Fire Protection and Prevention Ontario Fire Code
SECTION 1.2 – REFERENCED DOCUMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
SECTION 1.2 Referenced Documents and Organizations
Subsection 1.2.1. Referenced Documents
Applicable editions
1.2.1.1. (1) A reference in this Code to a document set out in Table 1.2.1.A. is to the edition designated in the table.
(2) If, on December 31, 2014, any appliance, equipment, system, installation or construction met the requirements of the edition that was designated in Table 1.2.1.A. of this Code as it read on December 31, 2014, the appliance, equipment, system, installation or construction is deemed to comply with the requirements of the edition referred to in Sentence (1).
Effective date
1.2.1.2. A reference in this Code to a document set out in Table 1.2.1.A. includes all amendments up to and including January 1, 2015.
Previous editions
1.2.1.3. Despite Articles 1.2.1.1. and 1.2.1.2., the Chief Fire Official may permit compliance with an edition of a document previous to that referred to in this Code if the Chief Fire Official is satisfied that compliance with the edition referred to in this Code is impractical.
TABLE 1.2.1.A.
Forming Part of Article 1.2.1.1.
| Issuing Agency | Document Number | Title of Document | Code Reference |
| API | 5L-2007 | Line Pipe | 4.4.2.1.(4) |
| API | 12B-2008 | Bolted Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| API | 12D-2008 | Field Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| API | 12F-2008 | Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| API | 620-2008 | Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks | 4.3.1.3.(1) |
| API | 650-2007 | Welded Tanks for Oil Storage | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| API | 1104-2005 | Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities | 4.4.5.2.(1) |
| API | 2000-2009 | Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks | 4.3.4.1.(1) |
| API | 2200-2010 | Repairing Crude Oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Product Pipelines | 4.4.11.7.(6) |
| API | RP 1107-1991 | Recommended Pipeline Maintenance Welding Practices | 4.4.5.2.(1) 4.4.11.7.(6) |
| API | RP 2201-2003 | Safe Hot Tapping Practices in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries | 4.4.11.7.(6) |
| ASME | B16.5-2003 | Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings NPS ½ Through NPS 24 Metric/Inch Standard | 4.4.5.3.(1) |
| ASME | B31.3-2008 | Process Piping | 4.4.2.1.(5) |
| ASME | BPVC-2010 | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code | 4.3.1.3.(1) 4.4.10.5.(2) 4.4.10.6.(1) |
| ASTM | A53/A53M-10 | Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless | 4.4.2.1.(4) |
| ASTM | A193/A193M-11A | Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting for High Temperature or High Pressure Service and Other Special Purpose Applications | 4.4.5.4. |
| ASTM | D56-05 | Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester | 4.1.3.1.(1) |
| ASTM | D93-11 | Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester | 4.1.3.1.(2) |
| ASTM | D323-08 | Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method) | 1.4.1.2. of Division A (Vapour pressure) |
| ASTM | D3278-96E1 | Flash Point of Liquids by Small Scale Closed-Cup Apparatus | 4.1.3.1.(4) |
| ASTM | D3828-09 | Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester | 4.1.3.1.(3) |
| ASTM | E1515–07 | Standard Test Method for Minimum Explosible Concentration of Combustible Dusts | 1.4.1.2. of Division A (Minimum explosible concentration) |
| CGA | P-1-2008 | Safe Handling of Compressed Gases in Containers | 5.6.1.1. (3) |
| CGSB | CAN2-4.2-M77 | Textile Test Methods, Test Method 27.1 | 2.3.2.1.(2) |
| CGSB | CAN/CGSB-24.3-M92 | Identification of Piping Systems | 4.3.1.7. 4.4.4.1.(3) 4.4.8.6.(1) |
| CPPI | Using the CPPI Colour-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification (1990) | 4.3.1.7. 4.4.4.1.(3) 4.4.8.6.(1) | |
| CSA | 6.19-01 | Residential Carbon Monoxide Alarming Devices | 2.16.2.1.(5) 6.3.4.7.(4) |
| CSA | B51-09 | Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Pressure Piping Code | 4.3.1.3.(2) |
| CSA | B306-M1977 | Portable Fuel Tanks for Marine Use | 4.2.3.1.(1) |
| CSA | B365-10 | Installation Code for Solid-Fuel-Burning Appliances and Equipment | 2.6.2.1. 2.6.2.2. |
| CSA | B376-M1980 | Portable Containers for Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels | 4.2.3.1.(1) |
