Mounted search and rescue

["IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>]

The National Fire Protection Association has adopted a revised standard, NFPA 150, which covers installed fire detection and fixed

fire suppression in commercial animal housing facilities.

 

Those facilities housing any animals and having more than one level, and or having a square footage as determined by the

adopting authority (used to be 20,000 square feet) must comply with either the local building codes or NFPA 150, whichever is stricter.

In the horse world if you rent a stall, even for barter, you would be covered by this standard.  Your local jurisdiction may not

require farm buildings to meet any code or even require building permits.  In that case, NFPA 150 is an industry accepted

consensus standard and usually considered best practice in civil litigation.

 

Irv Lichtenstein

SE PA SAR