SAFEGUARDING ROOFING OPERATIONS. aan 8.7.4 Standpipes. 87.4.1 General. 87.4.1.1° The pipe size, hose vahes, bose, water supply, and other details for new constniction shall be im accondunce with NFPA 14, Stindant forthe Inctlltin of Stand nd Hone Spt. 874.12 On permanent Type Hl and Type III standpipcs. ‘hose and nozzles shall be provided and made ready for use 2: soon the water supply fs available 19 the steppe, unde otherwise permitied by 8.7.4.3. 8.7.4.1.3° In combined systems where occupant hose is not required, temporary hose and nozsles shall be provide dur- ing construction. 8.7.4.2 Standpipe Installations in Buildings Under Constrac- tion. Where required by the authority having jurisdiction, in building under comtuction, a sandpipe sem, cither a pony or permanent in nature, shall be installed in accor ance with 8742.1 through 8742.10. 8.7.4.2.1 ‘The standpipes shall be provided with compicu ously marked and readily accessible fire department connes- tionson the outade of the building at the stect level snd shall have atleast one standard howe outlet at each flour 8742.2 The pipe sacs, hone valves, hose, water supply: and other details for new construction shall bein accordance with thisstandard. 87.4.2.3 The standpipes shall be securely supported and re snained at each altemate floor. 8.7.4.2.4° Atleast one approved hose valve foranaching fire Acparment hose shall be provided at cach intermediate lnd- i or Bee level tr the Cnt Geireyy mn eacresieed by the authority having jurisdicion, 8.74.2.5 Valves shall be kept closed at all times and guarded against mechanical injury. 874.26 Howe vales shall bine NH stumdard extemal threads for the valve size specified im accordance with NFPA 1968, Standard for Fie Hose Connections. unless modified wy A7427. 8742.7 Where local fire department connections do not com. orm io NFPA 1963, Standard or Pe Hose Connections be atbor ‘ty having juritiction shall designate the connection tobe uscd. 47.4.2.8° The siandpipes stull be catended up with each Sloor and shall be securely capped atthe top. 87.4.2.9 Top hose outlets shall be not more than one floor below the highest forms, staging, and similar combustibles at allies 87.4.2.10 Temporary standpipesshall remain in service until the permanent standpipe installaon is complete Ghaptcr 9 Safeguarding Roofing Operations 9.4 General. All roofing operations involing beat sources {id Tan prccames all We cinta apa iicd gery 9.2 Asphalt and Tar Kettles. 9.2:1° Asphalt and tar keues and associated LP-Gas cylinders Mhall be located in 2 safe place outside of the building at 3 esi tha arti the: ager of in fia. 9.2.2 Asphalt and tar hetles shall not be located on roofs 9.23 Aid that can be elosed by means of gravity shall provided on all roofing kettles. 9.24 The tops and covers ofall ketles shall be closet and contracted of sted! knving a thicknes of not lew than ® Tf manufacturers standard gauge [2mm (0075 in.)] 9.2.5 Used roofing mops and rags shall be cleaned of exe ‘she asphalt and siored sway from the building and comb: tihle materiale 92.6 Discardedroofing mopsand rags shall not be in cont: with combustibles. 19.2.7 Kettles shall be constantly attended when in operati bby a minimum of dase cnployce knamledgeable of the ope tigns and hazards. The employee shall be within 7.6m (25 ‘ofthe kettle and have the kettle within sight. 928 Roofing ketles shall not block exits, means of egre ggestnhegs oreuimnen Innncec slice beds Ssxaea fom exits or means of egres. 3* Single Ply and Torch Applied Roofing Systems. 93.1% General. 93.1.1 Singleply and torchapplied roofing systems shall installed using extreme caution 93.1.2 Torches or hotair guns used to secure roofing me bbranes chall be ined im acrordinee with the manufietire recommendations 93.13 In order to prevent smoking or ignition of roofi membranes, they shall not be overheated. 19.3.2° Openings, Penewations, and Flashings. 93.2.1 Caution stall be used where working near roof ope ings, penetrations, or flashings. 93.22 The flame of the torch shall not come in diseet ec ‘act with wood mailers, cant strips, or metal ashing 93.23. Small wrches shall be used to heat the underside the mccoteet ale Satine Sn Rese mseanibcioee et 93.24 Hoc trowelsshall be used to feather seamsat laps & Aishings. 93.25 The torch shall not be used in areas where the flar impingement cnmot be filly vowed 93.26 Open flames shall not be left unattended 93.3 Plame Contact Protection 933.1 The torch Mame shall nt be applied to a combustil ‘substrate for the membrane. 93.32 Base ply shale used tocover wooden decks, comb: tble insulauon (such as foam plasic, Krar-faced glas fer, ‘ood filer), small crevices, cant strips, plastic fastener plat orany other combustible surface 93.33 Base ply shall be permitted to comsist of either gh: Scr felts or minim 18 kg (10 Ib) organic Fels 933-4 Torch flames shall not come in comtact with expe rooling cement.