Compliance News: NFPA® Codes Available On-Line (Free)

By Pete Kendrick, CHFM, CPMM


Have you ever desired to review a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA®) code that is not part of your facility library? If so, it might be useful to know that you can do so for free on the NFPA® website, and the service is available to both members and non-members. There are some limitations which will be addressed below, but here is how to find a code. Let’s look up NFPA 99 Standard for Healthcare Facilities just for fun.

First, go to the website at http://www.nfpa.org/. Click on Codes & Standards which is just below the “sign-in” box. On the left you will see a second link for a “List of NFPA codes & standards” and you should select that. For an example, scroll down and click on NFPA 99 under the Code No. in the center of the page. Select “View the document online (read only).”