Public Input No. 1-NFPA 1124-2017 [ New Section after 1.1.1 ]

11/14/2019 National Fire Protection Association Report

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Public Input No. 1-NFPA 1124-2017 [ New Section after 1.1.1 ]

Insert the following:1.1.1.1 The retail sale and storage of consumer fireworks at the same site shall be regulated via aperformance based design as specified in Chapter 5 of NFPA 1.

Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input

Currently, the lack of any prescriptive design standards for the protection of retail consumer fireworks sales facilities has left the AHJ, designer and owner without any guidance. While the Standards Council removed the ability of NFPA 1124 to include prescriptive provisions to address the retail sale of consumer fireworks, these hazards still are built and exist. While excluding a prescriptive approach to regulate this hazard, the standard should still direct the user with respect to what approach is appropriate to deal with these facilities. Barring the prescriptive approach, performance based is the only option for compliance. Directing the users to NFPA 1 Chapter 5 is appropriate as a reasonable approach to regulate this hazard until the Standards Council reconsiders the ability of the 1124 TC to include prescriptive provisions.

Submitter Information Verification

Submitter Full Name: Anthony ApfelbeckOrganization: Altamonte Springs Building/Fire Safety DivisioStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Wed Nov 29 14:10:07 EST 2017Committee:

Committee Statement

Resolution: The technical committee does not have scope over development of requirements in relationto the storage and retail sales of consumer fireworks or for the use of fireworks by membersof the public based on Standards Council Decision #14-1.



Public Input No. 16-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. 2.3.2 ]

2.3.2 IME Publications.

Institute of Makers of Explosives, 1120 19th St.,1212 New York Ave. NW, Suite310650 , Washington, DC20036-3605.20005

American Table of Distances, American Table of Distances for Storage of Explosives, June 1991with incorporated changes through April 2017 .


Update of IME address and specific version of IME publication.


Submitter Full Name: Glenn DeanOrganization: Chesterfield Fire EMSStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Mon Jun 25 10:42:55 EDT 2018Committee:

Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-5-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: Reference standard updated to the latest revision edition and updated the IME address.




4.4.1 General.

All plant Whenever plant personnel are not present to provide secutiry, all plant buildingscontaining pyrotechnic composition, explosive composition, or fireworks shall be locked at the endof the workday and whenever plant personnel are not present, to provide security .


This change is under the chapter for firework manufacturing operations. Without changing the intent, this re-write corrects grammar and punctuation.


Submitter Full Name: Glenn DeanOrganization: Chesterfield Fire EMSStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Fri Jun 22 10:17:58 EDT 2018Committee:

Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-6-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: The requirement has been restructured to read better.



Public Input No. 4-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. 4.5.5.2 ]

4.5.5.2

Where climatic conditions (or local building code requirements) prevent the use of pressure-relieving construction or explosion vents, alternate approved methods of protecting nearbybuildings such as, but shall be provided for buildings in which an explosion hazard exists.

A.4.5.5.2 Methods of provding alternate appoved methods of protecting nearby buildings mayinclude, but are not limited to, screen-type barricades and , differences in elevation of trees shallbe provided for buildings in which an explosion hazard exists , or natural barricades .


This change removes what is basically discretionary language (examples) leaving only a statement that requires approved explosion relief or venting. The discretionary language that provides example of what may be approved is relocated to the annex.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-7-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: Examples of alternate building explosion protection methods are being moved to the annex.



Public Input No. 3-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. 4.6.1.2.1 ]

4.6.1.2.1

Screen barricades shall be permitted to be constructed of one of the following:

(1) Metal roofing

(2) 0.25 in. to 0.5 in. (6 mm to 13 mm) mesh screen

(3) Other approved equivalent material


This simply removes a measure of possible vagueness by inserting the define word/term "approved".



Committee Statement

Resolution: Adding approved changes the intent of the requirement.



4.6.4.4



Magazines for the storage of bulk salute powder and bulk salutes shall comply with Table 4.6.4.4.

Table 4.6.4.4 The American Table of Distances for Storage of Explosives

Distances (ft) Quantity of Explosive Materials 1,2,3,4,5 Inhabited Buildings 10 PublicHighways

Class A to D 12 Passenger Railways — Public Highways with Traffic Volume of More than3,000 Vehicles/Day 11,12 Separation of Magazines 6,13 Pounds Over Pounds Not Over Barri-

caded 7,8,9 Unbarri-

caded Barri-


caded Barri-


caded Barri-


caded 0 5 70 140 30 60 51 102 6 12 5 10 90 180 35 70 64 128 8 16 10 20 110 220 45 90 81 1

Explanatory Notes Essential to the Application of the American Table of Distances forStorage of Explosives1 “Explosive materials” means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.

