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29、ered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright 2016 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 232 Standard for the Protection of Records 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 232, Standard for the Protection of Records, was prep
30、ared by the Technical Committee on Record Protection. It was issued by the Standards Council on May 13, 2016, with an effective date of June 2, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 232 was approved as an American National Standard on June 2, 2016. Origin and Development o
31、f NFPA 232 The destructive re in the general ofces of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railway in Chicago on March 25, 1922, was clear proof that valuable and often irreplaceable business records, unless properly protected, can be destroyed even in so-called “re-resistive” buildings. Following th
32、at destructive re, the Committee on Record Protection was organized. Reports were submitted annually from 1923 through 1936 and again in 1939. In 1947, a standard was developed from the ofcially adopted committee reports of 1942 to 1946. In 1960, the standard underwent major editorial revision and w
33、as revised again in 1963, when the title was changed from Protection of Records to Standard for the Protection of Records, 1967, and 1970. In 1975, the standard was reconrmed. The 1980 edition reformatted the standard to conform to the NFPA Manual of Style and revised the detail specications to perf
34、ormance-oriented requirements. The 1986 edition was a reconrmation of the 1980 edition. Changes to the 1991 edition included a reclassication of certain types of records. New provisions were added for the construction, arrangement, and protection of le rooms. These changes further increased the chan
35、ce that vital documents would be spared during most re events. The 1995 edition incorporated several editorial changes and the inclusion of a retroactivity clause and further addressed the protection requirements for non-paper records media. The 2000 edition incorporated NFPA 232A; where appropriate
36、, the information that had been contained in NFPA 232A was included as enforceable language. The documents were combined because both contained similar information. Requirements for housekeeping and emergency planning were included to provide guidance during emergency conditions and recovery operati
37、ons. In addition to being reformatted in accordance with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents, the 2007 edition of NFPA 232 was reorganized to clearly provide requirements for each storage environment and to consolidate general requirements. Considerable effort was made to prov
38、ide requirements for compartmented records centers. In the 2012 edition, unenforceable language was removed and several editorial changes were incorporated. The term authorized was dened and substituted for the term approved throughout the document. Protection against exposure re was collaborated am
39、ong all chapters and claried in Chapter 4. Chapter 7 was revised in its entirety, clarifying archive protection. Guidance regarding storage of electronic media has been added to the 2017 edition, including a clear reference to NFPA 75, Standard for the Fire Protection of Information Technology Equip
40、ment. Record denitions have been organized into subcategories addressing record medium, record type, and record status. The term re resistance has been replaced with re resistance rating throughout the document.PROTECTION OF RECORDS 232-2 2017 Edition Technical Committee on Record Protection Ralph E
41、. Bless, Jr., Chair Telgian Corporation, GA SE James A. Beals, Jacobs Engineering, VA SE Linda M. Biernacki, Fire Tech Systems, Inc., LA IM Rep. American Fire Sprinkler Association Warren D. Bonisch, Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation, TX I Diane K. Carlisle, ARMA International, KS U Edward
42、 M. Fraczkowski, EBL Engineers, LLC, MD SE Steven J. Germano, Paragon Risk Engineering, NY SE Frederic Jean Grevin, New York City Economic Development Corporation, NY U Howard J. Gruszynski, Badger International Engineering Consultants, WI SE John C. Harrington, FM Global, MA I Donald Hopkins, Jr.,
43、JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE Mark Hyland, Zurich Risk Engineering, PA I Richard G. King, University of Arizona, AZ U Corey R. Kinsman, FPI Consortium, Inc., TN SE Eddy La Rocque, Calgary Fire Department, Canada E Wesley Marcks, Xtralis, Inc., MA M Scott T. Martorano, The Viking Corporation, MI M Lawrence J.
44、 Medina, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA U Chris Pearson, Vanguard Archives, IL U Rep. Professional Records & Information Services Management Gary T. Smith, DACS, Inc., NJ M Hugh W. Smith, Firelock Fire Proof Vaults, PA M Richard Steed, Pacic Storage Company, CA U Jack W. Thacker, Allan A
45、utomatic Sprinkler Corp. of So. California, CA M Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Michael W. Tindall, Johnson Controls, Inc., MD IM Larry L. Varn, Pierce Atwood LLP, MA U Rep. Iron Mountain Terry L. Victor, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, MD M Louis Weiner, CitiStorage, Inc., NY U Steven B. Wright, Ro
46、setta Capital Corporation, PA U Alternates Brent Agan, U.S. Automatic Sprinkler Corporation, IN IM (Alt. to Linda M. Biernacki) Qui Duong, Aon Fire Protection Engineering, CA I (Alt. Warren D. Bonisch) Marti Fischer, Wells Fargo Bank, CA U (Alt. Diane K. Carlisle) Russell P. Fleming, National Fire S
47、prinkler Association, Inc., NY M (Alt. Jack W. Thacker) Jeffrey E. Harper, JENSEN HUGHES, IL SE (Alt. Donald Hopkins, Jr.) Donald Hirsch, Iron Mountain, MA U (Alt. Larry L. Varn) Samuel Iannucci, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, PA I (Voting Alt.) Jeffery P. McBride, EBL Engineers, LLC, MD SE (Al
48、t. Edward M. Fraczkowski) James J. McKinnon, The Viking Corporation, MI M (Alt. Scott T. Martorano) Sarah Reiff, FPI Consortium, Inc., IL SE (Alt. Corey R. Kinsman) Kirk Wells, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, TX M (Alt. Terry L. Victor) Audrey Goldstein, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership
49、at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership 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 have primary responsibility for documents on the protection of books
