To perform maintenance and work safely on equipment, maintenance personnel should be well trained and have a basic knowledge of this standard. NFPA 70B is a recommended practice that is used for ...

Electrical fire is the major cause of home fires and NFPA urges awareness to reduce ... home fires was an electrical fire. Any type of equipment that uses electricity may be involved in an ...

If electrical equipment must remain energized during servicing and maintenance, NFPA 70E should be consulted to determine flash hazard boundaries as well as required PPE. Finally, circuit breakers ...

The NFPA defines an arc flash hazard as a dangerous ... is a flashover of electric current through air in electrical equipment from one exposed live conductor to another or to ground.

Since NFPA 70E was issued in 2000 ... skill and knowledge related to the construction and operation of electrical equipment and installations and has received safety training to identify and ...

While many of the tasks associated with the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101, 2012 edition ... These include required testing of medical equipment and other electrical appliances that come in contact ...

When it is necessary to perform work on energized equipment, OSHA 1910.333(a)(2) requires safety-related work practices to be used and NFPA 70E Article 110.8(B)(1) requires an Electrical Hazard ...