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NFPA 99, which defines flammability and other performance requirements for medical-care environments, will have a new edition in 2010. Supposedly it's being re-oriented away from specific installation requirements and toward a patient risk basis and a performance orientation.
The NFPA has made this public statement:
Can anyone point me to a more detailed analysis of the proposed content, and in particular what will be done with the patient-proximity-materials conductivity and flammability requirements in Annex E of the 2005 version?
The NFPA has made this public statement:
The proposed 2010 edition of NFPA 99 will feature new chapters on security, fire protection, information technology and communication systems, heating, and plumbing. Some existing chapters would be eliminated, such as the chapter on laboratories, since NFPA 45, Fire Protection of Laboratories Using Chemicals, addresses many of the same concerns. The manufacturing requirements of electrical equipment would also be deleted from the new standard, since many of the requirements overlap with the requirements outlined in the electrical equipment chapter. Several of the annexes would be deleted to eliminate old technology, and all of the occupancy chapters would be eliminated in favor of a risk-based approach to designing the appropriate system.
The table of contents of the proposed 2010 edition of NFPA 99 includes:
The table of contents of the proposed 2010 edition of NFPA 99 includes:
- Chapter 1: Administration
- Chapter 2: Referenced Publications
- Chapter 3: Definitions
- Chapter 4: Fundamentals
- Chapter 5: Gas and Vacuum Systems
- Chapter 6: Electrical Systems
- Chapter 7: Information Technology and Communications Systems
- Chapter 8: Plumbing
- Chapter 9: Heating
- Chapter 10: Electrical Equipment
- Chapter 11: Gas Equipment
- Chapter 12: Health Care Emergency Management
- Chapter 13: Security Management
- Chapter 14: Hyperbaric Facilities
- Chapter 15: Features of Fire Protection