| CSA | B620-2009 | Highway Tanks and Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods | 4.2.3.1.(1) |
| CSA | C22.2 No. 141-10 | Emergency Lighting Equipment | 9.9.5.5.(2) |
| CSA | C22.2 No.152-M1984 (R2011) | Combustible Gas Detection Instruments | 5.17.3.3.(1) |
| CSA | C282-09 | Emergency Electrical Power Supply for Buildings | 6.7.1.1.(1) 6.7.1.3. 9.9.5.5.(1) and (2) |
| CSA | CAN/CSA-W117.2-09 | Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes | 5.17.1.2. |
| CSA | Z32-09 | Electrical Safety and Essential Electrical Systems in Health Care Facilities | 6.7.1.1.(2) |
| CSA | Z245.1-07 | Steel Pipe | 4.4.2.1.(4) |
| CSA | Z305.12-06 | Safe Storage, Handling, and Use of Portable Oxygen Systems in Residential Buildings and Health Care Facilities | 2.15.1.2. |
| MAH | Supplementary Standard SB-4, September 14, 2012 | Measures for Fire Safety in High Buildings | 7.3.1.3.(2) |
| NACE | RP0285-2011 | Corrosion Control of Underground Storage Tank Systems by Cathodic Protection | 4.3.9.1.(1) |
| NACE | SP0169-2007 | Control of External Corrosion on Underground or Submerged Metallic Piping Systems | 4.4.3.1.(2) |
| NFPA | 10-2010 | Portable Fire Extinguishers | 6.2.7.1. |
| NFPA | 11-2010 | Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam | 4.3.2.5.(2) 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 12-2011 | Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 12A-2009 | Standard on Halon 1301 Fire Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 12B-1990 | Standard on Halon 1211 Fire Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 13-2013 | Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems | 3.3.1.8.(1) 3.3.1.9. 3.3.2.2.(5) 3.3.2.10.(3) 3.3.3.6.(1) 3.3.4.3.(4) 4.8.4.3.(4) 4.9.4.1.(2) 5.4.2.3. 5.4.5.1. 5.12.8.2.(1) 5.13.6.1. 6.5.1.1.(1) 9.2.5.2.(4) Table 9.2.5.A. 9.4.5.5.(2) 9.5.5.3.(2) 9.6.5.5.(2) 9.7.5.1.(1) and (4) |
| NFPA | 13D-2010 | Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes | 6.5.1.1.(1) 9.7.5.1.(2) 9.8.5.1. |
| NFPA | 13R-2010 | Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Residential Occupancies up to and Including Four Stories in Height | 6.5.1.1.(1) 9.4.5.5.(3) 9.5.5.3.(2) 9.7.5.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 15-2012 | Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection | 4.3.2.5.(2) 6.8.1.1.(4) |
| NFPA | 16-2011 | Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems | 6.8.1.1.(4) |
| NFPA | 17-2009 | Standard for Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 17A-2009 | Standard for Wet Chemical Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 18-2011 | Standard on Wetting Agents | 6.8.1.1.(5) |
| NFPA | 20-2010 | Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection | 9.4.5.5.(5) 9.7.5.1.(6) |
| NFPA | 24-2013 | Standard for the Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and their Appurtenances | 4.8.4.3.(4) |
| NFPA | 25-2014 | Standard for the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems | 6.4.1.6. 6.5.1.1.(2) 6.6.1.5.(1) to (3) |
| NFPA | 30-2012 | Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code | 4.2.7.7.(1) 4.2.10.5.(1) |
| NFPA | 32-2011 | Standard for Drycleaning Plants | 5.14.10.1.(1) |
| NFPA | 33-2011 | Standard for Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials | 5.12.1.1.(2) 5.12.3.5. 5.12.8.2.(2) 5.14.4.1.(2) 5.14.6.1.(3) |
| NFPA | 37-2010 | Standard for the Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines | 4.3.12.2.(2) |
| NFPA | 40-1994 | Standard for the Storage and Handling of Cellulose Nitrate Motion Picture Film | 5.4.4.2. |
| NFPA | 40E-1993 | Code for the Storage of Pyroxylin Plastic | 5.4.3.3.(1) |
| NFPA | 51-2007 | Standard for Design and Installation of Oxygen-Fuel Gas Systems for Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes | 5.17.2.1. |
| NFPA | 55-2005 | Standard for the Storage, Use and Handling of Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids in Portable and Stationary Containers, Cylinders and Tanks | 5.6.1.1.(3) and (8) |
| NFPA | 68-2007 | Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting | 4.2.9.6.(1) and (2) 4.3.13.3. 4.8.3.1. 4.8.4.2.(1) 4.12.10.1.(1) 5.6.2.4.(1) 5.10.1.5.(2) 5.10.1.7.(2) 5.18.3.3.(2) and (3) |
| NFPA | 69-2008 | Standard on Explosion Prevention Systems | 4.3.2.5.(2) 4.8.4.2.(1) 5.10.1.8.(2) |
| NFPA | 71-1989 | Standard for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Signaling Systems for Central Station Service | 6.3.1.2.(2) |
| NFPA | 72-2013 | National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code | 6.3.1.2.(5) |
