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NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook, 2010
- National Fire Alarm
and Signaling Code
Handbook
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
- PART ONE NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, 2010 Edition, with Commentary
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- Administration CHAPTER 1 [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2
Purpose
- 1.3 Application
- 1.4 Retroactivity
- 1.5 Equivalency
- 1.6 Units and Formulas
- 1.7 Code Adoption Requirements
- Referenced Publications CHAPTER 2 [Go to Page]
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 NFPA Publications
- 2.3 Other Publications
- 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
- Definitions CHAPTER 3 [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- Reserved CHAPTER 4
- Reserved CHAPTER 5
- Reserved CHAPTER 6
- Reserved CHAPTER 7
- Reserved CHAPTER 8
- Reserved CHAPTER 9
- Fundamentals CHAPTER 10 [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Application
- 10.2 Purpose
- 10.3 Equipment
- 10.4 Personnel Qualifications
- 10.5 Power Supplies
- 10.6 Signal Priority
- 10.7 Distinctive Signals
- 10.8
ECS Priority Signals
- 10.9 Fire Alarm Signals
- 10.10
Fire Alarm Signal Deactivation
- 10.11 Supervisory Signals
- 10.12 Trouble Signals
- 10.13 Emergency Control Function Status Indicators
- 10.14 Performance and Limitations
- 10.15
Protection of Fire Alarm System
- 10.16 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning
- 10.17 Monitoring Integrity
- 10.18 Documentation
- 10.19
Impairments
- Reserved CHAPTER 11
- Circuits and Pathways CHAPTER 12 [Go to Page]
- 12.1 Application
- 12.2 General
- 12.3
Pathway Class Designations
- 12.4 Pathway Survivability
- 12.5 Nomenclature
- Reserved CHAPTER 13
- Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance CHAPTER 14
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- 14.1 Application
- 14.2 General
- 14.3 Inspection
- 14.4 Testing
- 14.5 Maintenance
- 14.6 Records
- Reserved CHAPTER 15
- Reserved CHAPTER 16
- Initiating Devices CHAPTER 17 [Go to Page]
- 17.1 Application
- 17.2 Purpose
- 17.3
Performance-Based Design
- 17.4 General Requirements
- 17.5 Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors
- 17.6 Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors
- 17.7 Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors
- 17.8 Radiant Energy–Sensing Fire Detectors
- 17.9 Combination, Multi-Criteria, and Multi-Sensor Detectors
- 17.10 Gas Detection
- 17.11 Other Fire Detectors
- 17.12 Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating Devices
- 17.13 Detection of the Operation of Other Automatic Extinguishing Systems
- 17.14 Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating Devices
- 17.15 Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring Device
- 17.16 Supervisory Signal–Initiating Devices
- Notification Appliances CHAPTER 18
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- 18.1 Application
- 18.2 Purpose
- 18.3 General
- 18.4 Audible Characteristics
- 18.5 Visible Characteristics - Public Mode
- 18.6 Visible Characteristics - Private Mode
- 18.7 Supplementary Visible Signaling Method
- 18.8 Textual Audible Appliances
- 18.9 Textual Visible Appliances
- 18.10 Tactile Appliances
- 18.11 Standard Emergency Service Interface
- Reserved CHAPTER 19
- Reserved CHAPTER 20
- Emergency Control Functions CHAPTER 21and Interfaces [Go to Page]
- 21.1 Application
- 21.2 General
- 21.3 Elevator Recall for Fire Fighters' Service
- 21.4 Elevator Shutdown
- 21.5 First Responders Use Elevators
- 21.6 Elevators for Occupant-Controlled Evacuation
- 21.7 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
- 21.8 Door Release Service
- 21.9 Electrically Locked Doors
- 21.10
Exit Marking Audible Notification Systems
- Reserved CHAPTER 22
- Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems CHAPTER 23
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- 23.1 Application
- 23.2 General
- 23.3 System Features
- 23.4 System Performance and Integrity
- 23.5 Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs)
- 23.6 Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs)
- 23.7 Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs)
- 23.8 System Requirements
- 23.9 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications
- 23.10 Prerecorded (Digital) Voice and Tone Fire Alarm Systems
- 23.11 Two-Way Communication Service
- 23.12 Signal Annunciation
- 23.13 Suppression System Actuation
- 23.14 Off-Premises Signals
- 23.15 Guard's Tour Supervisory Service
- 23.16 Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal System
- 23.17 Protected Premises Fire Safety Functions
- 23.18 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems
- Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) CHAPTER 24
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- 24.1 Application
- 24.2 Purpose
- 24.3 General
- 24.4 One-Way Emergency Communications Systems
- 24.5 Two-Way, In-Building Emergency Communications
Systems
- 24.6 Information, Command, and Control
- 24.7 Performance-Based Design of Mass Notification Systems
- Reserved CHAPTER 25
- Supervising Station Alarm Systems CHAPTER 26
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- 26.1 Application
- 26.2 General
- 26.3 Alarm Systems for Central Station Service
- 26.4 Proprietary Supervising Station Systems
- 26.5 Remote Supervising Station Alarm Systems
- 26.6 Communications Methods for Supervising Station Alarm Systems
- Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems CHAPTER 27
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- 27.1 Application
- 27.2 General Fundamentals
- 27.3 Management and Maintenance
- 27.4 Communications Methods
- 27.5 Alarm Processing Equipment
- 27.6 Alarm Boxes
- 27.7 Public Cable Plant
- 27.8 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS)
- Reserved CHAPTER 28
- Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household FireAlarm Systems CHAPTER 29
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- 29.1 Application
- 29.2
Purpose
- 29.3 Basic Requirements
- 29.4 Assumptions
- 29.5 Detection and Notification
- 29.6 Power Supplies
- 29.7 Equipment Performance
- 29.8 Installation
- 29.9 Optional Functions
- 29.10 Maintenance and Tests
- 29.11 Markings and Instructions
- Explanatory Material ANNEX A
- Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector Spacing ANNEX B
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- B.1 Introduction
- B.2 Performance-Based Approach to Designing and AnalyzingFire Detection Systems
- B.3 Evaluation of Heat Detection System Performance
- B.4 Smoke Detector Spacing for Flaming Fires
- B.5 Radiant Energy Detection
- B.6 Computer Fire Models
- B.7 Nomenclature
- System Performance and Design Guide ANNEX C
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- C.1 Scope
- C.2 Building Scale
- C.3 Premises Mission/Use/Property Protection
- C.4 Protected Premises Signaling System Features
- Speech Intelligibility ANNEX D [Go to Page]
- D.1 Introduction
- D.2 Fundamentals of Test Protocol
- D.3 Pre-Planning
- D.4 Test Equipment Calibration for Testing using the STIPATest Signal
- D.5 Talkbox Set-up
- D.6 STI/STIPA Test Procedure
- D.7 Post Test Procedures
- NEMA SB 30, Fire Service Annunciator and Interface ANNEX E
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- E.1 General
- E.2 Standards and Codes
- E.3 Equipment
- E.4 User Interaction
- E.5 Fire Service Interface for Small Systems
- E.6 Incident Commander Display
- Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72 ANNEX F
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- F.1
- Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm Circuits ANNEX G
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- G.1
- G.2 Wiring Diagrams
- G.3 Circuit Styles
- G.4 Batteries
- Informational References ANNEX H [Go to Page]
- H.1 Referenced Publications
- H.2 Informational References
- H.3 References for Extracts in Informational Sections
- Cross-Reference Table ANNEX I [Go to Page]
- I.1
- PART TWO
Supplements [Go to Page]
- SUPPLEMENT 1 Performance-Based Design and Fire Alarm Systems
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- INTRODUCTION
- PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASEDDESIGN PROCESS
- REASONS FOR A PERFORMANCE-BASEDDESIGN METHOD
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGNPROCESS: EXPLICIT STATEMENT OF FIREPROTECTION GOALS
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGNPROCESS: EXPLICIT STATEMENT OF FIREPROTECTION OBJECTIVES
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGNPROCESS: QUANTITATIVELY EXPRESSEDPERFORMANCE CRITERIA
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGNPROCESS: DEVELOPING THEVERIFICATION METHODS FORDEMONSTRATING PERFORMANCE
- THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGNPROCESS: COMPARISON OF PREDICTEDPERFORMANCE WITH PERFORMANCECRITERIA
- CAUTIONS AND CAVEATS FOR THEDESIGNER
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- SUPPLEMENT 2 Emergency Communications Systems Design and Application Challenges
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- REFERENCES
- SUPPLEMENT 3 Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems
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- BACKGROUND
- INTRODUCTION
- THE PROBLEM
- SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY DEFINED
- FACTORS AFFECTING SPEECHINTELLIGIBILITY
- SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY MEASUREMENT(SUBJECTIVE OR OBJECTIVE?)
- MEASURING SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY
- PLANNING, DESIGNING, INSTALLING,TESTING, AND USING INTELLIGIBLESYSTEMS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- SUPPLEMENT 4 Life Safety Code Enabling References
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- EXTRACTED SECTION 9.6 FROM THE LIFESAFETY CODE
- INDEX
- IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMERS [Go to Page]