STANDARDS (GENERAL)
STANDARDS (General)
ARTICLE
ISSUE #
What Standard Shall We Live By?
SQ19
How Standard Are Our Standards?
SQ 22
Those Installation Rules Variations
SQ23
Work Continues Toward International Sprinkler Performance Standard
SQ30
Engineering and Standards Committee Operating Policy
SQ 33
Standards - Which One Do I Use?
SQ 38
NFSA Technical Committees Meet In Tampa
SQ 63
HR3704: The Hotel And Fire Safety Act Of 1987
SQ 63
UL Lists Its Positions
SQ 63
A Giant Step Backward: Local Sprinkler Ordinances Lose
Fights at State Levels SQ72
Moving to Metric SQ82
NFPA 13D -A New Look SQ86
Minimum Pressures SQ89
The Division 13 Specifications Initiative SQ90
Thrust Blocking SQ91
Division 13 Specification Success SQ91
NICET's Recertification Program SQ94
EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION
Where are the Earthquake Areas
TN VIII 4
Nonmetallic Piping Protection Issues TN
X 3
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION FEATURES
Designing Around Privacy Curtains TN
IV 4
Protecting Composite Wood Joist Construction
TN VI 6
The Wood Truss and Joist Issues TN
IX 6
Nonmetallic Piping Protection Issues TN
X 3
DRAIN CONN/FLUSHING CONN
FM, ISO Frown on Cross Mains at Peaks TN
VII 2
Factory Mutual - Flushing Connections
TN I 3
NFPA 13 Requires Sectional Drain Valve Sizing
TN VIII 1
Proposed Changes to 1987 NFPA 13 Mostly Restrictive TN
IX 5
FRICTION LOSS
AISI Promotes Higher C-Factor for Steel Pipes TN
III 3
FM Tests Show Extra Friction for Grooved Couplings TN
IV 4
Wet Pipe C-Factor "Steel" is 120
TN VI 1
Don't Ignore Pressure Losses for Water Flow Switches TN
IX 3
VELOCITY LIMITS
Limiting Velocity in Pipes
TN III 2
NFPA 14 Velocity Limits Undone TN
III 3
More on Velocity Limits TN
III 4
FM Holds Firm on Velocity Limits TN
VI 1
HYDRAULICS
Factory Mutual Decides to Get Tough TN
III 1
Factory Mutual Update - Hydraulic Calculations
TN III 2
ISO Changes Policy on Orifice Mixing TN
III 5
Hydraulics Correspondence Course Available TN
IV 3
IRI Streamlines Computer Plan Review
TN IV 5
Industrial Risk Insurers Appendix I For Hydraulically TN IV 5
Designed Systems
Sources of Hydraulic Design Software TN
VI 5
ALARMS
How Long Until the Alarm? TN
III 3
IRI Rules Out Wafer Check Valves... TN
II 4
..And Prefers System Alarm Valves TN
II 4
Know of Any Problems With Wafer Check Valves? TN
II 5
Safety Factor Needed for Pressure Control Valves TN
V 4
RPZ on Antifreeze Loop Requires Extra Check TN
VI 4
GENERAL
Preview of 1989 Sprinkler Standard Changes TN X 6
New Truss and Joist Rules Summarized TN XI 5
NFPA Proposes Class IA Standpipe System TN XII 2
TIA's Recognize ESFR Sprinklers in Storage Standard TN XII 4
Two Proposed TIA's Fail TN XII 5
New Maintenance Standard Proposed TN XII 6
TIA For Composite Wood Joists Not Issued TN XIII 1
NFPA 1990 Annual Meeting to Include Aerosol Standard TN XIII 2
ASME Proposes Changes to Sprinkler Use in Elevators TN XV 2
Welding TIA not Issued TN XV 4
Revised Storage Due in 1995 TN XVII 1
NFPA Aerosol and Rubber Tire Storage Standards Updated TN XVII
4
1995 Edition of Storage Standards Approved TN XVIII 1
Sprinkler Committee Plans 1996 Edition of NFPA 13 TN XVIII 4
Sprinkler Committee Clarifies Alarm Requirements TN XVIII 4
NFPA Standards Errata TN XIX 2
Changes to Other NFPA Standards TN XX 3
O'Neil New Sprinkler Committee Chairman TN XX 3