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29、andard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Inspection, Testing, and Maintenan
30、ce of Water-Based Systems and acted on by NFPA at its June Association Technical Meeting held June 1316, 2016, in Las Vegas, NV. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 4, 2016, with an effective date of August 24, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This document has been amended b
31、y one or more Tentative Interim Amendments (TIAs) and/or Errata. See “Codes has separated and added new requirements for the inspection, testing, and maintenance of preaction and deluge valves; has added criteria for air compressors; and now contains all the general pressure gauge criteria. Additionally, there are two new annexes: one on connectivity and data collection and another on color-coded tagging programs.
