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NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, 2019
- Chapter 1 Administration [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope.
- 1.2 Purpose.
- 1.3 Application.
- 1.4 Retroactivity.
- 1.5 Equivalency.
- 1.6 Units and Symbols.
- 1.7 New Technology.
- 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 General Requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Level of Protection.
- 4.2 Owner’s Certificate.
- 4.3 Classification of Hazard.
- 4.4 Hose Connections.
- 4.5 System Protection Area Limitations.
- 4.6 Water Supply Information.
- 4.7 Additives.
- 4.8 Air, Nitrogen, or Other Approved Gas.
- 4.9 Support of Nonsprinkler System Components.
- 4.10 Noncombustible Materials and Limited-Combustible Materials.
- Chapter 5 Water Supplies [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General.
- 5.2 Types.
- Chapter 6 Installation Underground Piping [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Piping.
- 6.2 Fittings.
- 6.3 Connection of Pipe, Fittings, and Appurtenances.
- 6.4 Protection of Private Fire Service Mains.
- 6.5 Grounding and Bonding.
- 6.6 Restraint.
- 6.7 Steep Grades.
- 6.8 Installation Requirements.
- 6.9 Backfilling.
- 6.10 Testing and Acceptance.
- Chapter 7 Requirements for System Components and Hardware [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General.
- 7.2 Sprinklers.
- 7.3 Aboveground Pipe and Tube.
- 7.4 Fittings.
- 7.5 Joining of Pipe and Fittings.
- 7.6 Valves.
- 7.7 Waterflow Alarm Devices.
- 7.8 Additives and Coatings.
- Chapter 8 System Types and Requirements [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Wet Pipe Systems.
- 8.2 Dry Pipe Systems.
- 8.3 Preaction Systems and Deluge Systems.
- 8.4 Combined Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems for Piers, Terminals, and Wharves.
- 8.5 Multi-Cycle Systems.
- 8.6 Antifreeze Systems.
- 8.7 Outside Sprinklers for Protection Against Exposure Fires (Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems).
- 8.8 Refrigerated Spaces.
- 8.9 Commercial-Type Cooking Equipment and Ventilation.
- 8.10 Pilot Line Detectors.
- Chapter 9 Sprinkler Location Requirements [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Basic Requirements.
- 9.2 Allowable Sprinkler Omission Locations.
- 9.3 Special Situations.
- 9.4 Use of Sprinklers.
- 9.5 Position, Location, Spacing, and Use of Sprinklers.
- Chapter 10 Installation Requirements for Standard Pendent, Upright, and Sidewall Spray Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General.
- 10.2 Standard Pendent and Upright Spray Sprinklers.
- 10.3 Sidewall Standard Spray Sprinklers.
- Chapter 11 Installation Requirements for Extended Coverage Upright, Pendent, Sidewall Spray Sprinkler [Go to Page]
- 11.1 General.
- 11.2 Extended Coverage Upright and Pendent Spray Sprinklers.
- 11.3 Extended Coverage Sidewall Spray Sprinklers.
- Chapter 12 Installation Requirements for Residential Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 12.1 General.
- Chapter 13 Installation Requirements for CMSA Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 13.1 General.
- 13.2 CMSA Sprinklers.
- Chapter 14 Installation Requirements for Early Suppression Fast-Response Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 14.1 General.
- 14.2 Early Suppression Fast-Response Sprinklers.
- Chapter 15 Installation Requirements for Special Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 15.1 Open Sprinklers.
- 15.2 Special Sprinklers.
- 15.3 Dry Sprinklers.
- 15.4 Old-Style Sprinklers.
- Chapter 16 Installation of Piping, Valves, and Appurtenances [Go to Page]
- 16.1 Basic Requirements.
- 16.2 Sprinkler Installation.
- 16.3 Piping Installation.
- 16.4 Protection of Piping.
- 16.5 Protection of Risers Subject to Mechanical Damage.
- 16.6 Provision for Flushing Systems.
- 16.7 Air Venting.
- 16.8 Fitting Installation.
- 16.9 Valves.
- 16.10 Drainage.
- 16.11 System Attachments.
- 16.12 Fire Department Connections.
- 16.13 Gauges.
- 16.14 System Connections.
- 16.15 Hose Connections.
- 16.16 Electrical Bonding and Grounding.
- 16.17 Signs.
- Chapter 17 Installation Requirements for Hanging and Support of System Piping [Go to Page]
- 17.1 General.
