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NFPA17A湿粉灭火系统标准
NFPA17A
StandardforWetChemicalExtinguishingSystems
1998Edition
Copyright©1998NFPA,AllRightsReserved
ThiseditionofNFPA17A,StandardforWetChemicalExtinguishingSystems,waspreparedbytheTechnicalCommitteeonDryandWetChemicalExtinguishingSystemsandactedonbytheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Inc.,atitsFallMeetingheldNovember17-19,1997,inKansasCity,MO.ItwasissuedbytheStandardsCouncilonJanuary16,1998,withaneffectivedateofFebruary6,1998,andsupersedesallpreviouseditions.
Changesotherthaneditorialareindicatedbyaverticalruleinthemarginofthepagesonwhichtheyappear.Theselinesareincludedasanaidtotheuserinidentifyingchangesfromthepreviousedition.
ThiseditionofNFPA17AwasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardonMarch31,1998.
OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA17A
TheDryChemicalExtinguishingSystemsCommitteewasactivatedin1952.OnApril6,1983,theStandardsCouncilreceivedarequesttoassignthesubjectofwetchemicalextinguishingsystemstotheappropriatecommittee.Listedsystemshadbeenavailableforsometime.AftertheFoamCommitteedeclinedtherequest,theDryChemicalCommitteewasaskedtoassumeresponsibilityfortheproject.InMay1983,theDryChemicalExtinguishingSystemsCommitteevotedtoaccepttheassignmentandrequestedthattheStandardsCouncilexpandtheCommitteeScopetoincludethenewtopic.TheCommitteealsorequestedthatthenewdocumentbeidentifiedasNFPA17A,StandardforWetChemicalExtinguishingSystems.AsubcommitteemetinJune1983todevelopthetext.InNovember1984,theCouncilapprovedarequesttochangethenameoftheCommitteetotheCommitteeonDryandWetChemicalExtinguishingSystems.The1990editionwasapartialrevisionofthe1986edition.
The1998editionofthisstandardhasbeenrevisedtoclarifytherequirementsforprotectionofunclosableopeningsandequipmentshutdown.
TechnicalCommitteeonDryandWetChemicalExtinguishingSystems
EdwardD.Leedy,Chair
IndustrialRiskInsurers,IL[I]
JohnH.Lawlor,Secretary
KeystoneFireProtectionCo.,PA[IM]
Rep.Nat’lAssn.ofFireEquipmentDistributors
PaulE.Buchhofer,BuildingInspectionUnderwriters,Inc.,PA[E]
WilliamM.Carey,UnderwritersLaboratoriesInc.,IL[RT]
JohnE.Cribben,MarylandCasualtyCo.,MD[I]
Rep.AmericanInsuranceServicesGroup,Inc.
SamuelS.Dannaway,S.S.DannawayAssoc.Inc.,HI[SE]
JackK.Dick,HeiserInc.,NY[M]
AlanL.Hall,LossPreventionConsultants,Inc.,IL[SE]
ThomasJ.Hard,T.J.HardCos.,OH[IM]
EdwardJ.Kaminski,SchirmerEngrCorp.,IL[SE]
RobertKasiski,FactoryMutualResearchCorp.,MA[I]
JosephN.Knapp,McDonaldsCorp.,IL[U]
Rep.Nat’lRestaurantAssn.
GeorgeA.Krabbe,AutomaticSuppressionSystemsInc.,IL[IM]
Rep.FireSuppressionSystemsAssn.
RolandJ.Land,RiskControlConsultants,LLC,NJ[SE]
MichaelP.McGreal,FiredyneEngr,PC,IL[SE]
J.R.Nerat,FireProtectionSpecialistInc.,MI[SE]
WilliamD.Shipley,AnsulInc.,WI[M]
RichardA.Shiraishi,KemperNat’lInsuranceCos.,CA[I]
DesmondR.Todd,Levitt-SafetyLtd,Ontario,Canada[M]
Rep.FireEquipmentMfrs.Inst.ofCanada
WilliamVegso,WellsFargo/PyroTechnologiesInc.,NJ[M]
CraigVoelkert,AmerexCorp.,AL[M]
StevenE.Younis,ConceptualEngrGroup,Inc.,MD[SE]
Alternates
SalvatoreA.Chines,IndustrialRiskInsurers,CT[I]
(Alt.toE.D.Leedy)
AnthonyW.Flacco,KemperNat’lInsuranceCos.,PA[I]
(Alt.toR.A.Shiraishi)
StephenD.Healy,Kidde-Fenwal,MA[M]
(VotingAlt.)
WilliamKlingenmaier,AnsulInc.,WI[M]
(AlttoW.D.Shipley)
NorbertW.Makowka,Nat’lAssn.ofFireEquipmentDistributors,IL[IM]
(Alt.toJ.H.Lawlor)
DaleTraub,AONRiskServices,Inc.,NY[I]
(Alt.toR.J.Land)
CharlesF.Willms,FireSuppressionSystemsAssn.,NC[M]
(Alt.toG.A.Krabbe)
KennethW.Zastrow,UnderwritersLaboratoriesInc.,IL[RT]
(Alt.toW.M.Carey)
Nonvoting
WalterM.Haessler,DesertHotSprings,CA
(MemberEmeritus)
DavidR.Hague,NFPAStaffLiaison
ThislistrepresentsthemembershipatthetimetheCommitteewasballotedonthetextofthisedition.Sincethattime,changesinthemembershipmayhaveoccurred.Akeytoclassificationsisfoundatthebackofthisdocument.
NOTE:
MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationoranydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves.
CommitteeScope:
ThisCommitteeshallhaveprimaryresponsibilityfordocumentsonthedesign,installation,operation,testing,maintenance,anduseofdryandwetchemicalextinguishingsystemsforfireprotection.
NFPA17
Standardfor
WetChemicalExtinguishingSystems
1998Edition
NOTICE:
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