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29、andards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright 2015 National Fire Protection Association. All Rights Reserved.NFPA13Standard for theInstallation of Sprinkler Systems2016 EditionThis edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, was prepared by theTech
30、nical Committees on Private Water Supply Piping Systems, Residential Sprinkler Systems,Sprinkler System Discharge Criteria, and Sprinkler System Installation Criteria, released bythe Correlating Committee on Automatic Sprinkler Systems, and acted on by NFPA at its JuneAssociation Technical Meeting h
31、eld June 2225, 2015, in Chicago, IL. It was issued by theStandards Council on August 18, 2015, with an effective date of September 7, 2015, andsupersedes all previous editions.Six tentative interim amendments (TIAs), indicated by boxed notices at the appropriateareas within the document, were issued
32、 on August 18, 2015. For further information ontentative interim amendments, see Section 5 of the NFPA Regulations Governing the Devel-opment of NFPA Standards, available at: http:/www.nfpa.org/regs.This edition of NFPA 13 was approved as an American National Standard on September 7,2015.Origin and
33、Development of NFPA 13NFPA 13 represents the first standard published under the auspices of the NFPA Commit-tee on Automatic Sprinklers. Originally titled Rules and Regulations of the National Board of FireUnderwriters for Sprinkler Equipments, Automatic and Open Systems, the standard has been conti
34、nu-ously updated to keep in step with change.Full information about the NFPA actions on various changes will be found in the NFPAProceedings. The dates of successive editions are as follows: 1896, 1899, 1902, 1905, 1907,1908, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 19
35、26, 1927,1928, 1929. In 1930, a separate standard was published on Class B systems. This was integratedinto the 1931 edition. Further revisions were adopted in 1934, 1935, and 1936. A two-steprevision was presented in the form of a progress report in 1939 and finally adopted in 1940.Further amendmen
36、ts were made in 1947, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964,1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, and1989.The 1991 edition incorporated an entire rewrite of the standard to make the overallformat user friendly. Substantive changes were mad
37、e to numerous terms, definitions, anddescriptions, with additional refinements made in 1994.The centennial (1996) edition included a significant rework of the requirements pertain-ing to the application, placement, location, spacing, and use of various types of sprinklers.Other changes provided info
38、rmation on extended coverage sprinklers and recognized thebenefits of fast-response sprinkler technology.The 1999 edition encompassed a major reorganization of NFPAs Sprinkler Project thatincluded the establishment of a Technical Correlating Committee on Automatic SprinklerSystems and four new sprin
39、kler systems technical committees, the consolidation of NFPAssprinkler system design and installation requirements, and the implementation of numeroustechnical changes.The scope of NFPA 13 was expanded to address all sprinkler system applications. The 1999edition contained information on the install
40、ation of underground pipe from NFPA 24 andsprinkler system discharge criteria for on-floor and rack storage of Class I, II, III, IV, andplastic commodities, rubber tires, baled cotton, and roll paper that were previously located inNFPA 231, 231C, 231D, 231E, and 231F. Additionally, sprinkler system
41、information for special-ized hazards from over 40 NFPA documents was either brought into NFPA 13 using NFPAsextract policy or specifically referenced. A new chapter was also added to address the struc-tural aspects of exposed and buried system piping. A table of cross-references to previouseditions
42、and material that was located in other NFPA documents was included at the end ofthe 1999 edition.131NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.More specific changes included a new sprinkler identifi
43、cation marking system and the designation of sprinkler sizesby nominal K-factors. New criteria for the use of steel pipe in underground applications was added, as well as a newprovision to guard against microbiologically influenced corrosion. Obstruction rules for specific sprinkler types andrules f
44、or locating sprinklers in concealed spaces were revised. New limitations were placed on the sprinkler sizes instorage applications, and criteria for the K-25 sprinkler was added. Additionally, the requirements for protectingsprinklers against seismic events also underwent significant revision.The 20
45、02 edition of NFPA 13 underwent style formatting and technical revisions. The style formatting was com-pleted to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents and to reorganize many of the require-ments in NFPA 13 into unique chapters. Editorially, NFPA 13 eliminated all of
46、the exceptions and reworded them asrequirements where applicable, moved the mandatory references to Chapter 2, and relocated all of the definitions toChapter 3. In reorganizing NFPA 13, several new chapters were created to consolidate requirements including thefollowing: Chapter 10 contained all of
47、the applicable requirements for underground piping including materials,installation, and acceptance testing; Chapter 11 contained design approaches including pipe schedule, density/areamethod, room design method, special design areas, residential sprinklers, exposure protection, and water curtains;C
48、hapter 12 contained the design approaches for the protection of storage, including idle pallets, miscellaneousstorage, storage less than 12 ft, palletized, solid pile, bin box, and shelf storage, rack storage less than 25 ft, rack storagegreater than 25 ft, rubber tire, baled cotton, rolled paper, a
49、nd special storage designs; and Chapter 13 contained all ofthe design and installation requirements from all of the various documents that have been extracted into NFPA 13.The 2002 edition made specific technical changes to address several key issues. Three major areas of irregularceiling were addressed, including skylights, stepped ceilings, and ceiling pockets. The design requirements for ESFRsprinklers were expanded to allow the user to choose the storage height and then the building height for any allowablearrangement. Design requirements for the protection of storage on
