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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	Cover
3	Contents
11	Preface
13	Acknowledgments
15	About the Editors
16	IN MEMORIAM
17	Introduction
19	1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose
20	1.3 Application
22	1.4 Equivalencies, Alternatives, and Modifications
23	1.5 Units 1.6 Enforcement
24	1.7 Authority
29	1.8 Duties and Powers of the Incident Commander 1.9 Liability
30	1.10 Fire Code Board of Appeals
32	1.11 Records and Reports 1.12 Permits and Approvals
41	1.13 Certificates of Fitness
47	1.14 Plan Review
48	1.15 Technical Assistance 1.16 Notice of Violations and Penalties
51	2 Referenced Publications 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications
54	2.3 Other Publications
58	2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
61	3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
62	3.3 General Definitions
115	3.4 Special Performance-Based Definitions
117	4 General Requirements 4.1 Goals and Objectives
122	4.2 Assumptions
123	4.3 Compliance Options 4.4 Fundamental Requirements
124	4.5 General Requirements
129	5 Performance-Based Option 5.1 General
135	5.2 Performance Criteria
137	5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
138	5.4 Design Scenarios
145	5.5 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
146	5.6 Safety Factors
147	5.7 Documentation Requirements
149	6 Classification of Occupancy 6.1 Classification of Occupancy
169	7 Reserved 8 Reserved 9 Reserved
171	10 General Safety Requirements 10.1 Fundamental Requirements
172	10.2 Owner/Occupant Responsibilities
173	10.3 Occupancy
174	10.4 Building Evacuation 10.5 Fire Drills
175	10.6 Reporting of Fires and Other Emergencies
176	10.7 Tampering with Fire Safety Equipment 10.8 Emergency Action Plans
180	10.9 Smoking 10.10 Open Flames, Candles, Open Fires, and Incinerators
183	10.11 Fire Protection Markings
186	10.12 Seasonal and Vacant Buildings and Premises
188	10.13 Combustible Vegetation
190	10.14 Special Outdoor Events, Carnivals, and Fairs
198	10.15 Outside Storage
199	10.16 Parade Floats 10.17 Powered Industrial Trucks 10.18 Storage of Combustible Materials
200	10.19 Indoor Children’s Playground Structures
203	11 Building Services 11.1 Electrical Fire Safety
206	11.2 Heating, Ventilation, and Air- Conditioning 11.3 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
208	11.4 Utilities 11.5 Heating Appliances
211	11.6 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
213	11.7 Stationary Generators and Standby Power Systems
215	11.8 Smoke Control
216	11.9 Emergency Command Center
217	11.10 Two-Way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
218	11.11 Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems 11.12 Photovoltaic Systems
223	12 Features of Fire Protection 12.1 General 12.2 Construction
225	12.3 Fire-Resistive Materials and Construction
226	12.4 Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives
233	12.5 Interior Finish
245	12.6 Contents and Furnishings
247	12.7 Fire Barriers
255	12.8 Smoke Partitions
256	12.9 Smoke Barriers
263	13 Fire Protection Systems 13.1 General
264	13.2 Standpipe Systems
265	13.3 Automatic Sprinklers
305	13.4 Fire Pumps
317	13.5 Water Supply 13.6 Portable Fire Extinguishers
349	13.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
440	13.8 Other Fire Protection Systems 13.9 Non-Listed Fire Protection or Suppression Devices and Equipment
443	14 Means of Egress
445	14.1 Application 14.2 Exit Access Corridors
446	14.3 Exits
451	14.4 Means of Egress Reliability
453	14.5 Door Openings
470	14.6 Enclosure and Protection of Stairs
472	14.7 Exit Passageways
475	14.8 Capacity of Means of Egress
484	14.9 Number of Means of Egress