| NFPA | 82-2009 | Standard on Incinerators and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment | 2.6.3.1.(2) 2.6.3.2. |
| NFPA | 86-2011 | Standard for Ovens and Furnaces | 4.4.9.5.(2) 5.18.4.1. |
| NFPA | 91-2010 | Standard for Exhaust Systems for Air Conveying of Vapors, Gases, Mists, and Noncombustible Particulate Solids | 4.1.7.2.(5) 4.12.8.4.(1) 5.1.4.2.(1) 5.10.2.1. |
| NFPA | 96-2011 | Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations | 2.6.1.12.(1) 2.6.1.13. |
| NFPA | 291-1995 | Recommended Practice for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of Hydrants | 6.6.6.1. |
| NFPA | 505-2011 | Fire Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks Including Type Designations, Areas of Use, Conversions, Maintenance, and Operation | 3.4.1.1. |
| NFPA | 705-2009 | Recommended Practice for a Field Flame Test for Textiles and Films | 2.3.2.2. 2.9.2.1. |
| NFPA | 1142-2001 | Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting | 3.2.1.9.(4) |
| NFPA | 2001-2008 | Standard on Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems | 6.8.1.1.(3) |
| NRC | Ninth Edition 2010 | National Fire Code of Canada | 4.1.1.2.(2) 4.2.1.1.(2) 4.2.2.3.(1) and (2) 4.2.8.4.(1) and (2) 4.5.1.1. 4.9.4.2. 4.11.3.8. 7.3.1.2. |
| NRC | User’s Guide – NBC 1995 | Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility (Part 3) | 7.3.1.2. |
| NRCan | April 2003, Edition 2 | Pyrotechnics Special Effects Manual | 5.2.1.4. |
| NRCan | March 2002, Draft Edition #2 | Display Fireworks Manual | 5.2.1.4. |
| OFMEM | Fire Code Supplement FCS-1, December 2018 | Objectives and Functional Statements Attributed to the Acceptable Solutions | 1.2.2.1.(1), (2) and (3) of Division A 4.1.1.4.(4) 1.3.2.2.(1) and (2) of Division C |
| TC | May 2001 | Standards Respecting Pipeline Crossings Under Railways | 4.4.7.4.(3) |
| UL | ANSI/UL 558-1998 | Industrial Trucks, Internal Combustion Engine‑Powered | 3.4.2.1.(3) |
| UL | ULI 1275-1994 | Flammable Liquid Storage Cabinets | 4.2.10.5.(1) |
| UL | UL 2034-2008 | Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms | 2.16.2.1.(5) 6.3.4.7.(4) |
| ULC | C842-M1984 | Valves for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.4.8.1.(1) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S109-03 | Flame Tests of Flame-Resistant Fabrics and Films | 2.3.2.1.(1) |
| ULC | ULC-S505-1974 | Standard for Fusible Links for Fire Protection Service | 9.5.3.7.(5) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S508-02 | Standard for the Rating and Testing of Fire Extinguishers | 6.2.2.1. |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S524-06 | Standard for the Installation of Fire Alarm Systems | 6.3.1.8. 9.9.4.12.(1) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S531-02 | Standard for Smoke Alarms | 2.13.2.1.(3) 9.5.4.5.(3) 9.6.4.10.(3) 9.7.4.3.(4) 9.8.4.2.(3) 9.9.4.13.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S536-04 | Inspection and Testing of Fire Alarm Systems | 6.3.2.2.(1) to (3) 6.3.2.4. |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S537-04 | Verification of Fire Alarm Systems | 9.9.4.12.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S552-02 | Standard for the Maintenance and Testing of Smoke-Alarms | 6.3.2.6.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S553-02 | Standard for the Installation of Smoke-Alarms | 9.5.4.5.(3) 9.6.4.10.(3) 9.7.4.3.(5) 9.8.4.2.(3) 9.9.4.13.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S561-03 | Installation and Services for Fire Signal Receiving Centres and Systems | 6.3.1.2.(2) 9.7.4.1.(2) 9.7.4.2.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S601-07 | Standard for Shop Fabricated Steel Aboveground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) 4.3.3.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC-S601(A)-2001 | Refurbishing of Steel Aboveground Horizontal Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.10.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S602-07 | Aboveground Steel Tanks for Fuel Oil and Lubricating Oil | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC-S603-00 | Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) 4.3.15.4.(5) |
| ULC | ULC-S603(A)-2001 | Refurbishing of Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.10.(3) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S603.1-11 | External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) 4.3.8.5.(1) 4.3.9.1.(1) 4.4.3.1.(2) |
