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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