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NFPA 505 provides comprehensive fire safety guidance for Powered Industrial Trucks (PITs). Reduce the risk of fire or explosion hazards.

Fires and explosions involving powered industrial trucks can cause loss of life and assets, as well as damage to premises. Mitigate potential dangers by following the rules in NFPA 505: Fire Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks Including Type Designations, Areas of Use, Conversions, Maintenance, and Operations.

This important Standard applies to fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.

NFPA 505 provides coverage of:

  • Hazardous (classified) locations
  • Dual-fuel trucks
  • Conversion of trucks
  • Maintenance
  • Fuel recharging
  • Marking and operation
  • Portable fire extinguishers

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Published:
08/18/2017
ISBN(s):
9781455918799
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
27

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Don’t take chances. Comply with the 2013 NFPA 505 to reduce the risk of fire or explosion hazards.

Fires involving powered industrial trucks can cause loss of life and assets, as well as damage to premises. Mitigate potential dangers by following the rules in NFPA 505: Fire Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks Including Type Designations, Areas of Use, Conversions, Maintenance, and Operations. This important Standard applies to fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.

This document provides comprehensive fire safety guidance for powered industrial trucks with coverage of:

  • Hazardous (classified) locations
  • Dual-fuel trucks
  • Conversion of trucks
  • Maintenance
  • Fuel recharging
  • Marking and operation
  • Portable fire extinguishers

New and revised requirements for compressed gaseous hydrogen (Type CGH) industrial trucks in the 2013 NFPA 505 include:

  • New definition for Type Designation CGH
  • Inclusion of Type CGH trucks in sections where Type E already exists. (The Type CGH truck is intended for use only in Type E environments at this time.)
  • Clarification of where CGH trucks can and cannot be used
  • Revised requirement involving conversion to CGH
  • Separation of refueling requirements into two paragraphs for CNG and CGH
  • New text on changing Type CGH battery replacement modules

The 2013 edition also updates references to NFPA? codes and standards as well as other organizations’ documents

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Published:
12/17/2012
ISBN(s):
9781455905959
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
27

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Limited-access highways, tunnels, bridges, elevated highways, and air right structures present unique fire protection challenges. NFPA 502: Standard for Road Tunnels, Bridges, and Other Limited Access Highways provides designers, AHJs, and state and federal regulators with guidelines for the construction, operation, maintenance, and fire protection of these venues to mitigate hazards, maintain structural integrity, and protect lives. Topics covered include traffic control, standpipe and water supply, control of hazardous materials, emergency ventilation, electrical systems, and emergency response.

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Published:
07/22/2010
ISBN(s):
9781616650773
ANSI:
ANSI Approved
Number of Pages:
51

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NFPA 505 applies to fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.

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Published:
09/15/2005

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NFPA 505 applies to fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.The 2005 edition has added and deleted language regarding the area hazard classification that:Clarifies the boundaries of specific hazard areas Provides greater correlation and reference to NFPA 70: National Electrical Code? and NFPA 497: Classification of Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Vapors and of Hazardous (Classified) Locations for Electrical Installations in Chemical Process Areas

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Published:
01/01/2006
Number of Pages:
18

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