2 “Explosives” means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or commonpurpose of which is to function by explosion. A list of explosives determined to be within thecoverage of 18 USC Chapter 40, “Importation, Manufacture, Distribution, and Storage ofExplosive Materials,” is issued at least annually by the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury. For quantity and distance purposes, detonatingcord of 50 grains per foot should be calculated as equivalent to 8 lb (3.7 kg) of high explosives per1,000 ft (305 m). Heavier or lighter core loads should be rated proportionately.

3 “Blasting agents” means any material or mixture consisting of fuel and oxidizer, intended forblasting, not otherwise defined as an explosive, provided that the finished product, as mixed foruse or shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a No. 8 test blasting cap where unconfined.

4 “Detonator” means any device containing any initiating or primary explosive that is used forinitiating detonation. A detonator shall not be permitted to contain more than 10 g of totalexplosives by weight, excluding ignition or delay charges. The term includes, but is not limited to,electric blasting caps of instantaneous and delay types, blasting caps for use with safety fuses,detonating cord delay connectors, and nonelectric instantaneous and delay blasting caps that usedetonating cord, shock tube, or any other replacement for electric leg wires. All types ofdetonators in strengths through No. 8 cap should be rated at 1 lb (0.7 kg) of explosives per 1,000caps.

5 For strengths higher than No. 8 cap, consult the manufacturer.

6 “Magazine” means any building, structure, or container, other than an explosivesmanufacturing building, approved for the storage of explosive materials.

7 “Natural barricade” means natural features of the ground, such as hills, or timber of sufficientdensity that the surrounding exposures that require protection cannot be seen from the magazinewhen the trees are bare of leaves.

8 “Artificial barricade” means an artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thicknessof 3 ft (0.9 m).



9 “Barricaded” means the effective screening of a building containing explosive materials fromthe magazine or other building, railway, or highway by a natural or an artificial barrier. A straightline from the top of any sidewall of the building containing explosive materials to the eave line ofany magazine or other building or to a point 12 ft (3.7 m) above the center of a railway or highwayshall pass through such barrier.

10 “Inhabited building” means a building regularly occupied in whole or part as a habitation forhuman beings, or any church, schoolhouse, railroad station, store, or other structure wherepeople are accustomed to assemble, except any building or structure occupied in connection withthe manufacture, transportation, storage, or use of explosive materials.

11 “Railway” means any steam, electric, or other railroad or railway that carries passengers forhire.

12 “Highway” means any public street, public alley, or public road.

13 Where two or more storage magazines are located on the same property, each magazinemust comply with the minimum distances specified from inhabited buildings, railways, andhighways, and, in addition, the magazine should be separated from each other by not less thanthe distances shown for “separation of magazines,” except that the quantity of explosive materialscontained in detonator magazines shall govern with regard to the spacing of the detonatormagazines from magazines containing other explosive materials. If any two or more magazinesare separated from each other by less than the specified “separation of magazines” distances,then those two or more magazines, as a group, must be considered as one magazine, and thetotal quantity of explosive materials stored in such group must be treated as if stored in a singlemagazine located on the site of any magazine of the group, and must comply with the minimumdistances specified from other magazines, inhabited buildings, railways, and highways.

14 Storage in excess of 300,000 lb (136,200 kg) of explosive materials in one magazine isgenerally not required for commercial enterprises.

15 This table applies only to the manufacture and permanent storage of commercial explosivematerials. It is not applicable to transportation of explosives or any handling or temporary storagenecessary or incident thereto. It is not intended to apply to bombs, projectiles, or other heavilyencased explosives.

16 Where a manufacturing building on an explosive materials plant site is designed to containexplosive materials, such building shall be located from inhabited buildings, public highways, andpassenger railways in accordance with the American Table of Distances based on the maximumquantity of explosive materials permitted to be in the building at one time.

Source: Reprinted from IME Library Publication No. 2, with permission of the Institute of Makers ofExplosives, revised in June 1991

Delete the current table and footnotes and with permission of the Institute of Makers ofExplosives (IME), replace with the updated table and footnotes found in IME Safety LibraryPublication 2, The American Table of Distances, dated June 1991 with incorporated changesthrough April 2017 .

