NFPA 232 Standard for the Protection of Records
NFPA 232 档案消防标准
1.1* Scope.
1.1.1 This standard provides requirements for records protection equipment and facilities and records-handling techniques that provide protection of records in a variety of media forms from the hazards of fire.
1.1.2 This standard does not consider forcible entry.
1.1.3 This standard covers the following categories of records storage environments in ascending order of risk tolerance
(1) Vaults
(2) Archives
(3) File rooms
(4) Compartmented records centers
(5) Records centers
1.1.4 This standard also covers the application of records protection equipment.
1.1.5* This standard does not cover the storage and handling of cellulose nitrate film records.
1.1.6 This standard does not cover the storage and handling of useful records.
1.1.7 The responsible party (or owner of the records) shall determine from this standard the level of protection afforded the records.
1.1.8 The various levels of protection shall be clearly defined to ensure the responsible party understands their risk exposure.
1.1.9 The responsible party shall determine which records justify the application of this standard.
Reduce the risk of fire damage and loss of business records by implementing the up-to-date safeguards in the 2012 NFPA 232.
Unless properly protected, valuable and often irreplaceable business records can be destroyed even in so-called ''fire-resistive'' buildings. The 2012 NFPA 232 Standard for the Protection of Records presents the latest requirements for records protection equipment and facilities and records-handling techniques that safeguard records in a variety of media forms from the hazards of fire.
Engineers, AHJs, facility managers, insurance companies, and manufacturers all need to keep pace with 2012 changes to increase records protection. Only this edition
· Identifies the responsible party is the owner of the facility
· Clarifies that NFPA 232 does not address life safety
· Coordinates of wording between the requirements and the tables
· Clarifies the responsibilities of the risk manager
· Allows water mist systems for protection
Order today and increase the chance that vital documents would be spared if fire strikes. (Softbound, 37 pp., 2012)
