1. Changes with NFPA Standards and How it will Impact our Business
Kevin Kelly, Codes & standards specialist for victaulic Company

2. Changes with NFPA Standards
NFPA standards are updated every years.
These updates will have an impact on the Fire Protection Industry.

3. Victaulic History Lieutenant Ernest Tribe Dr. Henry Selby Hele-Shaw
British Royal Engineers Lieutenant in World war I, invented the grooved mechanical coupling and filed a patent application in Great Britain on May 26, 1919 granted on August 4, 1920, British patent # 149,381
Prior to the initial patent filing Tribe consulted with Dr. Henry Selby Hele-Shaw ( ) near the end of World War I. Hele-Shaw was an expert on patent specifications and hydraulic apparatus
Dr. Henry Selby Hele-Shaw
English mechanical and automobile engineer
Expert on patent specifications and hydraulic apparatus
Co-authored original patent

4. Victaulic History
Victory Joint, Co. was formed in 1920 (first patent started in 1919)
Ernest Tribe passed away and the company was controlled by Dr. Hele-Shaw
.…he changed the name to “Victaulic”
The rights to market and sell coupling products using the “Victaulic” name were “franchised” out across the world

5. Victaulic Today Headquartered in Easton, PA (USA)
~4000 Employees Worldwide
Global Facilities – ISO9001
US, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Poland, China, India, Brazil
Sales in over 120 Countries
Victaulic was founded in 1925 and is the originator of the grooved piping joining system, which was developed as a faster way to join pipe than traditional weld or flange methods.
Victaulic is an ISO9001 registered company with a company-wide commitment to quality processes and operations at all of our facilities world wide.
We are a global manufacturing organization with operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We will soon be opening a new foundry in Dalian, China.
Our products are available globally at more than 3000 distributor locations around the world.

7. Agenda NFPA 13, Installation of Sprinkler Systems, 2019 edition
NFPA 770, Hybrid (Water and Inert Gas) Fire Extinguishing Systems, 2021 edition
NFPA 3, Commissioning of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, 2018 edition
NFPA 4, Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, 2018 edition
Automated testing and electronic valves (NFPA 13, 25 and 72)

9. NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinklers Systems, 2019 edition
PDF version will be available 28 September 2018
Softbound version will be available 26 October 2018

10. Reorganization of NFPA 13
1896 Original NFPA Document was first published
Major Reorganizations occur to “cleanup” the document
1999 Last Major Reorganization

11. “Clean Up” of NFPA 13 Reduce Redundancies and Duplications
Improve the chapter order making the document more user friendly
Eliminate inconsistencies and clarify different requirements

12. Reduce Redundancies and Duplications
Redundant and duplicate requirements were eliminated if they did not improve the understanding of the requirement
If redundancies improved the understanding of the requirement they were kept

13. Reduce Redundancies and Duplications
NFPA 13, 2016 edition
6.7 Fire Department Connections
Fire Department Connections
Hose Connections for Fire Department Use
NFPA 13, 2019 edition
16.12 Fire Department Connections

14. Improve the chapters Old Chapter 8 (Installation Rules)
“Catch all” for installation rules
This made this chapter very large with multiple requirements

15. Improve the chapters Reorganized the Storage chapters
By sprinkler type instead of the storage arrangement
CMDA
CMSA
ESFR
In-rack sprinklers

16. Improve the chapters
Hanging and Bracing rules were separated from the Seismic rules

17. Improve the chapters
The design criteria and the hydraulic calculations were combined into a single chapter

18. Improve the chapters
An existing system modification chapter was added

19. Improve the chapter order
Making the document more user friendly
The chapter order was more consistent with how a sprinkler system would be designed

20. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 1-4 (Admin, Ref Pub, Definitions, General Requirements)
Chapter 5 Water Supplies
Chapter 6 Underground Requirements
Chapter 7 System Components
Chapter 8 System Requirements

21. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 9 Sprinkler Location Requirements
Chapter 10 Standard Pendent, Upright, Sidewall
Chapter 11 Extended Coverage
Chapter 12 Residential
Chapter 13 CMSA
Chapter 14 ESFR
Chapter 15 Special Sprinklers

22. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 16 Installation of Sprinklers, Piping, Valves, and Appurtenances

23. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 17 Hanging and Support of Piping
Chapter 18 Seismic Protection

24. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 19 General Design Approaches

25. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 20 General Requirements for the Protection of Storage
Chapter 21 CMDA
Chapter 22 CMSA
Chapter 23 ESFR
Chapter 24 Alternate Designs
Chapter 25 In-rack

26. Improve the chapter order
Chapter 26 Special Occupancy Requirements
Chapter 27 Working Drawings, Hydraulic Calculations, and Acceptance Testing
Chapter 28 Existing Modifications
Chapter 29 Marine Systems
Chapter 30 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance

27. Significant Technical Changes to NFPA 13, 2019 edition
Disconnecting an automatic air compressor cannot be done by a light switch or unplugging a cord

28. Significant Technical Changes to NFPA 13, 2019 edition
Removal of an electrical actuator from a preaction or deluge valve must result in an audible and visual indication at the releasing control panel

29. Significant Technical Changes to NFPA 13, 2019 edition
Sprinklers are not required at the bottom of noncombustible elevators without combustible hydraulic fluid

30. Significant Technical Changes to NFPA 13, 2019 edition
Automated Valve assembly with a reliable position indication connected to a remote supervisory station is now allowed
Automated Valve must be able to be operated manually

31. Significant Technical Changes to NFPA 13, 2019 edition
Automated Inspection and Testing Devices and Equipment is now allowed
The Automated devises must be tested
Must be as effective as a visual examination
Failure can not impair the operation of the system unless indicated by an audible and visual trouble signal in accordance with NFPA 72.

33. NFPA 770, Hybrid (Water and Inert Gas) Fire Extinguishing Systems, 2021 edition
Combines the benefits of a clean agent gaseous systems (NFPA 2001) and a water mist system (NFPA 750)
“Green” Non toxic alternative to CO2 and other clean agent systems

35. NFPA 3, Commissioning of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, 2018 edition
Procedures, methods, and documentation for the commissioning of fire protection systems and their interconnections with other building systems.
Building owner is responsible for the commissioning plan

36. NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, 2018 edition
Current Building Codes and Fire Codes require integrated fire protection systems to be tested.
High rise buildings
Smoke control systems

37. ANSI/BICSI 007, 2017 edition
Building Industry Consulting Service International, Inc. (BICSI)
BICSI is a professional association supporting the advancement of the information and communications technology community
First Intelligent Building Standard for Connected Buildings
References NFPA 72 (Fire Alarms)

39. Automated Testing and Automated Valves

40. NFPA 13
Automated Valves
A listed indicating valve with automated controls shall be permitted
A listed automated water control valve assembly with a reliable position indication connected to a remote supervisory station shall be permitted
An automated water control valve shall be able to be operated manually as well as automatically

41. NFPA 13 Automated Inspection and Testing Devices and Equipment
Automated inspection and testing devices and equipment installed on the sprinkler system shall be tested to ensure the desired result of the automated inspection or test is realized.
Automated inspection devices and equipment shall be shown to be as effective as a visual examination.
Automated testing devices and equipment shall produce the same action required by this standard to test a device.
Failure of automated inspection and testing devices and equipment shall not impair the operation of the system unless indicated by an audible and visual trouble signal in accordance with NFPA 72.

42. NFPA 25 Automated Inspection and Testing.
Automated inspection and testing procedures performed in accordance with the requirements in this standard shall be permitted to be used.
* Automated inspection equipment that meets the intent of a required visual inspection shall be permitted to replace the visual inspection.
Automated testing equipment shall produce the same action required by this standard to test a device.
The testing shall discharge water where required in this standard.
Automated testing equipment that flows water flow for a test shall be permitted to circulate water except as required in

43. NFPA 25
* The discharge shall be visually observed at a minimum frequency of once every three years.
Where required in this standard, personnel shall observe the testing and intervene in the testing procedures when necessary to prevent injury or property damage.
Automated test devices and equipment shall be listed for the purpose of the test being conducted.
Failure of the testing equipment shall not impair the operation of the system unless indicated by a supervisory signal in accordance with NFPA 72.
Failure of a component or system to pass an automated test shall result in an audible supervisory signal.

44. NFPA 25
Failure of automated inspection and testing equipment shall result in a trouble signal in accordance with NFPA 72.
Failure of a component or system that impairs the system shall require that impairment procedures be followed.
The testing frequencies of this standard shall be maintained regardless of the functionality of the automated testing equipment.
A record of all inspections and testing shall be maintained in accordance with

45. NFPA 25 Examples of automated testing equipment: Transducers
Temperature sensors
Automatic/Remotely operated valves
Motorized valves/solenoids

46. NFPA 25
Periodic visual inspection, including the use of video, should be performed
The visual observation should be coordinated with the automatic testing
Appropriate remote visual observation might satisfy this requirement

47. NFPA 25
Not all tests required by NFPA 25 are suitable for automatic testing

49. Questions

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