Additional Proposed Changes

File Name Description ApprovedRevised_IME_Table_of_Distances_April_2017.pdf


The American Table of Distances has some relatively minor changes made to it and this proposal will revised the document to reflect those IME changes. By example, in footnote 2 it makes the reference to ATF's 2003 alignment with the U.S. Department of Justice and not the Department of the Treasury, a cross reference to ATF rulings found in footnote 9 and the new footnote 16 for metric conversions.





Committee Statement

Resolution: ATF adopts and enforces the July 1991 version of the IME table and by updating the NFPA1124 table, NFPA 1124 would be out of compliance with ATF regulations. The committee isseeking comment from the ATF on this issue.


4.6.9.3

Pyrotechnics laboratories shall not contain more than 10 lb (4.5 kg) of pyrotechnic compositionand not more than 0.5 lb (0.23 kg) of salute powder, provided that all fireworks and pyrotechniccomposition are stored properly in an approved manner when not in use.


The added language breaks a tie by removing a potential disagreement on what is proper by assuring "properly" stored material is approved.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-8-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: Properly is unenforceable language and has been revised to include defined terms.




4.14.5.3

Single-break aerial salute shells shall be limited to a maximum size of 5 in. (127 mm) in diameterand length (exclusive of propellant charge). Minimum standards of use shall include the following:

Nonmetal mortars shall be used.

Mortars used for salutes over 3 in. (76 mm) in diameter and length (exclusive of propellantcharge) shall be individually supported and separated from other mortars by 10 times the insidediameter of the mortar.

Remote ignition or use of an added 5-second minimum delay fuse extension shall be used.

All salute shells shall be loaded into mortars prior to the display and shall not be reloadedduring a display.


Being this is a chapter on manufacturing operations, the language being deleted is for the USE of single-break salute shells - not manufacturing - and is thereby appropriately governed by similar language found in NFPA 1123-18, Section 4.1.7.2 which is essentially the same as what is proposed for deletion.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-9-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: The requirements being deleted are user requirements and this section is on manufacturing

requirements of single break aerial shells. Additionally it was changed to specify that thelength or diameter could not exceed 5 inches.




5.3.4 Ventilation.

5.3.4.1

Where required in the magazine, ventilation shall be provided to protect the stored materials forthe specific area in which the plant is located.

5.3.4.2

Stored materials shall be placed so that they do not interfere with ventilation and to preventcontact with masonry walls , steel, or other and ferrous or non- ferrous metal by means of anonsparking lattice or equivalent lining.


Product should not come in contact with surface materials that could "sweat". This would include both ferrous and non ferrous materials. Further, items should not come in contact with materials that may spark when struck - which includes ferrous materials.


Submitter Full Name: Chad BeebeOrganization: Wolverine West Fireworks, LLCStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Thu Sep 20 18:18:23 EDT 2018Committee: PYR-AAA

Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-4-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: There needs to be separation of materials from metal walls that could have condensation.



Public Input No. 17-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Chapter 6 ]

Chapter 6 Reserved

Revise Chapter 6 to read the same as the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124 before the document waswithdrawn.


Chapter 6 of the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124 was withdrawn due to what the Standards Council felt were inadequate tests to document the performance of an automatic sprinkler system. In addition to tests that were previously submitted to the Technical Committee, more recent fire tests were conducted under the direction of Factory Mutual. Generally speaking, the results of the FM tests support the requirements in the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124. As such, Chapter 6 should be reinserted into NFPA 1124. It should be noted that the lack of Chapters 6 and 7 in NFPA 1124 have resulted in codes, such as the International Fire Code, referencing the 2006 Edition of NFPA 1124 to meet the needs of the enforcement community.


Submitter Full Name: William KoffelOrganization: Koffel Associates, Inc.Affiliation: American Pyrotechnics AssociationStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Mon Jun 25 16:38:05 EDT 2018Committee:

Committee Statement

Resolution: The technical committee does not have scope over development of requirements in relationto the storage and retail sales of consumer fireworks or for the use of fireworks by membersof the public based on Standards Council Decision #14-1. Should the Standards Councilreverse their decision, development on chapters 6 and 7 could continue as authorized.



Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Chapter 7 ]

Chapter 7 Reserved

Revise Chapter 7 to read the same as the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124 before the document waswithdrawn.


Chapter 7 of the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124 was withdrawn due to what the Standards Council felt were inadequate tests to document the performance of an automatic sprinkler system. In addition to tests that were previously submitted to the Technical Committee, more recent fire tests were conducted under the direction of Factory Mutual. The results of the tests generally support the requirements that were in the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1124. As such, Chapter 7 should be reinserted into NFPA 1124. It should be noted that the lack of Chapters 6 and 7 in NFPA 1124 have resulted in codes, such as the International Fire Code, referencing the 2006 Edition of NFPA 1124 to meet the needs of the enforcement community.


Submitter Full Name: William KoffelOrganization: Koffel Associates, Inc.Affiliation: American Pyrotechnics AssociationStreet Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date: Mon Jun 25 16:48:30 EDT 2018Committee:

Committee Statement

Resolution: The technical committee does not have scope over development of requirements in relationto the storage and retail sales of consumer fireworks or for the use of fireworks by membersof the public based on Standards Council Decision #14-1. Should the Standards Councilreverse their decision, development on chapters 6 and 7 could continue as authorized.



Public Input No. 13-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. A.4.5.2 ]

A.4.5.2

For information on the use of conductive surfaces to minimize the hazard of static electricity, see20.3.6 of NFPA 99.


Chapter 20 of NFPA 99 does not exist. For the 2012 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, Chapter 20 on Hyperbaric Facilities was moved to Chapter 14 and was greatly expanded. The only guidance I found on conductive surfaces in Chapter 14 under "Electrostatic Safeguards" stated "Conductive accessories shall meet conductivity and antistatic requirements." It is without any further guidance or specificity. (See 14.3.4.6.1 Conductive accessories.) At best this seemed vague and without real meaning. Unless some other clear guidance can be found and referenced "for information on the use of conductive surfaces to minimize the hazards of static electricity", deleting the annex section without substitution would be the best action to take.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-11-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: The cross reference to NFPA 99 is being deleted as it is not relevant to static electricity

control.



Public Input No. 10-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. A.4.9.5 ]

A.4.9.5

Care should be exercised because some oxidizers are mutually incompatible. The NFPA FireProtection Guide to Hazardous Materials, which contains the former information fromthe discontinued NFPA 491, lists many oxidizers and other materials that result in hazardousinteractions. Oxidizers commonly include nitrates, chlorates, and perchlorates.


This is an editorial housekeeping change and does not change any technical provisions.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-10-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: This is an editorial housekeeping change to reference a discontinued document.



Public Input No. 14-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. A.4.11 ]

A.4.11

For information on fireworks classification testing, contact the following agencies:

(1) U.S. Bureau of Mines, Columbia Plaza, 2401 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20241.Bureau of Explosives, c/o

(2) Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington DC 20240

(3) Association of American Railroads, 50 F Street, NW, Bureau of Explosives, 425 3rd Street SW,Washington, DC 20001. 20024


Editorial update of addresses.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-12-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: Editorial update of addresses to the current address.



Public Input No. 11-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. A.4.14.5.2(3) ]



A.4.14.5.2(3)



As a minimum, each Each shell should bear, as a minimum, a label containing the followinginformation:

(1) Description of the size of the shell [e.g., 3 in. (76 mm) shell]

(2) Description of the type of shell (e.g., 2-break with report)

(3) Warning statement that reads as shown in Figure A.4.14.5.2(3)(a) .

(1) Name and location of the business of the manufacturer, importer, or distributor, withconspicuous labeling as follows:

The statement

(1)

(a) The information should be printed in capital letters at least 1 ⁄ 8 in. (3 mm) high

and be underlined as shown in Figure A

(1)

(a) .

4.14.5.2(3)(b).

The remaining printed matter does not need to be printed in capital letters, but the lettersshould be at least 1 ⁄ 8 in. (3 mm) high.The required statements should be

(1)

(a)

(b) The information should be printed in a color that contrasts sharply with the backgroundand should be printed within a borderline.

(c) The label should be at least 9 in. 2 (58 cm 2 ), unless the size of the shell is too small toaccommodate a label of such size, in which case the label should be reduced to a size nosmaller than necessary

.

Figure A.4.14.5.2(3)(a) Warning Statement on Shell.

Figure A.4.14.5.2(3)(b) Warning Statement Following Manufacturer, Importer, or DistributorData.



