And the reference to a licensed electrician?
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bob Caputo" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2010 12:36 PM Subject: NFPA 25 QUALIFICATIONS FOR WORKING ON FIRE PUMP To: <[email protected]> NFPA 70E - is the standard they are quoting for electrical safe practices in the work place and that standard requires the appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when working on energized electrical circuits. This includes the proper head cover shield which resembles that worn by bee keepers, rubber and leather gloves and a rubber mat upon which to stand while wearing appropriate shoes. There may be 1,000 ways to die but electrocution isn't the one I'd choose (I'm still hopeful to be shot by a very young jealous husband) The recommendations provided in the NFPA 25 Handbook are intended to provide a precautionary advisory that we shouldn't stick our mitts into stuff we don't really know enough about, lest we be severely injured or killed.... Have a nice day. Bob Caputo Oh, yeah - the opinion stated above is a personal opinion which may not be considered an interpretation of the NFPA 25 standard nor does this reflect the opinion of NFPA, etc... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: NFPA 25 QUALIFICATIONS FOR WORKING ON FIRE PUMP 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
