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Based on the latest information from the field, NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code is your source for specialized knowledge that helps protect workers, communities, and emergency responders.

Unsafe storage, handling, and use of hazardous materials can result in serious incidents including loss of life and millions of dollars in property damage. NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code provides the newest safety information for any facility or occupancy that stores, handles, or uses one or more of the covered classes of hazardous materials.

NFPA 400 consolidates requirements on oxidizers, organic peroxides, pesticides, and ammonium nitrate based on requirements from previous stand-alone documents: NFPA 430, NFPA 432, NFPA 434, and NFPA 490, respectively. It also includes requirements for materials that are classified as unstable/reactives, water reactives, corrosives, pyrophoric, toxic and highly toxic, and flammable solids.

Additional changes to Chapter 11: Ammonium Nitrate are especially important for fertilizer storage facilities.

Continuing updates made in the previous edition, Chapter 11 in the 2019 edition has been revised to facilitate a higher level of safety and compliance. Added text clarifies which sections apply retroactively, and clarifies that molten ammonium nitrate needs to be able to flow away from storage areas to open, unconfined areas free from incompatible materials. Revised fire protection system requirements specify that automatic fire sprinkler systems are not required in Type I or Type II construction buildings unless they also have combustible content. New requirements for ammonium nitrate storage in railcars address non?transportation-regulated storage.

More key changes in the 2019 edition of NFPA 400:

  • Consolidated maximum allowable quantity (MAQ) tables in Chapter 5 for assembly, educational, day care, health care, ambulatory health care, detention and correctional, certain residential, and business occupancies to reduce repetition and for ease of use.
  • A new table extracts common path of travel distance limits from NFPA 5000®, Building Construction and Safety Code®.
  • Class II organic peroxides are divided Class IIA and Class IIB based on small-scale burn rate data and alignment with international classifications. Added definitions and updated MAQ tables include these two classes.
  • New annex material shows an example of a storage layout in a typical sprinklered warehouse storing Class 1 oxidizers.
  • Corresponding changes to annexes reflect revisions mentioned above.
  • New annex material clarifies amounts needed to be stored within and outside of cabinets when allowed.
  • Some of the assignments of organic peroxide formulation classifications in Annex F have been changed accordingly.
  • For organic peroxides, changes have been made to the requirements for fire protection systems, and to remove MAQs for segregated storage and cutoff storage, because these are addressed through the protection level and control area concepts.

The 2019 edition of NFPA 400 is a critical tool for anyone responsible for the safe storage, handling, and use of hazardous materials in any occupancy, including facility owners/operators, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), insurance professionals, and many others. (Softbound, 252 pp., 2019)

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Published:
09/03/2018
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
253

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Boost safety and job productivity with the first edition 2010 NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials Code — the complete, all-in-one hazmat reference!

The 2010 NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials Code is a brand new document that consolidates all the fire and life safety requirements applicable to handling, storage, and use of hazardous materials into one single comprehensive resource.

  • Includes requirements on oxidizers, organic peroxides, pesticides, and ammonium nitrate based upon requirements from existing documents — NFPA 430, NFPA 432, NFPA 434, and NFPA 490 respectively.
  • Contains additional material categories, such as unstable/reactive substances, toxic and highly toxic, and flammable solids.
  • Establishes threshold quantities of each material that can be stored, handled or used before additional fire and life safety measures become necessary based upon type of occupancy, whether storage is inside or outside, and type of container.

NFPA 400 will benefit enforcing officials when reviewing permits for occupancies storing, handling or using hazardous materials or when inspecting existing facilities…operators of facilities by providing safeguards applicable to facilities working with these types of materials…and the insurance industry by identifying various classifications of hazardous materials and defining fire and life safety protective measures required based upon occupancy and quantity of materials.

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Published:
08/26/2009
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
168

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Mitigate hazards with specialized knowledge. Update to the 2013 NFPA 400 for the latest safety requirements for dangerous substances.

NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials Code consolidates all the fire and life safety requirements applicable to handling, storage, and use of hazardous materials into one single comprehensive resource.

