NFPA 5000 - Chapter 6
• Chapter 6 is used to classify the occupancy
and the hazard contents
• Proper classification is used to guide the
implementation of the standards using the
prescriptive based approach
NFPA 5000 - Chapter 7
• Chapter 7 is used to determine the appropriate
building construction fire resistance ratings,
maximum numbers of stories, and square
footage.
• Table 7.4.1 provides the allowable number of
stories for sprinklered and unsprinklered
buildings
• The allowable square footage is the maximum
allowed per story but this can be increased based
upon frontage access and sprinkler systems.
Industrial Occupancies – NFPA 5000
• Chapter 29 – 29.1.5 – Minimum Construction Requirements
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Chapter 7 – Construction Types
Chapter 8 - Fire-Resistive Materials
Chapter 13 - Encroachments
Chapter 14 – Safeguards During Construction
Chapter 31 - Special Structures
Chapter 35 - Structural Design
Chapter 36 – Soils, Foundations
Chapter 37 - Exterior walls
Chapter 38 - Roof construction
Chapter 39 – Floods
Chapter 40 – Quality Assurance
Chapter 8 – Fire-Resistive Materials
• 8.2.2 Prescriptive Requirements
– Wall, Floors, Roofs
• Refers back to Chapter 7 with regards to fire resistance
ratings
• Three main classifications of fire wall
• Firewalls: A wall subdividing a building or separating
buildings with a fire resistance and structural stability.
• Fire barrier walls: A wall, other than a fire wall, having a
fire resistance rating.
• High challenge firewalls: A wall subdividing a building or
separating buildings with enhanced fire resistance,
enhanced appurtenance protection, and structural stability.
Chapter 8 – Fire-Resistive Materials
• Horizontal Assemblies
– Ducts, dampers
• Opening Protection
– Fire doors and windows
• Vertical Openings
• Concealed Spaces
Chapter 13 Encroachments
• Establishes boundaries for buildings to
property lines and public right of ways
• Sky bridges
Chapter 14 – Safeguards During
Construction
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Protection of utilities
Use of explosives
Temporary lighting
Also refers to NFPA 241: Standard for
Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and
Demolition Operations
Chapter 31 - Special Structures
• Underground Structure for more than 50
people
• Limited Access Structures
• Vehicles and Vessels attached to a structure
• Open Structures(Outdoor processing facilities)
• Towers
• Water Surrounded Structures
Chapter 35 - Structural Design
• Load Factors
– Live loads
– Dead Loads
– Seismic activity
– Snow loads
– Flood loads
Dead Loads
• Material, equipment, or components that are
relatively constant throughout the structure's
life
• Walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in
partitions, finishes, cladding and other
similarly incorporated architectural and
structural items, and fixed services equipment
Live Loads
• All the forces that are variable within the
building’s normal operation cycle
• Moveable loads
• Wind load
• Snow load
• Rain load
• Earthquake load
• Flood load
Chapter 37 - Exterior walls
• Standards for the design and construction of
exterior walls
– Weather resistance
– Parapets
– Window wells
– Decks and balconies
Chapter 38 - Roof construction
• Design and construction of roofs and roof
structures
– Hail
– Wind
– Drainage
– Shingles
– Flashing
Chapter 39 – Flood-Resistant Design
and Construction
• Flood exposure based upon:
– Special flood hazard area determined by FEMA’s
the most recent Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
– Area subject to flooding based upon the
jurisdiction’s flood mapping or any area
designated any other legal entity
– Standards address aspects such as foundations,
flood openings, etc.
Chapter 40 – Quality Assurance
– Structures that fall under a Registered Design
Professional (RDP)
– Jurisdiction requires a RDP design the structure
• Some exceptions: e.g.: One and two family dwellings
– A QA program should be developed and
implemented
– Inspections, tests, etc.