489	14.10 Arrangement of Means of Egress
499	14.11 Discharge from Exits
503	14.12 Illumination of Means of Egress
505	14.13 Emergency Lighting
507	14.14 Marking of Means of Egress
515	14.15 Secondary Means of Escape
517	15 Fire Department Service Delivery Concurrency Evaluation 15.1 Application 15.2 Level of Service Objectives 15.3 Evaluator Qualifications 15.4 Fire Department Service Delivery Concurrency Evaluation Documentation
518	15.5 Independent Review 15.6 Approval
519	16 Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations 16.1 General Requirements
520	16.2 Processes and Hazards
523	16.3 Fire Protection
527	16.4 Safeguarding Construction and Alteration Operations
529	16.5 Fire Safety During Demolition
530	16.6 Torch-Applied Roofing Systems 16.7 Tar Kettles
531	16.8 Asbestos Removal
533	17 Wildland Urban Interface 17.1 General
546	17.2 Plans
547	17.3 Wildland Fire–Prone Areas
553	18 Fire Department Access and Water Supply 18.1 General 18.2 Fire Department Access
560	18.3 Water Supplies 18.4 Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings
565	18.5 Fire Hydrants
569	19 Combustible Waste and Refuse 19.1 General
570	19.2 Combustible Waste and Refuse
573	20 Occupancy Fire Safety 20.1 Assembly Occupancies
585	20.2 Educational Occupancies
589	20.3 Day-Care Occupancies
593	20.4 Health Care Occupancies
600	20.5 Residential Board and Care Occupancies
603	20.6 Ambulatory Health Care Centers
608	20.7 Detention and Correctional Occupancies
611	20.8 Hotels and Dormitories
614	20.9 Apartment Buildings
616	20.10 Lodging or Rooming Houses
617	20.11 One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Housing
618	20.12 Mercantile Occupancies
619	20.13 Business Occupancies
620	20.14 Industrial Occupancies
621	20.15 Storage Occupancies
623	20.16 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
624	20.17 Historic Buildings and Cultural Resources
627	21 Airports and Heliports 21.1 Hangars
628	21.2 Terminals
631	21.3 Rooftop Heliport Construction and Protection
637	22 Automobile Wrecking Yards 22.1 General 22.2 Permits 22.3 Fire Department Access Roads 22.4 Welding and Cutting 22.5 Housekeeping 22.6 Fire Extinguishers 22.7 Tire Storage 22.8 Burning Operations 22.9 Motor Vehicle Fluids and Hazardous Materials
639	23 Cleanrooms 23.1 General 23.2 Applicability 23.3 Permits
641	24 Drycleaning 24.1 General 24.2 Permits
643	25 Grandstands and Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, Tents, and Membrane Structures 25.1 General
647	25.2 Tents
650	25.3 Grandstands
653	25.4 Folding and Telescopic Seating
654	25.5 Permanent Membrane Structures
655	25.6 Temporary Membrane Structures
659	26 Laboratories Using Chemicals 26.1 General
660	26.2 Permits
663	27 Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Sites 27.1 General 27.2 Manufactured Home Sites 27.3 Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds
665	28 Marinas, Boatyards, Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves 28.1 Marinas, Boatyards, and Other Recreational Marine Facilities
671	28.2 Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves
672	28.3 Construction, Conversion, Repair, and Lay-Up of Vessels
675	29 Parking Garages 29.1 General
677	30 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages 30.1 Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities
679	30.2 Repair Garages
684	30.3 Operational Requirements
685	31 Forest Products 31.1 General 31.2 Permits 31.3 Protection of Storage of Forest Products
697	32 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities 32.1 General
698	32.2 Permits 32.3 Housekeeping 32.4 Soundstages and Approved Production Facilities
702	32.5 Production Locations
704	32.6 Operating Features
