NFPA 25 does point out that one needs to take appropriate precautions - see section 4.9. The Handbook identifies other standards to apply for safety precautions.
Roland On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Tom Duross wrote: > I think that might be an item in OSHA. I was told last summer by an > electrician to step away during a start-up that I need full non- > conductive > apparel in addition to ear-eye-head protection. He said it was in > NFPA (I > looked in 70 and 20) but I think it might have come up in a training > class. > Tom > > > I have never heard this even suggested at the NFPA 25 meetings. Since > the text in 25 does not even suggest it, I would put it down as an > over-zealous editor in the Handbook. I will pursue clarification of > this with NFPA for the next edition of the Handbook (which we just > finished working on). > > Roland > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> NFPA 25-8.3.3.6 Handbook commentary states that a licensed >> electrician should perform work near fire pumps. >> Is the Committee trying to establish that only licensed electricians >> should perform work on or near controllers, or that an electrician >> should always be present? >> Can someone please clarify what the commentary is implying or >> stating? >> >> Forest Wilson > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