- 17.2 Hanger Components.
- 17.3 Trapeze Hangers.
- 17.4 Installation of Pipe Hangers.
- 17.5 Pipe Stands.
- Chapter 18 Installation Requirements for Seismic Protection [Go to Page]
- 18.1 Protection of Piping Against Damage Where Subject to Earthquakes.
- 18.2 Flexible Couplings.
- 18.3 Seismic Separation Assembly.
- 18.4 Clearance.
- 18.5 Sway Bracing.
- 18.6 Restraint of Branch Lines.
- 18.7 Hangers and Fasteners Subject to Earthquakes.
- 18.8 Pipe Stands Subject to Earthquakes.
- Chapter 19 Design Approaches [Go to Page]
- 19.1 General.
- 19.2 General Design Approaches.
- 19.3 Occupancy Hazard Fire Control Approach for Spray Sprinklers.
- 19.4 Special Design Approaches.
- 19.5 Deluge Systems.
- Chapter 20 General Requirements for Storage [Go to Page]
- 20.1 General.
- 20.2 Protection of Storage.
- 20.3 Classification of Commodities.
- 20.4 Commodity Classes.
- 20.5 Storage Arrangement.
- 20.6 Building Construction and Storage: Heights and Clearance.
- 20.7 Unsprinklered Combustible Concealed Spaces.
- 20.8 Room Design Method.
- 20.9 High-Expansion Foam Systems.
- 20.10 Adjacent Hazards or Design Methods.
- 20.11 Hose Connections.
- 20.12 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration.
- 20.13 Discharge Considerations: General.
- 20.14 Protection of Idle Pallets.
- 20.15 Column Protection: Rack Storage and Rubber Tire Storage.
- Chapter 21 Protection of High Piled Storage Using Control Mode Density Area (CMDA) Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 21.1 General.
- 21.2 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 21.3 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities.
- 21.4 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 21.5 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Single-, Double-, and Multiple-Row Racks for Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height.
- 21.6 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Rack Storage Rubber Tires.
- 21.7 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Roll Paper Storage.
- 21.8 Special Design for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities and Group A Plastics Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height.
- 21.9 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage and Display of Class I Through Class IV Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group A Plastics in Retail Stores.
- 21.10 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Baled Cotton Storage.
- 21.11 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Carton Records Storage with Catwalk Access.
- 21.12 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Compact Storage of Commodities Consisting of Paper Files, Magazines, Books, and Similar Documents in Folders and Miscellaneous Supplies with No More Than 5 Percent Plastics Up to 8 ft (2.4 m) High.
- Chapter 22 CMSA Requirements for Storage Applications [Go to Page]
- 22.1 General.
- 22.2 Palletized and Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 22.3 Palletized and Solid-Piled Storage of Nonexpanded and Expanded Group A Plastic Commodities.
- 22.4 Single-, Double-, and Multiple-Row Rack Storage for Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 22.5 Single-, Double-, and Multiple-Row Racks of Group A Plastic Commodities.
- 22.6 Rubber Tires.
- 22.7 Roll Paper Storage.
- Chapter 23 ESFR Requirements for Storage Applications [Go to Page]
- 23.1 General.
- 23.2 ESFR Design Criteria.
- 23.3 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 23.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities.
- 23.5 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities.
- 23.6 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities.
- 23.7 Protection of Exposed Expanded Group A Plastics.
- 23.8 ESFR Protection of Rack Storage of Rubber Tires.
- 23.9 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Protection of Roll Paper Storage.
- 23.10 Plastic Motor Vehicle Components.
- 23.11 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage and Display of Class I Through Class IV Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group A Plastics in Retail Stores.
- 23.12 Protection of High Bay Records Storage.
- 23.13 Slatted Shelves.
- Chapter 24 Alternative Sprinkler System Designs for Chapters 20 Through 25 [Go to Page]
- 24.1 General.
- 24.2 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Palletized and Solid-Piled, Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities.
- 24.3 Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Open-Frame Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities.
- 24.4 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration.
- 24.5 Minimum Obstruction Criteria.
- Chapter 25 Protection of Rack Storage Using In-Rack Sprinklers [Go to Page]
- 25.1 General Requirements of In-Rack Sprinklers.
- 25.2 Ceiling-Level Sprinkler Design Criteria in Combination with In-Rack Sprinklers.
- 25.3 In-Rack Sprinkler Characteristics.
- 25.4 Vertical Spacing and Location of In-Rack Sprinklers.
