NFPA Journal - Fall 2022 - 16

Dispatches
Firefighters and other rescue workers dig through the rubble
following a gas explosion in the summer of 2020 in Baltimore.
The blast leveled three homes, resulting in two fatalities and
dozens of injuries
DETECTION & SUPPRESSION
ADDED
PROTECTION
NFPA RELEASES A NEW STANDARD ON
INSTALLING FUEL GAS DETECTION AND
ALARM EQUIPMENT
By Angelo Verzoni
F
aced with growing concerns over gas leaks,
NFPA has issued a new standard meant to
reduce that threat.
NFPA 715, Standard for the Installation
of Fuel Gases Detection and Warning Equipment,
went into effect in April. The document passed as a
consent standard, meaning no certified amending motions
(CAMs) were submitted for consideration at the NFPA
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Technical Meeting in June. Experts hope the issuance of
the new document will help reduce the risk of gas fires and
explosions, which on average kill 40 and injure 140 Americans
each year, according to NFPA data.
" Now that NFPA 715 has been published, it's my hope
that law-making bodies across the country will adopt the
standard and make it enforceable, " said Stephen Olenick,
the NFPA 715 technical committee chair, who also works
as an engineer at Maryland-based Combustion Science
& Engineering. " Additionally, I hope authorities having
jurisdiction will become aware of the requirements in the
standard and start educating builders and requiring these
best practices for the installation of fuel gas detectors and
alarms in their communities. As more NFPA 715-compliant
installations make their way into the built environment, it
will provide a higher level of protection for the public. "
Efforts to begin writing NFPA 715 began in 2018, when
the American Gas Association sent a request to NFPA for a
document like NFPA 715 to be developed. Experts say it fills
a gap in the safety ecosystem for natural gas and propane,
which are used by more than half of Americans to heat
their homes.
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