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21 January 2016 | Ing. T. de Nooij, CFPS
Current trends in fire protection of warehouses and industrial buildings using
NFPA 13, 2016
Ing. Tom de Nooij, CFPS AIFireE
Managing Partner Riskonet B.V., The Netherlands
Certified Fire Protection Specialist, CFPS / NFPA
Senior Instructor NFPA 13, 20 and 25
Technical Committee Member NFPA 30
Bachelor Degree Fire Safety Engineering
Station Officer Fire Brigade until 2015
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INTRODUCTION
• 1895, small group of concerned citizens, representing sprinkler and fireinsurance interests.
• Within 100 miles, nine radically different standards for pipe sizing
• 1896, NFPA was founded
• Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems first standard (now knownas the NFPA 13)
• > 300 Safety Codes and Standards are being developped by NFPA
• Fire, Electrical, Chemical, Building and Life Safety
NFPA codes and standards are used to provide safety to life and protection of property
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Who is NFPA
“The purpose of the Association shall be to promote the science and improve the methods of fire protection andprevention, elactrical safety and otherrelated safety goals; to obtain and circulate information and promoteeducation and reasearch on these subjects; and to secure the cooperation of it’s members and the public in establishing proper safeguards against loss of life and property”
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Purpose NFPA
NFPA is a Non-Profit organisation
The NFPA mission today is accomplished by advocating consensus codes andstandards, research, training and education for safety related issuses.
• NFPA’s Fire Codes are administred by more than 250 Technical Committees
• TC are comprised of approximately 8000 volunteers
• Adopted and used throughout the world.
• NFPA is a non profit membership organization
• > 70.000 members
• > 100 Nations
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Purpose NFPA
What type of people are NFPA members
• Architects and engineers (22%)
• Business and industry (5%)
• Health care facilities (12%)
• Fire service (20%)
• Insurance (3%)
• US Federal state and local government (9%)
• Safety equipment manufacturers and distribitors (12%)
• Trade and professional associations (6%)
• Other fields and disciplines (11%)
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NFPA Members
NFPA Technical Committees and Panels serve as the principal concensus bodiesresponsibel for:
• Developping and maintaining all NFPA codes and standards.
• Maximum of 30 people in TC
• Balance off affected interests
• Membership NFPA is not required
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Technical Committees (TC)
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• We speak the language…
• We can read the language...
• We can buy a standard...
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
• We miss the back ground…
• We are dealing with a different building culture
• We are not used to public regulation..
• We are not focussed on risk assessements
• We like check boxes... You can do that without knowledge
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
PROBLEM NOT SOLVED ?
WRONG UNDERSTANDING MEANS WRONG INTERPRETATION
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
WRONG UNDERSTANDING MEANS WRONG INTERPRETATION
WRONG INTERPRETATION MEANS WRONG ADOPTION
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
WRONG UNDERSTANDING MEANS WRONG INTERPRETATION
WRONG INTERPRETATION MEANS WRONG ADOPTION
WRONG ADOPTION MEANS WRONG DESIGN
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
WRONG UNDERSTANDING MEANS WRONG INTERPRETATION
WRONG INTERPRETATION MEANS WRONG ADOPTION
WRONG ADOPTION MEANS WRONG DESIGN
WRONG DESIGN MEANS BAD FIRE SAFETY CONCEPT
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DO WE UNDERSTAND THE NFPA STANDARDS?
• NFPA is based on risks and risk assessments
• Europe is prescriptive based
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PRESCRIPTIVE BASED OR PERFORMANCE BASED
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ITM is a process
Scenario
incident
Scope / purpose
DesignCommission-
ingUse
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION
• AHJ is common in the USA, not in Europe.
• Insurer?
• Fire Department?
• Owner ?
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APPROVED BY THE AHJ…..
12,2 meters
13,7 meters
914 mm
7,6 meters
3,7 meters
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Feet versus meters
12,0 meters
14,0 meters
914 mm
7,6 meters
3,7 meters
• Wood
• Concrete
• Metal
• Insulation
• Sloped roofs - lichtstraat
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CODES
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CODES
Old buildings.. Long history of building types
A lot of different building types throughout Europe
Mostly concrete load bearing constructions
Mostly concrete or brick walls
Mostly tile roofs
No high rise buildings until 1970
BUILDING REGULATIONS EUROPE (SLIDE 1 OF 300)
Sweden
Portugal
SpainItaly
RussiaFinland
Irelan
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Denmark
The Netherlands
Belgium
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
FIRE SAFETY DRIVEN
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FIRE SAFETY
Definition ?Fire Safety = Life SafetyFire Safety = Property SafetyFire Safety = The (best) combination between Life- and Property Safety?
Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the damage caused by a fire. Fire safety measures include those that are planned during the construction of a building or implemented in structures that are already standing, and those that are taught to occupants of the building. (source NFPA)
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CODES
The definition which is or will be used depends of the interesting parties
Government- AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction)- Local Government- Local Fire Department
Third Parties- Architect- Contractors- Technical consultants- User(s)
Building users- Owner- Insurer
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING CODES
BUILDING AND FIRE SAFETY CODES IN EUROPE ARE DRIVEN
BY
POLITIC LOBBYING
MANUFACTURERS LOBBYING
• Adoption of International standards ?
• NFPA
• FM
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WHEN PROTECTION IS NOT COVERED IN LOCAL STANDARDS
BE CAREFULL
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WHEN PROTECTION IS NOT COVERED IN LOCAL STANDARDS
NFPA 1
NFPA 101
• Storage => ESFR => Not covered in EN-12845
• Flammable liquids => Not covered in Local regulations
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MOST JUSED
Max 2500 m2Max 2500 m2
60 minutesFire rated
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COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION
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COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
PICTURE REED DIFFUSOR
• NFPA is a public organistation
• FM is a private organisation
• Help from experts....
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NFPA VERSUS FM
• Size of fire compartment
• EN- 12845 => ESFR sprinklers => Flexability
• Choise of owner / AHJ / Insurer (attractive)
• NFPA 13 => chapter 4.1 “level of Protection”
• Smoke and Heat Release / Exhaust
• Water supply => 1 or 2 pumps
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PROTECTION OF WAREHOUSES / INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
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SMOKE AND HEAT RELEASE
Interesting Standards
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• NFPA 11 - Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam
• NFPA 13 - Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
• NFPA 15 - Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection
• NFPA 16 - Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems
• NFPA 20 - Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection
• NFPA 25 - Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems
• NFPA 30 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
• NFPA 30B - Code for the Manufacture and Storage of Aerosol Products
• changes in commodity classifications
• protection of exposed expanded plastics
• issues around cloud ceilings
• new metric conversions
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CHANGES 2016 EDITION
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