NOTE: The following appendix to Subpart L serve as nonmandatory guidelines to assist employers in complying with the appropriate requirements of Subpart L.

The following table contains a cross-reference listing of those current national consensus standards which contains information and guidelines that would be considered acceptable in complying with requirements in the specific sections of Subpart L.

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Subpart L section |            National consensus standard
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1910.156..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 1972; Structural Fire Fighter's
                 |   Helmets.
                 | ANSI Z88.5 American National Standard, Practice
                 |   for Respirator Protection for the Fire Service.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 1971, Protective Clothing for
                 |   Structural Fire Fighters.
                 | NFPA No. 1041, Fire Service Instructor
                 |   Professional Qualifications.
1910.157..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 10, Portable Fire Extinguishers.
1910.158..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 18, Wetting Agents.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 20, Centrifugal Fire Pumps.
                 | NFPA No. 21, Steam Fire Pumps.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 22, Water Tanks.
                 | NFPA No. 24, Outside Protection.
                 | NFPA No. 26, Supervision of Valves.
                 | NFPA No. 13E, Fire Department Operations in
                 |   Properties Protected by Sprinkler, Standpipe
                 |    Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 194, Fire Hose Connections.
                 | NFPA No. 197, Initial Fire Attack, Training for.
                 | NFPA No. 1231, Water Supplies for Suburban and
                 |   Rural Fire Fighting.
1910.159..........| ANSI-NFPA No. 13, Sprinkler Systems.
                 | NFPA No. 13A, Sprinkler Systems, Maintenance.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 18, Wetting Agents.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 20, Centrifugal Fire Pumps.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 22, Water Tanks.
                 | NFPA No. 24, Outside Protection.
                 | NFPA No. 26, Supervision of Valves.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72B, Auxiliary Signaling Systems.
                 | NFPA No. 1231, Water Supplies for Suburban and
                 |   Rural Fire Fighting.
1910.160..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 11, Foam Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA 11A, High Expansion Foam Extinguishing
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 11B, Synthetic Foam and Combined
                 |   Agent Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 12, Carbon Dioxide Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 12A, Halon 1301 Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 12B, Halon 1211 Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 15, Water Spray Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA 16 Foam-Water Spray Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 17, Dry Chemical Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA 69, Explosion Suppression Systems.
1910.161..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 11B, Synthetic Foam and Combined
                 |    Agent Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 17, Dry Chemical Systems.
1910.162..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 12, Carbon Dioxide Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 12A, Halon 1211 Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 12B, Halon 1301 Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 69, Explosion Suppression Systems.
1910.163..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 11, Foam Extinguishing Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 11A, High Expansion Foam
                 |   Extinguishing Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 11B, Synthetic Foam and Combined
                 |   Agent Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 15, Water Spray Fixed Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 16, Foam-Water Spray Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 18, Wetting Agents.
                 | NFPA No. 26, Supervision of Valves.
1910.164..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 71, Central Station Signaling
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72A, Local Protective Signaling
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72B, Auxiliary Signaling Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72D, Proprietary Protective
                 |   Signaling Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72E, Automatic Fire Detectors.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 101, Life Safety Code.
1910.165..........| ANSI/NFPA No. 71, Central Station Signaling
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72A, Local Protective Signaling
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72B, Auxiliary Protective Signaling
                 |   Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72C, Remote Station Protective
                 |   Signaling Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 72D, Proprietary Protective
                 |   Signaling Systems.
                 | ANSI/NFPA No. 101, Life Safety Code.
Metric Conversion.| ANSI/ASTM No. E380, American National Standard
                 |   for Metric Practice.
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 NFPA standards are available from the National Fire Protection
Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269.
 ANSI Standards are available from the American National
Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018.

[45 FR 60715, Sept. 12, 1980; as amended at 58 FR 35309, June 30, 1993]