National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). 2002 Edition. It was issued by the Standards Council on January 11, 2002, with an effective date of January 31, 2002, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 204 was approved as an American National Standard on January 31, 2002. 205 p. This standard shall apply to the design of venting systems for the emergency venting of products of combustion from fires in buildings. The provisions of Chapters 4 through 10 shall apply to the design of venting systems for the emergency venting of products of combustion from fires in nonsprinklered, single-story buildings using both hand calculations and computer-based solution methods as provided in Chapter
9. Chapter 11 shall apply to venting in sprinklered buildings