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Get up-to-speed on the new 2007 NFPA 72® with the National Fire Alarm Code® Handbook!

When you have questions about today's fire alarm system requirements, the 2007 National Fire Alarm Code Handbook has the answers! Significant new and revised provisions concerning such important topics as Mass Notification Systems, smoke detection in joist and beam ceiling applications, video image smoke and flame detection, multi-sensor and multi-criteria detectors, exit marking audible notification appliances, synchronization of visible notification appliances and smoke alarms with voice offer enormous potential for improving fire protection and life safety. The National Fire Alarm Code Handbook is your key to doing jobs right the first time.

Protect lives and property from fire, smoke and gases spreading through dwelling and small buildings by designing and constructing them to the updated edition of NFPA 90B.

NFPA 90B: Standard for the Installation of Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Systems provides the most up-to-date requirements to keep fire, smoke and gases from originating in and spreading through indoor HVAC systems in small buildings and 1- and 2-family dwellings.

The requirements cover construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of systems for warm air heating and air conditioning, including filters, ducts, and related equipment to protect lives and property from fire, smoke, and gases resulting from fire or conditions having manifestations similar to fire.

Follow the 2010 NFPA 91 to prevent exhaust systems from spreading fire and increasing explosion risks.

NFPA 91: Standard for Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases, Mists, and Noncombustible Particulate Solids provides minimum requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation, testing, and maintenance of these systems except as modified or amplified by other applicable NFPA® standards.

Apply NFPA 99 to maximize safety in all types of health care facilities.

NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities fosters fire safety and fire protection with rules for the safe application of electrical systems, gas and vacuum systems, and environmental systems, along with materials and emergency management practices. The 2005 edition has been completely updated to reflect recent developments in medical equipment and processes as well as new methods to mitigate fire, explosion, and electrical hazards.

Use the revised best practices for standpipe systems in NFPA 14.

Follow the updated rules in the 2010 NFPA 14: Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems and improve fire protection and fire safety. The 2010 edition includes important changes for system designers and installers, including:

The fully illustrated National Fire Alarm Code Handbook is an unbeatable combination of facts and advice that thousands of your peers rely upon every day. When the new NFPA 72 takes effect, make sure you're prepared with the 2002 Handbook edition.

NFPA 11: Standard for Low-Expansion Foam, 2010 Edition; published by the National Fire Protection Association.

NFPA 11 covers the characteristics of foam-producing materials used for fire protection and the requirements for the design, installation, operation, testing, and maintenance of equipment and systems. Also covered are flammable and combustible liquid hazards and local areas within buildings, and storage tanks and indoor and outdoor processing areas.

Maximize safety by following the latest rules for carbon dioxide extinguishing systems!

NFPA 12 provides criteria for installation and maintenance of carbon dioxide extinguishing systems. It covers total flooding systems, local application systems, hand hose line systems, standpipe systems, and mobile supplies.

Ensure sure facilities are protected and you're in full compliance with NFPA®'s combination offer. You'll receive:

The entire 2002 NFPA 25 text, with all the latest protocols for sprinkler systems and equipment. Included are revised testing requirements, updated rules, new guidance for spotting and treating MIC, and more. (Softbound, 114 pp., 2002)