707	33 Outside Storage of Tires 33.1 General
709	33.2 Individual Piles
710	33.3 Emergency Response Plan 33.4 Fire Control Measures 33.5 Site Access
711	33.6 Signs and Security 33.7 Outdoor Storage of Altered Tire Material
713	34 General Storage 34.1 General
714	34.2 Classification of Commodities
724	34.3 Building Construction
726	34.4 Storage Arrangement
728	34.5 General Fire Protection
730	34.6 Building Equipment, Maintenance, and Operations
732	34.7 Protection of Rack Storage
736	34.8 Protection of Rubber Tires
738	34.9 Protection of Roll Paper
739	34.10 Storage of Idle Pallets
741	35 Reserved
743	36 Telecommunication Facilities and Information Technology Equipment 36.1 General
745	37 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems 37.1 General
747	38 Reserved 39 Reserved
749	40 Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention 40.1 General
758	40.2 Permits
759	40.3 Fugitive Dust Control and Housekeeping
762	40.4 Ignition Sources
767	40.5 Fire Protection
770	40.6 Training and Procedures
771	40.7 Inspection and Maintenance
775	41 Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work 41.1 General
777	41.2 Responsibility for Hot Work
779	41.3 Fire Prevention Precautions
786	41.4 Sole Proprietors and Individual Operators
787	41.5 Public Exhibitions and Demonstrations
789	41.6 Arc Welding Equipment
791	42 Refueling 42.1 General 42.2 Automotive Fuel Servicing
792	42.3 Storage of Liquids
802	42.4 Piping for Liquids
804	42.5 Fuel Dispensing Systems
812	42.6 Building Construction Requirements 42.7 Operational Requirements
818	42.8 Additional Requirements for CNG, LNG, Hydrogen, and LPG
821	42.9 Marine Fueling
825	42.10 Aircraft Fuel Servicing
838	42.11 Alternate Fuels
845	43 Spraying, Dipping, and Coating Using Flammable or Combustible Materials 43.1 Application
872	43.2 Automated Electrostatic Spray Equipment 43.3 Handheld Electrostatic Spray Equipment 43.4 Drying, Curing, or Fusion Processes 43.5 Miscellaneous Spray Operations
874	43.6 Powder Coating 43.7 Organic Peroxides and Plural Component Coatings
875	43.8 Styrene Cross-Linked Composites Manufacturing (Glass Fiber–Reinforced Plastics
876	43.9 Dipping, Coating, and Printing Processes
877	43.10 Training
879	44 Solvent Extraction 44.1 General 44.2 Application
880	44.3 Permits 44.4 Special Requirements
881	45 Combustible Fibers 45.1 General 45.2 Electrical Wiring 45.3 No Smoking 45.4 Vehicles and Material Handling Equipment
883	45.5 Loose Storage of Combustible Fibers
884	45.6 Baled Storage
885	45.7 Storage of Hay, Straw, and Other Similar Agricultural Products 45.8 Hazardous Materials
887	46 Reserved 47 Reserved 48 Reserved 49 Reserved
889	50 Commercial Cooking
891	50.1 Application 50.2 General Requirements
896	50.3 Protection of Coverings and Enclosure Materials
897	50.4 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment
909	50.5 Procedures for the Use, Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Equipment
915	50.6 Minimum Safety Requirements for Cooking Equipment
919	51 Industrial Ovens and Furnaces 51.1 General
923	51.2 Location 51.3 Safety Controls
929	52 Stationary Storage Battery Systems 52.1 General
930	52.2 Permits 52.3 Safety Features
937	53 Mechanical Refrigeration 53.1 General
939	53.2 Safety Features
944	53.3 Operations, Maintenance, and Testing
947	54 Ozone Gas–Generating Equipment 54.1 Scope 54.2 Location
948	54.3 Piping, Valves, and Fittings 54.4 Automatic Shutdown 54.5 Manual Shutdown
949	55 Reserved 56 Reserved 57 Reserved 58 Reserved 59 Reserved
951	60 Hazardous Materials
952	60.1 General Requirements
955	60.2 Special Definitions
956	60.3 Classification of Materials, Wastes, and Hazard of Contents
957	60.4 Permissible Storage and Use Locations