(1)

(a) but still be legible for normal or corrected vision.

Additional Proposed Changes

File Name Description ApprovedNFPA_1123_A_4_14_5_2-3.pdf


For the opening sentence, being this annex or advisory information, the reference to "minimum" is placed behind the discretionary "should". The proposed deletion of A.4.14.5.2(3)(3) and its Figure A.4.14.5.2(3)(a) is due to its redundancy of the requirement already having been expressed in 4.14.5.2(3) and as a result, it is not advisory. A.4.14.5.2(4)(a) requires information, not a statement, to be printed on the label. The referenced figure A.4.14.5.2(3)(b) subject to deletion is not underlined and is redundant to the "WARNING: DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE" label requirement of 4.14.5.2(3). The proposed deletion of A.4.14.5.2(3)(4)(b) is useless since all lettering is essentially required to be not less than 1/8 inch in height regardless of capitalization or not. The proposed change to A.4.14.5.2(3)(4)(c) is to simply require all information, not "statements", to be printed in a contrasting color. For A.4.14.5.2(3)(4)(d), the added qualifying language is to ensure readability without the use of a magnifying glass or such.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-14-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: The annex repeats language that are in current requirements and are being revised to

remove them. Additionally the labels should be visible without the need for magnification.



Public Input No. 12-NFPA 1124-2018 [ Section No. C.4.3.1 ]



C.4.3.1 Devices Containing Only Mixtures of Chemicals Specified in Table C.4.3.1.



The manufacturer shall submit a copy of an approval application (see APA 87-1, Appendix D) toDOT for any item that has not previously been approved by DOT. DOT may issue an approval forthe device based on the information contained in the form. Or, at its discretion, may requireexamination by a person approved by DOT to examine explosives, or may accept a test reportfrom a recognized competent authority (for fireworks manufactured abroad). [†]

Table C.4.3.1 Standard Fireworks Chemicals

Chemical Typical UseAluminum FuelAmmonium Perchlorate Oxygen DonorAntimony FuelAntimony Sulfide FuelBarium Carbonate NeutralizerBarium Nitrate Oxygen DonorBarium Sulfate Oxygen DonorBismuth Oxide Oxygen DonorBoric Acid NeutralizerCalcium Carbonate NeutralizerCalcium Sulfate Oxygen DonorCarbon or Charcoal FuelCopper Metal Color AgentCopper Oxide Oxygen Donor/Color AgentCopper Salts (except Copper Chlorate) Color AgentDextrineDextrin Fuel/BinderHexamethylenenetetramineHexamethylenetetramine (Hexamine) FuelIron and Iron Alloys (e.g., ferro/titanium) FuelIron Oxide Oxygen DonorMagnalium (Magnesium/Aluminum) FuelMagnesium (in display fireworks and theatrical pyrotechnics only) FuelMagnesium Carbonate NeutralizerMagnesium Sulfate Oxygen DonorNitrocellulose (see Miscellaneous Compounds)

Nitrocellulose Based Lacquers BinderPhosphorus, Red (only as provided in Table C.4.3.1) FuelPotassium or Sodium Benzoate WhistlePotassium Bichromate (Potassium Dichromate) (not to exceed 5% of formulation) Oxygen DonorPotassium Chlorate (only as provided in Table C.4.3.1) Oxygen DonorPotassium Hydrogen Phthalate WhistlePotassium Nitrate Oxygen DonorPotassium Perchlorate Oxygen DonorPotassium Sulfate Oxygen DonorSilicon FuelSodium Bicarbonate (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate) NeutralizerSodium Nitrate Oxygen DonorSodium Salicylate WhistleSodium Salts (except Sodium Chlorate) Color AgentSodiumSulphate



Sulfate OxygenDonor

Strontium Carbonate Color Agent

Strontium Nitrate OxygenDonor

Strontium Salts (except Strontium Chlorate) Color Agent

Strontium Sulfate OxygenDonor

Sulfur FuelTitanium (particle size must not pass through 100 mesh sieve if 1.4G or 1.4SFireworks) Fuel


Editorial in nature, to correct possible misspellings found in APA 87-1.



Committee Statement

Resolution: FR-15-NFPA 1124-2019Statement: Table has been updated with correct spellings.

Public Input No. 1-NFPA 1124-2017 [ New Section after 1.1.1 ]

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