- 25.5 Horizontal Location and Spacing of In-Rack Sprinklers.
- 25.6 Protection of Racks with Solid Shelves.
- 25.7 Horizontal Barriers in Combination with In-Rack Sprinklers.
- 25.8 Alternative In-Rack Sprinkler Protection Options That Are Independent of the Ceiling Sprinkler Design.
- 25.9 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in Combination with CMDA Sprinklers at Ceiling Level.
- 25.10 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in Combination with CMSA Sprinklers at Ceiling Level.
- 25.11 In-Rack Sprinkler Arrangements in Combination with ESFR Sprinklers at Ceiling Level.
- 25.12 Design Criteria for In-Rack Sprinklers in Combination with Ceiling-Level Sprinklers.
- Chapter 26 Special Occupancy Requirements [Go to Page]
- 26.1 General.
- 26.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids.
- 26.3 Aerosol Products.
- 26.4 Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials.
- 26.5 Solvent Extraction Plants. [NFPA 36]
- 26.6 Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines.
- 26.7 Nitrate Film.
- 26.8 Laboratories Using Chemicals.
- 26.9 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes.
- 26.10 Acetylene Cylinder Charging Plants.
- 26.11 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code.
- 26.12 Utility LP-Gas Plants.
- 26.13 Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
- 26.14 Protection of Information Technology Equipment.
- 26.15 Standard on Incinerators, and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment.
- 26.16 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces.
- 26.17 Health Care Facilities Code, Class A Hyperbaric Chambers.
- 26.18 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems.
- 26.19 Motion Picture and Television Production Studio Soundstages, Approved Production Facilities, and Production Locations.
- 26.20 Animal Housing Facilities.
- 26.21 Water Cooling Towers.
- 26.22 Standard for the Construction and Fire Protection of Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves.
- 26.23 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities.
- 26.24 Aircraft Hangars.
- 26.25 Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp Drainage, and Loading Walkways.
- 26.26 Aircraft Engine Test Facilities.
- 26.27 Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants.
- 26.28 Light Water Nuclear Power Plants.
- 26.29 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties — Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship. [NFPA 909]
- 26.30 National Electrical Code.
- 26.31 Fire Protection of Telecommunication Facilities.
- 26.32 Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases, Mists, and Noncombustible Particulate Solids.
- 26.33 Hypobaric Facilities.
- 26.34 Coal Mines.
- 26.35 Metal/Nonmetal Mining and Metal Mineral Processing Facilities.
- 26.36 Hazardous Materials Code.
- Chapter 27 Plans and Calculations [Go to Page]
- 27.1 Working Plans.
- 27.2 Hydraulic Calculation Procedures.
- 27.3 Hose Allowance.
- 27.4 Hydraulic Calculation Forms.
- 27.5 Pipe Schedules.
- Chapter 28 Systems Acceptance [Go to Page]
- 28.1 Approval of Sprinkler Systems and Private Fire Service Mains.
- 28.2 Acceptance Requirements.
- 28.3 Automated Inspection and Testing Devices and Equipment.
- 28.4 Instructions.
- 28.5 Hydraulic Design Information Sign (Hydraulic Data Nameplate).
- 28.6 General Information Sign.
- Chapter 29 Existing System Modifications [Go to Page]
- 29.1 General.
- 29.2 Components.
- 29.3 Sprinklers.
- 29.4 Revamping of Pipe Schedule Systems.
- 29.5 Revamping of Hydraulic Design Systems.
- 29.6 System Design.
- 29.7 Testing.
- Chapter 30 Marine Systems [Go to Page]
- 30.1 General.
- 30.2 System Components, Hardware, and Use.
- 30.3 System Requirements.
- 30.4 Installation Requirements.
- 30.5 Design Approaches.
- 30.6 Plans and Calculations.
- 30.7 Water Supplies.
- 30.8 System Acceptance.
- 30.9 System Instructions and Maintenance.
- Chapter 31 System Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance [Go to Page]
- 31.1 General.
- Annex A Explanatory Material
- Annex B Miscellaneous Topics
- Annex C Explanation of Test Data and Procedures for Rack Storage
- Annex D Sprinkler System Information from the 2018 Edition of the Life Safety Code
- Annex E Development of the Design Approach to Conform with ASCE/SEI 7 and Suggested Conversion Factor Adjustments for Locations Outside the United States
- Annex F Informational References [Go to Page]
