Help safely store and dispense fuel while reducing the risk of fire and explosion with NFPA 30A, Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages.

Motor fuels provide critical support for transportation and marine operations, but their use also introduces significant fire and explosion hazards. NFPA 30A establishes important safety requirements for dispensing liquid and gaseous motor fuels into automotive vehicles and marine craft, helping facilities maintain safer fueling and repair operations.

This essential code provides guidance for motor fuel dispensing facilities, repair garages, service stations, fleet operations, and related occupancies. Facility managers, fire protection professionals, contractors, inspectors, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) rely on NFPA 30A to help support compliance and operational safety.

Highlights

Key updates and changes to the 2018 edition of NFPA 30A include:

• New Chapter 14 addressing on-demand mobile fueling operations
• Clarification that aboveground storage tanks within the scope of the code must comply with all applicable provisions of Chapter 4
• New leak detection requirements mandating that fuel flow be restricted or shut off when a leak is detected, rather than only providing audible or visible alarms
• Updated requirements stating that activation of the emergency shutoff device must also isolate mechanical or electrical fluid handling systems unrelated to fuel
• New requirements for gas and vapor removal at ceiling level in repair areas servicing vehicles using lighter-than-air fuels
• Requirement that major repair garages servicing hydrogen-fueled vehicles comply with NFPA 2, Hydrogen Technologies Code
• Added clarification that sprinkler protection requirements apply to the entire building containing the repair garage
• Numerous additional revisions intended to clarify code intent and make requirements more explicit