This article is about codes and standards used in Buildings Fire Protection for example NFPA, ASME, ASTM, UL, API, ANSI and NEMA etc.
Buildings Fire Protection Codes & Standard
National Fire Protection Association NFPA Buildings Fire Protection
NFPA 10 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
NFPA 11 Low Expansion Foam Systems.
NFPA 11C Mobil Foam Apparatus.
NFPA 12 Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems.
NFPA 13 Installation of Sprinkler Systems.
NFPA 14 Installation of Standard Pipe and Hose Systems.
NFPA 15 Water Spray Fixed Systems.
NFPA 16 Deluge Foam-Water Sprinkler Systems and Foam-Water Spray Systems.
NFPA 16A Installation of Closed-Head Foam Water Sprinkler Systems.
NFPA 17 Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems.
NFPA 20 Installation of Centrifugal Fire Pumps.
NFPA 22 Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection.
NFPA 24 Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and their Appurtenances.
NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code.
NFPA 58 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases.
NFPA 70 National Electrical Code.
NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code.
NFPA 80 Fire Doors and Fire Windows.
NFPA 101 Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures.
NFPA 214 Water Cooling Towers.
NFPA 221 Fire Walls and Fire Barrier Walls.
NFPA 231 General Storage.
NFPA 251 Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials.
NFPA 325 Fire Hazard Properties of Flammable Liquids, Gases, and Volatile Solids.
NFPA 750 Water Mist Fire Protection Systems.
NFPA 1901 Automotive Fire Apparatus.
NFPA 1961 Fire Hose.
NFPA 1963 Fire Hose Connections.
NFPA 2001 Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems.
American Petroleum Institute API Buildings Fire Protection
RP API 2001 Fire Protection in Refineries.
RP API 2021 Guide for Fighting Fires in and Around Petroleum Storage Tanks.
RP API 2030 Guidelines for Application of Water Spray Systems for Fire Protection in the Petroleum Industry.
RP API 2218 Fire Proofing Practices in Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing Plants.
RP API 2510A Fire Protection Considerations for the Design and Operation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Storage Facilities.
American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM Buildings Fire Protection
ASTM A53 Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated Welded and Seamless.
ASTM A135 Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe.
ASTM A182 Specification for Forged or Rolled Alloy-Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service.
ASTM A234 Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and Elevated Temperatures.
ASTM A536 Specification for Ductile Iron Castings.
ASTM A795 Specification for Black and Hot-Dipped Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe for Fire Protection Use.
ASTM D56 Test Method for Flash Point by the Tag Closed Tester.
ASTM D93 Flash Point by the Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester.
ASTM D323 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Recd Method).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME Buildings Fire Protection
ASME B 16.1 Cast Iron Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.
ASME B 16.3 Malleable Iron Threaded Fittings, Class 150 and 300.
ASME B 16.4 Cast Iron Threaded Fittings, Class 125 and 250.
ASME B 16.5 Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.
ASME B 16.9 Factory-Made Wrought Steel Buttweld Fittings.
ASME B 16.11 Forged Steel Fittings, Socket Welded and Threaded.
ASME B 16.25 Buttwelding Ends for Pipe, Valves, Flanges, and Fittings.
American National Standards Institute ANSI Buildings Fire Protection
ANSI B 36.10M Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe.
ANSI B 36.19M Stainless Steel Pipe.
National Electric Manufacturer’s Association NEMA Buildings Fire Protection
NEMA ICS6 Enclosures for Industrial Control Systems.
Underwriters Laboratories UL Buildings Fire Protection
UL 1709 Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Material for Structural Steel.
Factory Mutual (FM)
NA FM Approval Guide.