StandardsNFPA 780The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is one of the foremost authoritoes in the world for lightning protection standards. Chapter 8 in NFPA 780 deals with lightning protection of watercraft. The NFPA 780 technical committee that revises this standard every four years contains many experts in the field of lightning protection with representation from academia, defense labs, telecommunications, insurance underwriters and equipment manufacturers. See page 1 of the NFPA Report on Proposals (ROP) for a full list of members of the technical committee. During thoe 2008 revision cycle, Dr.
Thomson of MLP attended two
meetings. In the first meeting he
gave a presentation to the committee
addressing some fundamental problems with existing lightning
protection standards for watercraft.
These problems are described here. The committee agreed that there were
issues. In preparation for the
second meeting, he rewrote major sections in Chapter 8 and submitted a
complete revised chapter for consideration by the committee. The standard is now published and can be purchased
in print or pdf form from NFPA
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