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Seattle fire marshal’s office urges 2024 IRC to reference NFPA 855 for residential energy storage systems
Summary
Seattle Fire Department Fire Marshal’s Office representative Ken Brulette told the IRC tag that a first-reading proposal would point residential energy storage systems to NFPA 855 and update related references in the state code.
Seattle Fire Department Fire Marshal’s Office representative Ken Brulette told the International Residential Code (IRC) tag that a first-reading proposal would point residential energy storage systems (ESS) to NFPA 855 and update related references in the state code.
The measure would add language saying ESS with an aggregate capacity of 1 kilowatt-hour or greater must comply with chapter 15 of NFPA 855 and would remove a local exception so the NFPA standard is the primary compliance path. "NFPA 855 ... is where all the latest and greatest code provisions are located right now," Brulette said during the tag’s first reading.
Why it matters: NFPA 855 is a consensus standard…
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