Fire Sprinklers (2025-06-18)

Gasoline and other motor fuels offer great convenience for transportation, but they also pose serious fire and explosion hazards. NFPA 30A, Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages, helps reduce these risks by establishing comprehensive safety requirements for dispensing liquid and gaseous motor fuels into automotive vehicles and marine craft.

NFPA 12, Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems, provides comprehensive guidance on the use of CO₂ systems for industrial and marine fire protection. It covers a wide range of applications, including total flooding systems, local application systems, hand hose line systems, standpipe systems, and mobile CO₂ supplies.

Aligned with the latest code references in NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, this edition outlines the most current, consensus-based requirements for the design, installation, and maintenance of both high-pressure and low-pressure CO₂ extinguishing systems. It serves as an essential resource for fire protection engineers, system designers, installers, facility managers, and inspectors who ensure reliable fire suppression performance.

NFPA 14 provides requirements for the installation of standpipes and hose systems to ensure that systems will work as intended to deliver adequate and reliable water supplies in a fire emergency.

This standard covers the design, installation, operation, testing, and maintenance of low-, medium-, and high-expansion foam systems for fire protection. Criteria apply to fixed, semi-fixed, or portable systems for interior and exterior hazards

The Standard is prepared for the use and guidance of those who purchase, design, install, test, inspect, approve, list, operate or maintain carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system equipment. Coverage addresses total flooding systems, local application systems, hand hose line systems, standpipe systems, and mobile supplies.

Fire suppression systems and equipment are vital for minimizing damage and saving lives during emergencies. NFPA 17A, Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems, establishes the requirements for the design, installation, operation, testing, and maintenance of these systems throughout their service life.

This standard is focused on ensuring the integrity and reliability of systems that discharge wet chemical agents through fixed nozzles and piping using expellant gas. Its provisions apply to systems commonly found in restaurants and institutional kitchens, including hoods, plenums, ducts, and cooking appliances. NFPA 17A covers every aspect—from system components and design plans to acceptance testing, inspection, maintenance, and recharging—to help ensure effective fire protection where it’s needed most.

Whether you’re designing a new project or ensuring an existing standpipe system is operationally ready, NFPA® 14, Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems, is an essential resource for proper system design and installation.

This standard provides comprehensive guidance on system components, hardware, plans and calculations, water supply testing, buildings under construction, and system acceptance testing. It serves as a critical reference for designers, installers, insurance professionals, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) — or anyone involved in the safety and performance of standpipe and hose systems.