Code Administration

Our involvement in testing programs allows us to be extremely active in the code development process. This has saved our clients millions of dollars, while simultaneously having advanced the code and standards community towards performance-based criteria. Below are some examples of our involvement.

Model Code Involvement

• International Code Council

National Fire Protection Association Committee Involvement

• NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code
• NFPA 13, Installation of Sprinkler Systems
• NFPA 16, Foam Water Sprinklers
• NFPA 25, Water Based Fire Protection Systems
• NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
• NFPA 30B, Aerosol Products, Manufacture and Storage and Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems
• NFPA 101, Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures
• NFPA 230, Fire Protection for Storage
• NFPA 430, Liquid and Solid Oxidizers
• NFPA 432, Organic Peroxide Formulations
• NFPA 434, Pesticides
• NFPA 490, Ammonium Nitrate
• NFPA 5000, Building Code

Fire Scenario and Product Testing at Recognized Laboratories

• 1992, Flammable and Combustible Liquid Test Series
• 1994, Group A Plastics Test Program
• 1997, NFPRF - Oxidizing Pool Chemicals Test Program
• 1998, NFPRF - Smoke and Heat Vent Testing with Draft Curtains Program
• 2000, BioLab Fire Safety Pool Chemicals Test Program
• 2000, Retail Fire Research Coalition Storage Arrangement Protection Test Program

Standards and Technology

TVA has developed numerous proprietary test programs for large industrials and we can do it for you.