  • Includes requirements on oxidizers, organic peroxides, pesticides, and ammonium nitrate based upon requirements from prior edition, stand-alone documents — NFPA 430, NFPA 432, NFPA 434, and NFPA 490 respectively.
  • Contains additional material categories, such as unstable/reactive substances, toxic and highly toxic, and flammable solids.
  • Establishes threshold quantities of each material that can be stored, handled or used before additional fire and life safety measures become necessary based upon type of occupancy, whether storage is inside or outside, and type of container.
  • The recent promulgation of the revised OSHA rule on Hazard Communication which adopts and incorporates the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for chemical hazards emphasizes identification, classification, and labeling of hazardous materials. NFPA 400 provides a hazard identification and classification scheme that is consistent with the hazards in GHS.

Changes in the 2013 edition include:

  • New Section 15.2 and new Annex G on Oxidizer Classification were added based on research by the Fire Protection Research Foundation that evaluated present and proposed test methods with the goal of coordinating with the global hazard classification test methods. Use of the new test method allows Code users to determine what the oxidizer classification is so an appropriate storage scheme can be determined according to NFPA 400 and fire and building codes.
  • The Maximum Allowable Quantity (MAQ) tables in Chapter 5 are updated based on changes in fire and building codes.
  • Revised requirements for MAQ and storage in Chapter 21 based on changes in NFPA 55: Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code ensure that the materials are evaluated consistently between building and fire codes and for the various occupancies.

In addition, editorial changes improve both consistency and usability for facility owner/operators, including manufacturers, distributors, or recycling and waste handling), enforcers (AHJ), and insurance professionals.

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Published:
06/18/2012
ISBN(s):
9781455904273
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
214

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Protect workers, communities, and emergency responders with new specialized knowledge in the 2016 NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials Code.

Unsafe storage, handling, and use of hazardous materials can result in serious incidents including loss of life and millions of dollars in property damage. The 2016 edition of NFPA 400: Hazardous Materials Code provides the most up-to-date safety information for any facility or occupancy that stores, handles, or uses one or more of the covered classes of hazardous materials.

This one-stop source consolidates requirements on oxidizers, organic peroxides, pesticides, and ammonium nitrate based on requirements from prior stand-alone documents; NFPA 430, NFPA 432, NFPA 434,and NFPA 490 respectively. It also includes requirements for materials that are classified as unstable/reactives, water reactives, corrosives, pyrophoric materials, toxic and highly toxic, and flammable solids.

Significant changes reflect lessons learned from a recent major disaster involving stored fertilizer.

For the 2016 edition, additional requirements have been added to Chapter 11: Ammonium Nitrate to help protect workers, emergency responders, and facilities. The changes include:

  • New fire sprinkler system requirements for existing buildings of combustible construction and content
  • Added requirement for new buildings and storage bins to be of noncombustible construction
  • Added requirement for emergency planning and public notification/alert systems for both new and existing facilities
  • Other changes to protect ammonium nitrate from becoming contaminated, molten, and confined — conditions that can lead to an explosion during fires involving ammonium nitrate
  • Revised Annex E, with information on the properties and uses of ammonium nitrate, clarified guidance for emergency responders on the conditions under which ammonium nitrate can explode, and when to fight such fires and when to evacuate

Other changes in the 2016 edition of NFPA 400:

  • Modified Maximum Allowable Quantities (MAQ) in Chapter 5 reflect a change in typical container sizes from 50 lbs. to 55 lbs.
  • Updated Annex F classifications of organic peroxides
  • Updated Annex G classifications of several oxidizers based on work performed by the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF)
  • Added New Annex J Hazardous Material Definitions Comparison Table that compares the hazardous materials definitions in the new OSHA standard with those in NFPA 400

The new 2016 edition of NFPA 400 is a critical tool for anyone responsible for the safe storage, handling, and use of hazardous materials in any occupancy. Fertilizer storage facilities in particular should review the significant changes made in Chapter 11 of the Code. This document is a valuable tool for facility owners/operators, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), insurance professionals, and many others.

Product Details

Published:
06/15/2015
ISBN(s):
9781455911752
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
241

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