NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigation now available

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01/31/2014




The first NFPA standard to be published in color, NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigation, is now available

NFPA 921The new 2014 edition of NFPA 921 Guide For Fire and Explosion Investigation
is available. NFPA 921 is the premier document in the world today that
provides guidance and recommendations as to the proper methodology to
follow and the science to apply to the investigation of fire and
explosion incidents.




 The 2014 edition is the first NFPA Code or Standard document to be
published in color. The Technical Committee Chairman Randy Watson has
been working with the Committee and NFPA to incorporate color
photographs into the document.  This will greatly enhance the
effectiveness of the document, and no chapter will exemplify this change
more than in fire patterns.  Now, the contrast and color changes will
be much more clearly visible.




A new chapter on Fire Protection Systems was also added that
addresses key components, operational and installation parameters, data
gathering and analysis of active fire protection systems. The chapter on
Analyzing the Incident for Cause and Responsibility has been divided
into two chapters and the classification of fire causes is in one
chapter and the responsibility discussion is in a separate chapter.




There has been a lot of research and testing over the last few years
on Electrical Arcing, as a result of this new research, the committee
added information and photographs to better explain and demonstrate the
concepts.


The PDF version of NFPA 921 is available now through the NFPA catalog and the hard copy of NFPA 921 will be available early to mid-February 2014.


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