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NFPA 495: Explosive Materials Code, 2013
- Important Notices and Disclaimers
- Additional Notices and Disclaimers
- Chapter 1 Administration [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose
- 1.3 Application
- 1.4 Retroactivity
- 1.5 Equivalency
- 1.6 Enforcement
- Chapter 2 Referenced Publications [Go to Page]
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 NFPA Publications
- 2.3 Other Publications
- 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
- Chapter 3 Definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- Chapter 4 Security and Safety of Explosive Materials [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Basic Requirements
- 4.2 Permit Requirements
- 4.3 Permit Classes
- 4.4 Requirements for Blaster's Permit
- 4.5 Posting of Permits
- 4.6 Permit Restrictions
- 4.7 Denial or Revocation of Permits
- 4.8 Record Keeping and Reporting
- 4.9 Applications
- 4.10 Renewals
- Chapter 5 Manufacturing and Testing [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Scope
- 5.2 General Requirements
- 5.3 Classification and Characterization of Energetic Materials Used in Process Operations
- 5.4 Buildings and Equipment
- 5.5 Operations
- 5.6 Explosive Materials Testing Sites
- Chapter 6 Blasting Agents [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Scope
- 6.2 Fixed Location Mixing
- 6.3 Bulk Mixing and Delivery Vehicles
- 6.4 Bulk Storage Bins
- 6.5 Storage of Blasting Agents and Supplies
- 6.6 Transportation of Packaged Blasting Agents
- 6.7 Use of Blasting Agents
- Chapter 7 Water Gel, Slurry, and Emulsion Explosive Materials [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Scope
- 7.2 Fixed Location Mixing
- 7.3 Bulk Mixing and Delivery Vehicles
- 7.4 Storage of Water Gels, Slurries, and Emulsions
- Chapter 8 Transportation of Explosive Materials on Highways [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Basic Requirements
- 8.2 Transportation Vehicles
- 8.3 Operation of Transportation Vehicles
- Chapter 9 Aboveground Storage of Explosive Materials [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Scope
- 9.2 Basic Requirements
- 9.3 Classification and Use of Magazines
- 9.4 Location of Magazines
- 9.5 Magazine Construction — Basic Requirements
- 9.6 Magazine Construction — Requirements for Specific Types
- 9.7 Storage Within Magazines
- 9.8 Miscellaneous Safety Precautions
- Chapter 10 Use of Explosive Materials for Blasting [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Basic Requirements
- 10.2 Preblast Operations
- 10.3 Initiating Blasts
- 10.4 Procedures After Blasting
- 10.5 Misfires
- 10.6 Disposal of Explosive Materials
- Chapter 11 Ground Vibration, Air Overpressure, Flyrock, and Gases [Go to Page]
- 11.1 Basic Requirements
- 11.2 Ground Vibration
- 11.3 Air Overpressure
- 11.4 Flyrock
- 11.5 Gases
- Chapter 12 Explosive Materials at Piers and Railway, Truck, and Air Terminals [Go to Page]
- 12.1 Basic Requirements
- 12.2 Notifications
- 12.3 Facilities for Trailer-on-Flatcar and Container-on-Flatcar
- 12.4 Designation of Facilities
- Chapter 13 Precursor Chemicals [Go to Page]
- 13.1 Basic Requirements
- 13.2 Storage
- 13.3 Use
- 13.4 Record Keeping and Reporting
- Chapter 14 Small Arms Ammunition and Primers, Smokeless Propellants, and Black Powder Propellants [Go to Page]
- 14.1 Basic Requirements
- 14.2 Small Arms Ammunition
- 14.3 Smokeless Propellants
- 14.4 Black Powder
- 14.5 Small Arms Primers
- Annex A Explanatory Material
- Annex B Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 495
- Annex C Recommended Separation Distances of Ammonium Nitrate and Blasting Agents from Explosives or Blasting Agents
- Annex D Magazine Construction
- Annex E U.S. Department of Transportation Proposed Revisions of Explosive Materials Transport Regulations
- Annex F Informational References
- Index [Go to Page]
