• How codes and standards are developed
• Submitting Public Input & Comments
• First Draft Reports & Second Draft Reports
• Revision Cycle Schedules
• TIAs, Errata and FIs
• Technical Committees
• Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM)
• Standards Council
• New projects & documents
• Proposed documents
• Association Technical Meetings
• Regulations, Directory & forms
• Introduction to the new NFPA Regulations
• Regulations Governing Petitions to the Board of Directors
• Terminology
• Disclaimers
• Code development and adoption partner

Regulations, Directory & forms

Download a free copy of the NFPA Standards Directory (PDF, 2.7 MB), your  guide to NFPA’s standards development process.

• Previous: Regulations Governing Committee Projects (PDF, 268 KB)
  (Regulations for Annual 2013 and preceding revision cycles) 
• Current: Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards (PDF, 377 KB)
  (Regulations for Fall 2013 and subsequent revision cycles)
• Guide for the Conduct of Participants (PDF, 129 KB)
• Previous: Technical Meeting Convention Rules (PDF, 114 KB)
  (Convention Rules for 2012 and 2013 Association Technical Meetings) 
• Current: Technical Meeting Convention Rules (PDF, 122 KB)
  (Convention Rules for 2014 and subsequent Association Technical Meetings)   

Forms for code-development process

Public Input forms (replacing the Proposal form) and Public Comment forms for documents in the Fall 2013 and subsequent revision cycles:
(Please save a copy to your computer before completing public input forms)

• Public Input Form (doc, 22 KB)
  
• Public Comment form (doc, 55 KB)
  Comment form for 2014 NEC®  (doc, 55 KB)
  
• NITMAM form for documents in F2013 and subsequent:  Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) form (doc, 46 KB)
  NITMAM form for NFPA 70, National Electrical Code®, only:   Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) form (doc, 58 KB)
  
• Formal Interpretation request form (PDF, 44 KB)
  Formal Interpretation request form (doc, 58 KB)
  
• New Project Initiation form (doc, 26 KB)

Forms for Standards Council Awards

• Standards Medal
• Committee Service Award
• Special Achievement Award

Directory and Other Resources

• Glossary of Terms (2.8 MB)
• 2013 NFPA Standards Directory (PDF, 2.7 MB) 
• 2012 NFPA Reference Book  (PDF, 1.8 MB) 
  (Contains Directory, Committee Officer's Guide and Manual of Style)
• Manual of Style for Technical Committee Documents (PDF, 310 KB)
• National Electrical Code® Style Manual  (PDF, 191 KB)
• Supplemental Operating Procedures for the National Electrical Code® (PDF, 184 KB)
• Regulations Governing Petitions to the Board of Directors (PDF, 178 KB)
• NFPA Bylaws