FBOs
NFPA Committee Agrees on Hangar Foam Exemption
In a ballot last week, the National Fire Protection Association’s Technical Committee on Airport Facilities voted to approve revisions to NFPA 409.

The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Technical Committee on Airport Facilities has voted to approve revisions to the NFPA 409 standard for aircraft hangar fire protection requirements. The changes, as championed by NATA, call for the creation of a new risk-based process for determining and defining hangar fire protection requirements.