NFPA (Fire) 130 ✓ Most Recent

Access the most current requirements for fire protection and life safety in mass transit systems.

The potential for injury and entrapment in the event of an emergency in mass transportation facilities poses a significant risk to large numbers of people. NFPA 130, Standard for Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems, offers the latest provisions for underground, surface, and elevated fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems, including stations, trainways, emergency ventilation systems, vehicles, emergency procedures, and communication and control systems.

NFPA 130 is a valuable resource for helping station and company managers, supervisors, safety personnel, inspectors, and authorities having jurisdiction be aware of and comply with essential life safety provisions. The standard pertains to stations accommodating only passengers and employees of the fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems and incidental occupancies in the stations.

From requirements for fire alarms in enclosed stations and materials used as interior wall and ceiling finishings to scenarios and methodologies used for predicting fire profiles and calculating means of egress, NFPA 130 is your comprehensive standard for helping to safeguard railways.

The 2026 edition features two new annex sections and other important updates, including:

• New Annex I provides guidance on the rehabilitation of existing stations.
• New Annex J outlines the NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation Report, “Review of Emergency Egress and Rescue Challenges in Rail Tunnels.”
• Added clarification for the utilization of thermal overload protective devices installed in emergency ventilation systems.
• The relationship between the standard and local regulations was moved from Chapter 5 to Chapter 1 to be applicable to the whole standard.
• Definitions of the commonly used terms cross passageway and ventilation zone were provided.
• Figures were added in Chapter 5 to illustrate possible combinations of construction types for below-grade structures with above-grade elements.
• Corrections added to Annex B for radiant heat calculations.