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NFPA (Fire) 301

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Keep pace with the latest provisions on merchant vessel safety in the 2013 NFPA 301.

Originally developed at the request of the United States Coast Guard, NFPA 301: Code for Safety to Life from Fire on Merchant Vessels provides minimum requirements, with due regard to function, for the design, operation, and maintenance of merchant vessels for safety to life from fire and similar emergencies. Patterned after the Life Safety Code, it provides requirements for various types of merchant vessels.

Revised new minimum requirement for water-based fire protection applies to vessels with overnight accommodations for more than 36 passengers.

To bring provisions in line with other USCG mandates, the 2013 edition of NFPA 301 revises the minimum requirement for automatic sprinkler protection or automatic water mist protection for accommodation spaces, service spaces, and storage spaces on Group I and Group II passenger vessels and all other passenger vessels with overnight accommodations for more than 36 passengers.

Product Details

Published:
06/18/2012
ISBN(s):
9781455904266
Number of Pages:
97

NFPA (Fire) 301

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The 2018 edition of NFPA 301 takes strides on merchant vessel safety. Stay up-to-code.

Originally developed at the request of the United States Coast Guard, NFPA 301: Code for Safety to Life from Fire on Merchant Vessels provides minimum requirements, with due regard to function, for the design, operation, and maintenance of merchant vessels for safety to life from fire and similar emergencies. Patterned after the NFPA 101® Life Safety Code®, it provides requirements for various types of merchant vessels.

Important updates in the 2018 edition of NFPA 301 are essential for naval architects, vessel owners, and enforcers.

  • Updated references in Chapter 2 and Annex D, along with changes in Chapter 3, Definitions, align with other NFPA® codes and standards.
  • Revised requirements for backup lighting reduce the total blackout time in spaces aboard a vessel that do not normally have any natural lighting (e.g., portholes and windows) to reduce the risk of panic and injury to passengers and crew.
  • Signage used on doors, passageways, ladders, or stairways that are neither an exit nor a way of exit access needs to be approved by the AHJ.
  • Added references to provisions in NFPA 90A: Standard for the Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems address insulation and coverings for pipes and ducts installed in areas where there is the potential for hot temperatures.
  • For fire test requirements for draperies or other vertically hung textiles, Code users are now directed to NFPA 701: Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Propagation of Textiles and Films, or Part 7 of the IMO Fire Test Procedures Code.
  • Portable fire extinguishers shall now be classed in accordance with NFPA 10: Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, or requirements for portable extinguishers in Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Make sure you’re on top of critical safety changes for safety to life aboard merchant vessels.

Product Details

Published:
08/21/2017
ISBN(s):
9781455916917
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
103

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