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NFPA 1
Fire Prevention Code
2000 Edition
This edition of NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code, was prepared by the Technical Committee on
Fire Prevention Code and acted on by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., at its
November Meeting held November 14-17, 1999, in New Orleans, LA. It was issued by the
Standards Council on January 14, 2000, with an effective date of February 11, 2000,and
supersedes all previous editions.
This edition of NFPA 1 was approved as an American National Standard on February 11,
2000.
Origin and Development of NFPA 1
This code was originally developed as a result of the requests of many members of the
National Fire Protection Association for a document covering all aspects of fire protection
and prevention that used the other developed NFPA codesand standards. NFPA staff initiated
this work in 1971 upon a directive from the NFPA Board of Directors.
The original code was written around a format that served as a guide for the development of
a local fire prevention code. Prerogatives of local officials were excluded from the main text
of the document but included within appendices as guidance for exercising desired
prerogatives.
Inthe late 1980s, the Fire Marshals Association of North America undertook the task of
developing a code that was more self-contained, adding administrative sections and extracting
heavily from other NFPA codes and standards. The draft was submitted to the Fire Prevention
Code Committee. The Committee examined changes in the built environment as it is affected
by fire and incorporated significantportions of the Life Safety Code®. A special task group on
hazardous materials examined technological changes in the handling, storage, and use of
flammable and combustible materials. Chapters extracting hazardous material requirements
placed a greater emphasis on protection of life and property from chemical products made
and used in the environment. A major rewrite resulted in the 1992edition of the Fire
Prevention Code.
The 1997 edition updated the text extracted from other NFPA codes and standards and added
compliance with additional NFPA codes and standards as part of the requirements of NFPA
1.
The 2000 edition of NFPA 1 is a complete revision that updates the text extracted from other
NFPA codes and standards. Additional direct references from NFPA codes and standardsthat
are essential to a code official’s use of the document were added. The Committee also added
a new section on performance-based design as a valuable tool for code officials and design
professionals. NFPA 1 was restructured to be more functional with respect to administration,
code enforcement, and regulatory adoption processes.
The extracts contained in NFPA 1 reflect the technical knowledgeof the originating
committees who are responsible for the codes and standards from which the text is extracted.
This Code is intended to provide local jurisdictions with an effective local fire prevention
code.
Technical Committee on Fire Prevention Code
Walter Smittle, Chair
State Fire Marshal, WV [E]
Rep. Int’l Fire Marshals Assn.
Scott W. Adams, Park City Fire District, UT [E]
TraceyD. Bellamy, Tomes, Van Rickley and Assoc., GA [SE]
John F. Bender, Maryland Office of State Fire Marshal, MD [E]
Denis Bergeron, Nat’l Research Council of Canada, ON, Canada [RT]
David F. Bibber, City of Dover Fire & Rescue, NH [E]
Rep. Int’l Assn. of Fire Chiefs
D. Edwin Blehschmidt, West Virginia University, WV [U]
Rep. NFPA Health Care Section
James W. Bowman, The DuPont Co., DE [U]William J. Bradford, Brookfield, CT [SE]
Lawrence Brown, Nat’l Assn. of Home Builders (NAHB), DC [IM]
Craig C. Campbell, Harleysville Insurance Co., PA [I]
Rep. American Insurance Services Group Inc.
Jeffrey P. Collins, Palm Beach County Fire/Rescue, FL [E]
Brian J. Denk, Sara Lee Corp., IL [U]
Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section
Gene B. Endthoff, Nat’l Fire Sprinkler Assn., IL...