NFPA (Fire) 652

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NFPA introduces all-new NFPA 652: Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust to mitigate fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards.Every year, destructive and deadly dust-related fires and explosions affect a wide range of industries around the globe. In the United States alone, 50 combustible dust accidents occurred between 2008 and 2012. To manage the dust-related fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards in industries that use dust collection and handling equipment, or have processes that may generate combustible dust, NFPA® introduces the first-time NFPA 652: Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust.This important new Standard serves a wide variety of industries including chemical, wood processing, metals, and agricultural.In addition to providing new general requirements for managing combustible dust fire and explosion hazards, NFPA 652 directs users to NFPA’s appropriate industry- or commodity-specific standards, such as NFPA 61: Prevention of Fires and Dust Explosions in Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities; NFPA 484: Combustible Metals; NFPA 654: Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids; and NFPA 664: Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities.NFPA 652 puts all stakeholders on the same page with regard to dusts and their attendant hazards. Chapters include:

  • Definitions
  • General Requirements
  • Hazard Identification
  • Performance-Based Design Option
  • Process Hazards Analysis
  • Hazard Management: Mitigation and Prevention

Developed by experts in fire and explosion safety around combustible dust, first-time NFPA 652 gives installers, contractors, engineers, facility managers, code enforcers, inspectors, and environmental health and safety (EHS) personnel a single go-to source for the information necessary to safely handle combustible dust in any industry, anywhere around the globe.- See more at: http://catalog.nfpa.org/NFPA-652-Standard-on-the-Fundamentals-of-Combustible-Dust-P15545.aspx#sthash.OevNnHmq.dpuf

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Published:
09/07/2015
ISBN(s):
9781455911813
Number of Pages:
78

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NFPA (Fire) 652

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Apply the revised edition of NFPA 652 to mitigate fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards.

Combustible dust-related fires and explosions are a global problem, and in the United States alone, 50 dust-related incidents occurred between 2008 and 2012. This updated edition of NFPA 652 is essential to manage the dust-related fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards in industries that use dust collection and handling equipment, or that have processes that may generate combustible dust.

Experts in fire and explosion safety for areas with combustible dust worked together to make NFPA 652 an even more effective tool for avoiding these destructive and deadly events.

Major changes in the second edition of the standard include:

  • Deadlines were changed for the completion of dust hazard analysis (DHA) for existing processes and facility compartments. The deadline is now September 7, 2020. NFPA 652 also requires that the DHA be reviewed and updated every 5 years.
  • Revised general requirements for managing combustible dust fire and explosion hazards.
  • New references to the latest editions of NFPA?s appropriate industry- or commodity-specific standards.

NFPA 652 serves the chemical, wood processing, metals, and agricultural industries.

NFPA 652 directs users to NFPA’s appropriate industry- or commodity-specific standards, which include:

  • NFPA 61, Prevention of Fires and Dust Explosions in Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities
  • NFPA 484, Combustible Metals
  • NFPA 654, Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions from the Manufacturing, Processing, and Handling of Combustible Particulate Solids
  • NFPA 664, Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities

Keep all stakeholders on the same page with regard to dusts and their attendant hazards. NFPA 652 presents:

  • Definitions
  • General Requirements
  • Hazard Identification
  • Performance-Based Design Option
  • Process Hazards Analysis
  • Hazard Management: Mitigation and Prevention

NFPA 652 gives installers, contractors, engineers, facility managers, code enforcers, inspectors, and environmental health and safety (EHS) personnel a single go-to source for the information necessary to help handle combustible dust safely in any industry, anywhere around the globe. (Softbound, Approx. 70 pp., 2019)

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Published:
05/24/2018
Number of Pages:
89

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