NFPA 18A PDF

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The 2022 edition of NFPA 18A features revisions and additions to get you up to date with industry knowledge and best practices.
A must-have for anyone responsible for ensuring the proper use of water additives in fighting fires, the standard received important edits that can impact your work.
Changes include the following:
New Chapter 9, providing fire test methods for water additives used for the control and suppression of Class D fires and guidance on fire test procedures for testing, approval, and listing purposes
New Chapter 12, offering the user with application and design guidelines tying water additives and their requirements with other NFPA standards
Rewritten Chapter 4 to classify hazards with a specific class of fires
Updated Chapter 7 to address the spherical micelle stability test
Editorial revisions, including updated references

Table of Contents

NFPA® 18A Standard on Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation 2022 Edition
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope.
1.2 Purpose.
1.3 Application.
1.4 Retroactivity.
1.5 Equivalency.
1.6 Units and Formulas.
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General.
2.2 NFPA Publications.
2.3 Other Publications.
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections.
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General.
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions.
3.3 General Definitions.
Chapter 4 Uses and Limitations
4.1 General.
4.2 Limitations.
4.3 Uses and Applications.
4.4 Compatibility of Water Additive Concentrate and Solutions.
4.5 Concentrations.
Chapter 5 Properties and General Test Protocols for Evaluation of Water Additive Concentrate and Solution
5.1 General.
5.2 Toxicity and Environmental Tests.
5.3 Physical Properties.
5.4 Stability.
5.5 Uniform Corrosion.
5.6 Intergranular Corrosion Test.
5.7 Compatibility with Nonmetallic Materials.
Chapter 6 Class A Fire Test Methods
6.1 General.
6.2 Wood Panel Fire Test.
6.3 Wood Crib Fire Test.
6.4 Deep-Seated Fire Test.
Chapter 7 Class B Fire Test Methods
7.1 General.
7.2 Spill Fire Test.
7.3 Pool Fire Test.
7.4 Three-Dimensional Fuel Fire Test for Manual Application.
7.5 Three-Dimensional Fire Test for Fixed Fire Suppression.
7.6 Polar Solvents Fire Test. (Reserved)
7.7 Encapsulator — Spherical Micelle Stability Test (Liquid Phase Fuels).
7.8 Fuel in Depth Fire Test. (Reserved)
Chapter 8 Class C Fire Test Methods
8.1 General.
8.2 Extinguisher Test.
8.3 Manual Operations Test.
8.4 Arc Conductor Test.
Chapter 9 Class D Fire Test Methods
9.1 General.
9.2 Test Setup.
9.3 Application.
9.4 Acceptable Test.
9.5 Liquid State Class D Metal Test. (Reserved)
Chapter 10 Packaging and Labeling
10.1 Packaging.
10.2 Storage.
10.3 Labeling.
Chapter 11 Supply
11.1 System Requirements.
11.2 Fire Department Supply Requirements.
11.3 Fixed Systems.
11.4 Self-Contained and Semi-Portable Detection, Notification, and Suppression Systems.
Chapter 12 Design Guidelines
12.1 General.
12.2 Class A Fire Applications.
12.3 Class B 2D Fire Applications.
12.4 Class B 3D Fire Applications.
12.5 Class C Fire Applications.
12.6 Class D Fire Applications.
12.7 Combustible and Flammable Liquid Spill Control Applications.
12.8 Combustible and Flammable Liquid Vapor Encapsulation Explosion Prevention (VEEP) Applications.
Chapter 13 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fixed Systems
13.1 Fixed Extinguishing Systems.
13.2 Inspection of Water Additive Concentrate.
Annex A Explanatory Material
Annex B Residual Fire Retardancy
Annex C ICAL Radiant Panel Test for Exposure Protection
Annex D Three-Dimensional Fire Test Apparatus
Annex E Informational References