Codes & Standards

NFPA weekly update: Sept. 2-6, 2024

The committee for NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, published meeting minutes from its most recent first draft review.
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) manages more than 300 codes and works with more than 250 technical committees in its standards development process.

Below is a list of NFPA codes and committee happenings for the week of Sept. 2-6.

Meeting minutes and notices

NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code. The committee reviewing the code’s 2027 edition posted first draft meeting minutes from meetings held from Aug. 6-8. The minutes are posted under the “Next Edition” tab in the “First Draft Committee Information” section and include discussion of first draft public inputs and medical gas systems.

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage Systems. The committee for the 2026 edition posted a second draft meeting notice for its next meeting scheduled for Oct. 1-3 in Quincy, Mass.