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11、ssachusetts 02169. Copyright 2016 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 18 Standard on Wetting Agents 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 18, Standard on Wetting Agents, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation. It was
12、issued by the Standards Council on November 11, 2016, with an effective date of December 1, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 18 was approved as an American National Standard on December 1, 2016. Origin and Development of NFPA 18 This standard was originally sponsored
13、by the NFPA General Committee on Special Extinguishing Methods and prepared by the NFPA Committee on Wetting Agents. Initiated and tentatively adopted in 1949, it was ofcially adopted in 1951. Extensive revisions, most of which were concerned with the use of wetting agent foam, were adopted in 1955.
14、 Subsequently, in 1959, responsibility for this standard was transferred to the Committee on Foam, and the standard was amended in 1972 and 1979. The 1986 and 1990 editions of the standard were reconrmations of the 1979 edition. The 1995 edition of the document also was a reconrmation. However, some
15、 editorial changes were incorporated in an effort to make the document more user friendly. The 2006 edition underwent extensive revisions, both technical and editorial. Technical changes included clarifying the denition of wetting agents and their use on specic types of res. Specic requirements for
16、wetting agents and the methods for testing were detailed in Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 contained requirements for the supply of wetting agents. Specic packaging requirements were included in Chapter 7, and inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements for systems using wetting agents were detailed
17、 in Chapter 8. Editorial changes included updating the structure of the standard to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents and strengthening the language into specic requirements. The 2011 edition also underwent extensive technical and editorial revision. Technical ch
18、anges included limits for aquatic toxicity for parity and consistency with other product standards. Editorial changes included updating the structure of the standard to further comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents. The 2017 edition includes both technical and editor
19、ial revisions. Technical changes include clarication that all aspects of the listing for wetting agents must be observed, an explanation on the units of the corrosion rate equation in Chapter 5, and a new section within Chapter 5 was created to provide requirements for alternate viscosity test metho
20、ds for situations where the viscosity is too low to obtain meaningful results. Editorial changes include updating the standard to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents.WETTING AGENTS 18-2 2017 Edition Technical Committee on Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor
21、Mitigation Armand V. Brandao, Chair FM Approvals, MA I Michael T. Greiner, Secretary Hazard Control Technologies, Inc., GA M Tracy Browder, XCEL Energy, TX U Rep. Edison Electric Institute Brian R. Foster, AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc., NC I Walter Groden, AIG Global Techical Ofce, NY I Alison C. G
22、ude, Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products, WI M Gerald J. Halpin III, CET Fire Pumps Manufacturing, Canada M Rep. Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Assoc. Cecilia W. Johnson, USDA Forest Service, MT RT Blake M. Shugarman, UL LLC, IL RT Robert E. Tinsley, Jr., Pyrocool Technologies, Inc., VA M Qingsh
23、eng Wang, Oklahoma State University, OK SE Alternates Robert M. Cordell, FM Approvals, MA I (Alt. to Armand V. Brandao) Michael P. Dupay, Fire Research Corporation, NY M (Alt. to Gerald J. Halpin III) Rep. Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Assoc. Jerauld R. Kirkpatrick, UL LLC, IL RT (Alt. to Blake M. Sh
24、ugarman) Anthony Natale, Consolidated Edison of New York, NY U (Alt. to Tracy Browder) Rep. Edison Electric Institute Jacqueline Wilmot, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the memb
25、ership may have occurred. A key to classications 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. Committee Scope: This Committee shall
26、have primary responsibility for documents on the manufacture, testing, application, and use of water additives for the control and/or suppression of re and ammable vapor mitigation including water additives used to prevent or reduce the spread of re and the use of water additives in xed, semi-xed, m
27、obile, and portable re suppression systems.CONTENTS 18-3 2017 Edition Contents Chapter 1 Administration 18 4 1.1 Scope. . 18 4 1.2 Purpose. . 18 4 1.3 Application. . 18 4 1.4 Retroactivity. 18 4 1.5 Equivalency. . 18 4 1.6 Units and Formulas. 18 4 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 18 4 2.1 General.
28、. 18 4 2.2 NFPA Publications. . 18 4 2.3 Other Publications. . 18 4 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections. 18 5 Chapter 3 Denitions 18 5 3.1 General. . 18 5 3.2 NFPA Ofcial Denitions. 18 5 3.3 General Denitions. 18 6 Chapter 4 Uses and Limitations 18 6 4.1 General. . 18 6 4.2 Limitations
29、. 18 6 4.3 Compatibility of Wetting Agent Concentrate(s) and Solution(s). . 18 6 4.4 Concentrations. . 18 6 4.5 Health, Safety, and Environmental Considerations. 18 6 Chapter 5 Requirements and Test Methods for Wetting Agent Concentrates and Wetting Agent Solutions 18 7 5.1 General. . 18 7 5.2 Wetti
30、ng Agent Concentrates and Solutions. . 18 7 5.3 Wetting Agent Solutions. 18 10 Chapter 6 Class A Fire Extinguishment Tests . 18 10 6.1 General. . 18 10 6.2 Wood Crib Fire Test. . 18 10 6.3 Deep-Seated Fire Test. . 18 11 6.4 Wood Fiberboard Penetration. . 18 11 Chapter 7 Class B Fire Extinguishment T
31、ests . 18 11 7.1 General. . 18 11 7.2 Listing. . 18 11 7.3 Test Method. 18 11 7.4 Performance Requirement. . 18 11 Chapter 8 Wetting Agent Supply 18 11 8.1 System Requirements. . 18 11 8.2 Fire Department Wetting Agent Supply Requirements. 18 11 8.3 Fixed Systems. . 18 12 Chapter 9 Packaging and Lab
32、eling . 18 12 9.1 Packaging. 18 12 9.2 Storage. 18 12 9.3 Labeling. 18 12 Chapter 10 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fixed Systems . 18 12 10.1 Fixed Extinguishing Systems. . 18 12 10.2 Inspection of Wetting Agent Concentrate. 18 12 Annex A Explanatory Material 18 12 Annex B Informational References . 18 14 Index . 18 15
