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Update now to the 2018 edition of NFPA 1, Fire Code based on the latest NFPA® codes and standards governing fire and life safety.

Adopted in jurisdictions throughout North America, NFPA 1, Fire Code presents a comprehensive, integrated approach to fire code regulation and hazard management. Fully updated for 2018, this edition features extracts from and references to more than 130 NFPA codes and standards. Staying up-to-code gives fire marshals, code officials, inspectors, facility owners and managers — and anyone who has responsibilities for life safety, building safety and hazardous materials — the latest fire protection requirements for fire alarm, sprinkler, building and process hazards as well as life safety issues.

Get extracts from widely used NFPA codes and standards including:

• The 2018 editions of NFPA 101®: Life Safety Code®, NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, and NFPA 30A, Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages
• The 2017 editions of NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code and NFPA 25, Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems
• The 2016 editions of NFPA 13, Installation of Sprinkler Systems and NFPA 72®: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code®

Changes in the 2018 edition of NFPA 1, Fire Code include two all-new chapters and updates including:

• Revised requirements for the application of referenced publications
• Newly added references for the professional qualifications for fire inspectors, plan examiners, and fire marshals
• New minimum fire prevention inspection frequencies for existing occupancies
• Updates to premises identification
• New and updated marking and access criteria for photovoltaic systems
• New provisions for rubberized asphalt melters
• Listing requirements for electric gates used on fire department access roads
• New provisions on the outside storage of biomass feedstock
• New requirements for the outdoor storage of wood and wood composite pallets or listed pallets equivalent to wood
• All-new Chapter 38 on marijuana growing, processing, or extraction facilities
• Revised Chapter 40 to replace extracts from NFPA 654 with extracted provisions from NFPA 652
• Completely reorganized aircraft fuel servicing provisions in accordance with NFPA 407
• A new section on mobile and temporary cooking operations
• Extensive revisions of Chapter 52 on energy storage systems
• All-new Chapter 55 on cleaning and purging of flammable gas piping systems with reference to NFPA 56
• New provisions for insulated liquid carbon dioxide systems extracted from NFPA 55
• New Annex E on fire fighter breathing-air replenishment systems

Don’t delay — prevent injuries and deaths and advance safety for the public and first responders with the 2018 NFPA 1, Fire Code.

Product Details

Edition:

8th

Published:

2018

ISBN(s):

9781455917532, 9781455917549

Number of Pages:

1512