977	60.5 Fundamental Requirements
985	60.6 Emergency Action Planning, Fire Risk Control and Chemical Hazard Requirements for Industrial Processes 60.7 Performance Alternative
987	61 Aerosol Products 61.1 General Provisions
990	61.2 Basic Requirements
992	61.3 Storage in Warehouses and Storage Areas
997	61.4 Mercantile Occupancies
998	61.5 Operations and Maintenance
1001	62 Reserved
1003	63 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids 63.1 General Provisions
1006	63.2 Building-Related Controls
1014	63.3 Compressed Gases
1038	63.4 Cryogenic Fluids
1050	63.5 Bulk Oxygen Systems
1051	63.6 Bulk Gaseous Hydrogen Systems 63.7 Bulk Liquefied Hydrogen Systems 63.8 Gas Generation Systems 63.9 Insulated Liquid Carbon Dioxide Systems 63.10 Storage, Handling, and Use of Ethylene Oxide for Sterilization and Fumigation 63.11 Liquid Oxygen in Home Care
1055	64 Corrosive Solids and Liquids 64.1 General
1057	65 Explosives, Fireworks, and Model Rocketry
1058	65.1 General 65.2 Display Fireworks
1059	65.3 Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience
1060	65.4 Flame Effects Before an Audience
1062	65.5 Fireworks Manufacturing 65.6 Model Rocketry
1063	65.7 Rocketry Manufacturing
1064	65.8 High Power Rocketry 65.9 Explosives
1067	66 Flammable and Combustible Liquids 66.1 General
1070	66.2 Reserved 66.3 Definitions
1071	66.4 Definition and Classification of Liquids
1074	66.5 Reserved 66.6 Fire and Explosion Prevention and Risk Control
1080	66.7 Electrical Systems
1086	66.8 Application of Area Classification 66.9 Storage of Liquids in Containers — General Requirements
1104	66.10 Reserved 66.11 Reserved 66.12 Reserved
1105	66.13 Reserved 66.14 Hazardous Materials Storage Lockers
1108	66.15 Outdoor Storage
1110	66.16 Automatic Fire Protection for Inside Liquid Storage Areas
1135	66.17 Processing Facilities
1144	66.18 Dispensing, Handling, Transfer, and Use of Liquids
1148	66.19 Specific Operations
1159	66.20 Reserved 66.21 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Requirements for All Storage Tanks
1173	66.22 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Aboveground Storage Tanks
1188	66.23 Storage of Liquids in Tanks — Underground Tanks
1191	66.24 Storage Tank Buildings
1198	66.25 Storage Tank Vaults
1201	66.26 Reserved 66.27 Piping Systems
1210	66.28 Bulk Loading and Unloading Facilities for Tank Cars and Tank Vehicles
1215	66.29 Wharves
1221	67 Flammable Solids 67.1 General
1223	68 Highly Toxic and Toxic Solids and Liquids
1224	68.1 General
1225	69 Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Liquefied Natural Gases 69.1 General Provisions
1226	69.2 LP-Gas Equipment and Appliances
1240	69.3 Installation of LP-Gas Systems
1280	69.4 LP-Gas Liquid Transfer
1292	69.5 Storage of Cylinders Awaiting Use, Resale, or Exchange
1301	69.6 Vehicular Transportation of LP-Gas
1307	69.7 LP-Gases at Utility Plants 69.8 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities
1309	70 Oxidizer Solids and Liquids 70.1 General
1311	71 Pyrophoric Solids and Liquids 71.1 General
1313	72 Unstable (Reactive) Solids and Liquids 72.1 General
1315	73 Water-Reactive Solids and Liquids 73.1 General
1317	74 Ammonium Nitrate 74.1 General
1319	75 Organic Peroxide Solids and Liquids 75.1 General
1321	Annexes A Explanatory Material
1323	B Hazardous Materials Classifications
1337	C Sample Ordinance Adopting the NFPA 1, Fire Code
1339	D Hazardous Materials Management Plans and Hazardous Materials Inventory Statements
1351	E Fire Fighter Safety Building Marking System
1355	F Informational References
1363	Index
1401	Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers
1402	TIAs

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