NFPA Certifications

Guidelines and Regulations

There are many codes and regulations set by the NFPA. Some of the most common forestry and logging safety codes regulated by the NFPA include:

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• Fire Code: “A comprehensive, integrated approach to fire code regulation and hazard management.”
• Recommended Safe Practice for Storage of Forest Products: “Provides fire protection guidance to minimize the fire hazard in yard storage areas containing lumber, timber, and other similar wood products.”
• Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery: “Provides safeguards for industrial machinery to protect operators, equipment, facilities, and work-in-progress from fire and electrical hazards.”
• Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations: “Provides measures for preventing or minimizing fire damage to structures, including those in underground locations, during construction, alteration, or demolition.”
• Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities: “This standard provides requirements for fire and explosion prevention and protection of industrial, commercial, or institutional facilities that process wood or manufacture wood products in order to protect life, property, and mission continuity.”