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NFPA 13 – Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
۲۰۲۲ Edition
Chapter 1 Administration
۱-۱* Scope.
۱-۱-۱ This standard shall provide the minimum requirements for the design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems and exposure protection sprinkler systems covered within this standard.
۱-۱-۲* This standard shall not provide requirements for the design or installation of water mist fire protection systems.
۱-۱-۲-۱ Water mist fire protection systems shall not be considered fire sprinkler systems.
۱-۱-۲-۲ The design and installation of water mist fire protection systems shall comply with NFPA 750.
۱-۱-۳* This standard is written with the assumption that the sprinkler system shall be designed to protect against a single fire originating within the building.
۱-۲* Purpose.
۱-۲-۱ The purpose of this standard shall be to provide a reasonable degree of protection for life and property from fire through standardization of design, installation, and testing requirements for sprinkler systems, including private fire service mains, based on sound engineering principles, test data, and field experience.
۱-۲-۲ Sprinkler systems and private fire service mains are specialized fire protection systems and shall require design and installation by knowledgeable and experienced personnel.
۱-۳ Application.
۱-۳-۱ This standard shall apply to the following:
(۱ ) Character and adequacy of water supplies
(۲) Sprinklers
(۳) Fittings
(۴) Piping
(۵) Valves
(۶) All materials and accessories, including the installation of private fire service mains
۱-۳-۲ Level of Protection. A building, where protected by an automatic sprinkler system installation, shall be provided with sprinklers in all areas except where specific sections of this standard permit the omission of sprinklers.
۱-۳-۳ This standard shall also apply to “combined service mains” used to carry water for both fire service and other uses as well as to mains for fire service use only.
۱-۴ Retroactivity. The provisions of this standard reflect a consensus of what is necessary to provide an acceptable degree of protection from the hazards addressed in this standard at the time the standard was issued.
۱-۴-۱ Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this standard shall not apply to facilities, equipment, structures, or installations that existed or were approved for construction or installation prior to the effective date of the standard. Where specified, the provisions of this standard shall be retroactive.
۱-۴-۲ In those cases where the authority having jurisdiction determines that the existing situation presents an unacceptable degree of risk, the authority having jurisdiction shall be permitted to apply retroactively any portions of this standard deemed appropriate.
۱-۴-۳ The retroactive requirements of this standard shall be permitted to be modified if their application clearly would be impractical in the judgment of the authority having jurisdiction, and only where it is clearly evident that a reasonable degree of safety is provided.
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