areas and/or Refuge Chambers . 52010 5.9 Exit Passageway 5

45、2010 Chapter6 FireAlarm,Detection,and SuppressionSystems 52010 6.1 Fire Alarm Systems . 52010 6.2 Sprinkler Systems . 52011 6.3 Standpipe Systems 52011 6.4 Water Supply . 52011 6.5 Maintenance . 52011 6.6 Emergency Power . 52011 6.7 Standby Power . 52011 6.8 Alternative Power Supplies . 52011 Chapte

46、r7 EmergencyPreparedness 52012 7.1 Emergency Action Plan 52012 7.2 Breathing Apparatus . 52012 7.3 Fire Exit Drills . 52012 7.4 Fire Extinguishers 52012 Chapter8 FireDepartmentProvisions . 52012 8.1 Communications 52012 8.2 Pre-Fire Planning . 52012 8.3 Fire Department Access . 52012 AnnexA Explanat

47、oryMaterial . 52012 AnnexB DiagramsofSubterraneanSpaces 52013 AnnexC InformationalReferences . 52015 Index . 52016 5203 CONTENTS 2016 EditionNFPA520 Standardon SubterraneanSpaces 2016Edition IMPORTANT NOTE: This NFPA document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaime

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