NFPA 88A-2015 Standard for Parking Structures (Effective Date 05 19 2014).pdf

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29、ards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright2014NationalFireProtectionAssociation .AllRightsReserved. NFPA 88A Standardfor ParkingStructures 2015Edition This edition of NFPA 88A, Standard for Parking Structures, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Garages and Parking Str

30、uctures. It was issued by the Standards Council on April29,2014,withaneffectivedateofMay19,2014,andsupersedesallpreviouseditions. ThiseditionofNFPA88AwasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardonMay19,2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA88A Work on fire protection safeguards for garages was initiated by NFP

31、A in 1927 with the appointment of a committee.After extensive deliberations and the publication of successive drafts, a standard was adopted in 1932. Subsequently, the committee was discharged when it appearedthatnofurtheractivitywasneededinthisfield.In1952,thepresentcommitteewas created.Thiscommitt

32、eepreparedanumberofredraftsofthe1932text,andin1957arevised NFPA88, Standard for Garages, was adopted. Revisions were made in 1962, 1968, 1979, 1985, 1995,and1998. In order to treat separately the occupancies of repair garages and parking structures, NFPA88AandNFPA88B, Standard forRepairGarages,werep

33、ublishedseparatelyin1973. In 1991, partial revisions were made to this standard, and the 1995 edition contained editorial changes. The 1998 edition contained definitions clarifying the various configura- tions of parking structures. It also contained changes increasing the area of office space relat

34、ed to the parking structure and further clarified the requirements for vertical opening protectionandautomaticsprinklerinstallation.Thateditionalsoincludednewrequirements fornaturalgaspoweredvehicles. The2002editioncontainedprimarilyeditorialrevisionsforcompliancewiththeManualof Style for NFPA Techn

35、ical Committee Documents, and listed metric units of measurement as the primaryunits. In the 2007 edition, the Committee rewrote the definition of open parking structure to complywiththeManualofStyleforNFPATechnicalCommitteeDocumentsandmovedtherequire- mentstoanew4.7.1.TheNFPA220definitionofNoncombu

36、stibleMaterialwasadoptedinplace oftheoneusedinthepreviousedition. Definitions were added to recognize the emergence of mechanical parking structures where carsaremovedtoparkingplacesbyliftsorotherdevicesinsteadofbeingdriven.Nospecific requirementswereadded. Lastly,thecommitteeclarifiedtheuseofvehicl

37、erampsin4.4.3and4.4.4. In the 2011 edition, the committee made a number of significant changes, including the following: (1) Addednewdefinitions (2) Definedandaddressed“automatedmechanical-typeparkingstructure”inanewchapter (3) Deletedcertainsectionsthatwerenotenforceable (4) Reorganized the entire

38、document using a chapter structure that emulates other con- structiondocumentsincluding,butnotlimitedto,NFPA101and NFPA5000 For the 2015 edition, the changes that have been made consist of primarily editorial alterations,referenceupdates,andclarificationsofexistinglanguage. 88A1 NFPAandNationalFireP

39、rotectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonGaragesandParkingStructures ThomasJ.Forsythe, Chair HughesAssociates,Inc.,CASE DanielA.Dahl, MorrisonHershfieldCorporation, GASE VictorL.Dubrowski, CodeConsultants,Inc.,MOS

40、E JamesE.Golinveaux, TycoFireProtectionProducts, RIM Rep.NationalFireSprinklerAssociation GerhardHaag, RoboticParkingSystemsInc.,FLM ToddW.Haines, Dallas/FortWorthInternational Airport,TXU EricJ.Hall, CityofDesPeres,MOE JuanCarlosHernandez, AECOM,FLSE MarshallA.Klein, MarshallA.Klein&Associates,Inc.

41、 MDU JefferyP.McBride, EBLEngineers,LLC,MDSE JeanneneYvonneMeisman, ReedyCreekFire Department,FLE DonaldR.Monahan, WalkerParkingConsultants,Inc., COU Rep.NationalParkingAssociation DavidA.Moore,Jr., GlendaleFireDepartment,OHE SomnathMukherjee, PortAuthorityofNewYork&New Jersey,NJU PatrickC.Ward, Ao

42、nFireProtectionEngineering Corporation,CAI RobertJ.Wills, AmericanIronandSteelInstitute, ALM Alternates CecilBilbo,Jr., AcademyofFireSprinklerTechnology, Inc.,ILM (Alt.toJ.E.Golinveaux) JosephE.Caldwell, AECOM,VASE (Alt.toJ.C.Hernandez) EdwardM.Fraczkowski, EBLEngineers,LLC,MDSE (Alt.toJ.P.McBride)

43、DavidM.Hammerman, MarshallA.KleinandAssociates, Inc.,MDU (Alt.toM.A.Klein) AllanFraser,NFPAStaffLiaison 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 occurred.Akey to classifications i

44、s found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. CommitteeScope:ThisCommitteeshallhaveprimaryresponsibilityfordocumentsonconstruction,control offirehazards,ventilat

45、ion,andfireprotectioninparkingstructures. 88A2 PARKINGSTRUCTURES 2015 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration . 88A4 1.1 Scope 88A4 1.2 Purpose . 88A4 1.3 Retroactivity . 88A4 1.4 Equivalency 88A4 Chapter2 ReferencedPublications 88A4 2.1 General . 88A4 2.2 NFPAPublications 88A4 2.3 OtherPublications

46、 . 88A4 2.4 ReferencesforExtractsinMandatory Sections . 88A4 Chapter3 Definitions 88A5 3.1 General . 88A5 3.2 NFPAOfficialDefinitions . 88A5 3.3 GeneralDefinitions 88A5 Chapter4 MeansofEgress . 88A5 4.1 MeansofEgress . 88A5 Chapter5 Construction . 88A5 5.1 GeneralRequirements 88A5 5.2 Compartmentati

47、on . 88A5 5.3 Floors 88A6 5.4 OpeningsinFireResistanceRated Assemblies 88A6 5.5 OpeningRequirementsforOpen ParkingStructures 88A6 Chapter6 BuildingServiceandFireProtection . 88A6 6.1 LightingandPower 88A6 6.2 Heating . 88A6 6.3 Ventilation . 88A6 6.4 FireSprinklerSystems . 88A6 6.5 Standpipes . 88A6

48、 6.6 Detection,Alarm,andCommunications Systems 88A7 Chapter7 SpecialHazardProtection 88A7 7.1 StorageUse,Handling,andDispensing ofFuelsandLubricants . 88A7 Chapter8 Housekeeping 88A7 8.1 Equipment . 88A7 8.2 Aisles 88A7 8.3 Lockers . 88A7 8.4 WasteReceptacles 88A7 8.5 Floors 88A7 Chapter9 SpecialStr

49、uctures . 88A7 9.1 General . 88A7 9.2 Automated-TypeParkingStructures . 88A7 AnnexA ExplanatoryMaterial . 88A7 AnnexB InformationalReferences 88A8 Index . 88A9 88A3 CONTENTS 2015 EditionNFPA88A Standardfor ParkingStructures 2015Edition IMPORTANT NOTE: This NFPA document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. These notices anddisclaimersappearinallpublicationscontainingthisdocument and may be found under the heading “Important Notices and Dis- claimers Conc