| ULC | ULC-S615-98 | Standard for Reinforced Plastic Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) 4.3.8.5.(2) 4.3.15.4.(5) |
| ULC | ULC-S615(A)-2002 | Refurbishing of Reinforced Plastic Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.10.(3) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S620-07 | Standard for Hose Nozzle Valves for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.4.8.1.(2) |
| ULC | ULC-S630(A)-2001 | Refurbishing of Steel Aboveground Vertical Tanks for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.10.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S633-99 | Standard for Flexible Underground Hose Connectors for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.4.7.13.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S642-07 | Standard for Compounds and Tapes for Threaded Pipe Joints | 4.4.5.1. |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S651-07 | Standard for Emergency Valves for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.4.8.1.(3) 4.6.3.2.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S652-08 | Standard for Tank Assemblies for the Collection, Storage and Removal of Used Oil | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S653-06 | Standard for Aboveground Steel Contained Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC-S655-98 | Aboveground Protected Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) 4.3.2.1.(7) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S660-08 | Standard for Nonmetallic Underground Piping for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.4.2.1.(3) 4.4.7.13.(2) |
| ULC | CAN/ULC-S661-10 | Standard for Overfill Protection Devices for Flammable and Combustible Liquid Storage Tanks | 4.3.1.8.(2) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C30-1995 | Safety Containers | 4.1.5.9.(4) 4.2.3.1.(1) 4.2.6.4. 4.12.3.1.(1) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C58.9-1997 | Secondary Containment Liners for Underground and Aboveground Flammable and Combustible Liquid Tanks | 4.3.7.2.(2) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C58.12-1992 | Leak Detection Devices (Volumetric Type) for Underground Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks | 4.3.15.1.(3) 4.3.16.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C58.14-1992 | Nonvolumetric Leak Detection Devices for Underground Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks | 4.3.15.1.(3) 4.3.16.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C58.15-1992 | Overfill Protection Devices for Flammable Liquid Storage Tanks | 4.3.1.8.(1) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C107.12-1992 | Line Leak Detection Devices for Flammable Liquid Piping | 4.4.6.7. |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C142.5-1992 | Concrete Encased Steel Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(1) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C142.16-1994 | Protected Aboveground Tank Assemblies for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.3.1.2.(9) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C410A-1994 | Absorbents for Flammable and Combustible Liquids | 4.1.6.3.(3) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C536-1998 | Flexible Metallic Hose | 4.4.7.13.(2) |
| ULC | ULC/ORD-C1275-1984 | Guide for the Investigation of Storage Cabinets for Flammable Liquid Containers | 4.2.10.5.(1) |
Subsection 1.2.2. Organizations
Abbreviations of proper names
1.2.2.1. The abbreviations in this Code for the names of organizations shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| CAN | Standards Council of Canada designation identifying a national standard. The number or name following the CAN designation represents the agency under whose auspices the standard is issued. |
| CAN1 designates CGA, | |
| CAN2 designates CGSB, | |
| CAN3 designates CSA, and | |
| CAN4 designates ULC. | |
| CGA | Compressed Gas Association |
| CGSB | Canadian General Standards Board |
| CPPI | Canadian Petroleum Products Institute |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| MAH | Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NRC | National Research Council of Canada |
| NRCan | Natural Resources Canada |
| OFM | Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal |
| OFMEM | Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management |
| TC | Transport Canada |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. |
| ULC | Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada |