Internet Resources
The following are links to various resources on the World Wide Web that are involved with standards, the standards-making process and standards organizations. We hope you will find these useful. If you know of a link we have not included, let us know and we'll check it out and possibly add it to the list.
National:
AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
AFCOM
AFSA (American Fire Sprinkler Association)
ANSI (American National
Standards Institute)
API (American Petroleum Institute)
ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security)
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)
BOMA (Building Owners Managers Association)
DIERS - Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems
DuPont
Factory Mutual
FSSA (Fire Suppression Systems Association)
HARC (Halon Alternatives Research Corporation)
ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society)
ISPE (International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering)
NAFED (National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors)
NB (National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors)
NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
NFSA (National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc.)
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Administration)
PEMA (Process Equipment Manufacturer's Association)
SFPE (Society of Fire Protection Engineers)
Underwriter's Laboratories
VESDA
International:
BIA
Canadian Standards Association
CEN (European Committee for Standardization)
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
JIS (Japanese Standards)
PED (Pressure Equipment Directive)
VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
Regulations, Policies and current strategies/investigations regarding Halon Replacement
 EC Regulation EC 2037/2000
Montreal Protocol
Canada's strategy to accelerate the phase out of CFC and Halon uses and to dispose of surplus stocks from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)
Australian Halon Management from Environment Australia
Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/lists/index.html or http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/snap/snap.html or http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/fire/halo.pdf
Status of Industry Efforts to replace Halon Fire Extinguishing Agents from Robert T. Wickham
HARC: Halon Alternative Research Corporation
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