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415-12 AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDINGS,FUELING RAMP DRAINAGE,AND LOADING WALKWAYS
<br /> A.3.2.1 Approved. The National Fire Protection Association A.4.2.3 Rooms that contain coal-,gas-,or oil-fired equipment
<br /> does not approve, inspect, or certify any installations, proce- or any other open-flame device should not have openings on
<br /> dures,equipment,or materials;nor does it approve or evalu- the ramp side of the building.Combustion and ventilation air
<br /> ate testing laboratories. In determining the acceptability of should be supplied from the street side or the roof of the
<br /> installations,procedures,equipment,or materials,the author- building or through a gravity louver from a nonhazardous
<br /> ity having jurisdiction may base acceptance on compliance area in the building.
<br /> with NFPA or other appropriate standards. In the absence of
<br /> such standards,said authority may require evidence of proper A.4.3.2 The hazards to persons from jet intakes and blast,
<br /> installation,procedure,or use.The authority having jurisdic- noise,propellers,and so forth,on the ramp should be taken
<br /> tion may also refer to the listings or labeling practices of an into consideration in locating emergency exit points leading
<br /> organization that is concerned with product evaluations and is to ramps from the airport terminal building.A means of noti-
<br /> thus in a position to determine compliance with appropriate fication of unauthorized usage (such as an alarm system) of
<br /> standards for the current production of listed items. these emergency exits may be desirable.
<br /> A.3.2.2 Authority Having Jurisdiction(AHJ).The phrase"au- A.4.5.1 The assembly portion of the terminal building may
<br /> thority having jurisdiction," or its acronym AHJ, is used in include areas such as the concourse waiting areas, baggage
<br /> NFPA documents in a broad manner, since jurisdictions and claim areas,and restaurants.The assembly portion should ex-
<br /> approval agencies vary,as do their responsibilities.Where pub- clude kitchens,toilets,small office areas,and other areas not
<br /> lic safety is primary,the authority having jurisdiction may be a normally accessible to the public.
<br /> federal, state, local, or other regional department or indi- A.4.5.1.5 The exposure to the airport terminal building from
<br /> vidual such as a fire chief;fire marshal;chief of a fire preven- the airport ramp is significant.The number of building sprin-
<br /> tion bureau,labor department, or health department; build- klers operating from the exposure fire could be greater than
<br /> ing official; electrical inspector; or others having statutory the number of building sprinklers operating from an internal
<br /> authority.For insurance purposes,an insurance inspection de- ignition source.
<br /> partment, rating bureau, or other insurance company repre-
<br /> sentative may be the authority having jurisdiction. In many A.4.5.2.2 If the public fire department is responding to the
<br /> circumstances, the property owner or his or her designated "street"side of the airport terminal building,timely access to the
<br /> agent assumes the role of the authority having jurisdiction;at normal alarm receiving point may be limited by emergency con-
<br /> government installations, the commanding officer or depart- ditions or distance. Planned radio communication with a con-
<br /> mental official may be the authority having jurisdiction. stantly attended alarm-receiving point can assist in a more effi-
<br /> A.3.2.3 Listed. The means for identifying listed equipment cient response by the public fire department. The remote
<br /> may vary for each organization concerned with product evalu- annunciator on the street side of the terminal building can pro-
<br /> ation; some organizations do not recognize equipment as ride building condition information not otherwise available.
<br /> listed unless it is also labeled. The authority having jurisdic- A.4.5.5.1 Valves should be installed to facilitate proper con-
<br /> tion should utilize the system employed by the listing organi- trol and should be based on a calculation of the number of
<br /> zat.ion to identify a listed product. units (suppression systems and hydrants) that would be im-
<br /> A.3.3.4 Airport Terminal Building.The term terminal is some- paired when portions of the system are out of service for re-
<br /> times applied to airport facilities other than those serving pas- pair,maintenance,modification,or expansion.Valves should
<br /> sengers,such as cargo-and freight-handling facilities and fuel- be so located and identified as to be readily accessible for op-
<br /> handling facilities.These facilities are covered by other NFPA eration. Particular attention should be given to valving the
<br /> standards,such as NFPA 30,Flammable and Combustible Liquids following locations:
<br /> Code. (1) Points of connection of supplies to loops or grids
<br /> A.4.1.2 Furniture,floor and wall coverings,and other furnish- (2) Intervals in main loop
<br /> ings in airport terminal occupancies,including passenger hold- (3) Grid intersections
<br /> ing lounges,waiting areas, restaurant dining rooms, bars, and (4) Beginnings of laterals
<br /> retail stores,should not be made of materials that have high com- (5) Each connection to hydrants
<br /> bustibility, smoke-development characteristics, or both, for ex General fire flow requirements at airports should be based
<br /> ample,some plastic foams,latex-rubber foam,some plastics,and on the maximum fire flow demands (automatic sprinklers,
<br /> some synthetic fibers.Such materials have a tendency to release hose, and supplemental systems) anticipated. To determine
<br /> combustible gases at relatively low temperatures,making them actual demands, the appropriate NFPA standard should be
<br /> easily ignitible.When burning,these materials also release high consulted. Table A.4.5.5.1 lists the range of fire flows and is
<br /> amounts of heat energy at rapid rates, thereby contributing given only as a guide.
<br /> greatly to fire propagation.
<br /> Interior finish Class A and Class B are described in NFPA A.4.5.5.2 Hydrants should be placed in strategic locations on
<br /> 101,Life Safety Code. the loops or grids. Operational requirements should be con-
<br /> sidered in the determination of hydrant locations on or near
<br /> A.4.2.2 Examples of points of flammable vapor release are taxiways and runways where snow and ice may be present.
<br /> fuel tank vent openings and fuel hydrant pits.Air supply in-
<br /> take and exhaust openings for air-conditioning or ventilating A.4.5.5.3 All hydrants should be flushed and all valves oper-
<br /> equipment serving the terminal building should not be lo- ated at least once a year.
<br /> cated on the ramp side of an airport terminal building.Fixed After extensive changes to the airport water supply system,
<br /> air-conditioning and ventilating equipment serving only air- full flow tests should be made in the areas affected to ensure
<br /> craft should be in a room that has no openings communicat- that adequacy has been retained or expected improvements
<br /> ing with the remainder of the terminal building, have been obtained.
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