品SENER SERVICIO DE DOCUMENTACION N9897 NFPA 20 Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection 1999 Edition Copyright 1999 NFPA ,All Rights Reserved This edition of NFPA 20 ,Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection ,was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Pumps and acted by the National Fire Protection Association ,Inc .,at its May Meeting held May 17-20 ,1999 ,in Baltimore ,MD .It was issued by the Standards Council on July 22 ,1999 ,with an effective date of August 13 ,1999 ,and supersedes all previous editions Changes other than editorial are indicated by a vertical rule in the margin of the pages on which they appear .These lines are included an aid to the user in identifying changes from the previous edition . This edition of NFPA 20 was approved as an American National Standard on August 13 1999 Origin and Development of NFPA 20 The first National Fire Protection Association standard for automatic sprinklers was published in 1896 and contained paragraphs on steam and rotary fire pumps . The Committee on Fire Pumps was organized in 1899 with five members from underwriter associations .Today the mi...