Waste Handling Systems: Paper’s Special Delivery

For example, there are 11 NFPA standards that could be applied to dust collecting systems, he adds, and within each standard there's a certain latitude for safety equipment, fire protection equipment and explosion protection gear. Advanced Equipment recently performed two large dust collection systems at plants in different Virginia counties. In each county, the fire marshal used a different NFPA standard and, within that standard, had different interpretations of the fire safety equipment needed on the dust collector.