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NFPA 101: Life Safety Code Handbook, 2012
- Life Safety Code® Handbook
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editors
- In Memoriam
- PART ONE - Life Safety Code®
and Commentary
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- Administration - CHAPTER 1
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- 1.1* Scope
- 1.2* Purpose
- 1.3 Application
- 1.4* Equivalency
- 1.5 Units and Formulas
- 1.6 Enforcement
- Referenced Publications - CHAPTER 2
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- 2.1 General
- 2.2* NFPA Publications
- 2.3 Other Publications
- 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
- Definitions - CHAPTER 3
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- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- General - CHAPTER 4
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- 4.1* Goals
- 4.2 Objectives
- 4.3* Assumptions
- 4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options
- 4.5 Fundamental Requirements
- 4.6 General Requirements
- 4.7* Fire Drills
- 4.8 Emergency Plan
- Performance-Based Option - CHAPTER 5
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- 5.1 General Requirements
- 5.2 Performance Criteria
- 5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
- 5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions
- 5.5* Design Fire Scenarios
- 5.6* Evaluation of Proposed Designs
- 5.7* Safety Factors
- 5.8 Documentation Requirements
- Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents - CHAPTER 6
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- 6.1 Classification of Occupancy
- 6.2 Hazard of Contents
- Means of Egress - CHAPTER 7
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- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Means of Egress Components
- 7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress
- 7.4* Number of Means of Egress
- 7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress
- 7.6* Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits
- 7.7 Discharge from Exits
- 7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress
- 7.9 Emergency Lighting
- 7.10 Marking of Means of Egress
- 7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High Hazard Contents
- 7.12 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms
- 7.13 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas
- 7.14 Elevators for Occupant-Controlled Evacuation Prior to Phase I Emergency Recall Operations
- Features of Fire Protection - CHAPTER 8
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- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Construction and Compartmentation
- 8.3 Fire Barriers
- 8.4 Smoke Partitions
- 8.5 Smoke Barriers
- 8.6 Vertical Openings
- 8.7 Special Hazard Protection
- Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment - CHAPTER 9
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- 9.1 Utilities
- 9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
- 9.3 Smoke Control
- 9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
- 9.5 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
- 9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
- 9.7 Automatic Sprinklers and Other Extinguishing Equipment
- 9.8 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment
- 9.9 Special Inspections and Tests
- Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings - CHAPTER 10
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- 10.1 General
- 10.2* Interior Finish
- 10.3 Contents and Furnishings
- Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings - CHAPTER 11
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- 11.1 General Requirements
- 11.2 Open Structures
- 11.3 Towers
- 11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures
- 11.5* Piers
- 11.6* Vehicles and Vessels
- 11.7 Underground and Limited Access Structures
- 11.8 High-Rise Buildings
- 11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures
- 11.10 Temporary Membrane
- 11.11 Tents
- New and Existing Assembly Occupancies - CHAPTER 12/13
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- 12.1 General Requirements
- 13.1 General Requirements
- 12.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 13.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 12.3 Protection
- 13.3 Protection
- 12.4 Special Provisions
- 13.4 Special Provisions
- 12.5 Building Services
- 13.5 Building Services
- 12.6 Reserved
- 13.6 Reserved
- 12.7 Operating Features
- 13.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Educational Occupancies - CHAPTER 14/15
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- 14.1 General Requirements
- 15.1 General Requirements
- 14.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 15.2 Means 14.2 Means of Egress Requirements of Egress Requirements
- 14.3 Protection
- 15.3 Protection
- 14.4 Special Provisions
- 15.4 Special Provisions
- 14.5 Building Services
- 15.5 Building Services
- 14.6 Reserved
- 15.6 Reserved
- 14.7 Operating Features
- 15.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Day-Care Occupancies - CHAPTER 16/17
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- 16.1 General Requirements
- 17.1 General Requirements
- 16.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 17.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 16.3 Protection
- 17.3 Protection
- 16.4 Special Provisions
- 17.4 Special Provisions
- 16.5 Building Services
- 17.5 Building Services
- 16.6 Day-Care Homes
- 17.6 Day-Care Homes
- 16.7 Operating Features
- 17.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Health Care Occupancies - CHAPTER 18/19
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- 18.1 General Requirements
- 19.1 General Requirements
- 18.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 19.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 18.3 Protection
- 19.3 Protection
- 18.4 Special Provisions
- 19.4 Special Provisions
- 18.5 Building Services
- 19.5 Building Services
- 18.6 Reserved
- 19.6 Reserved
- 18.7* Operating Features
- 19.7* Operating Features
- New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies - CHAPTER 20/21
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- 20.1 General Requirements
- 21.1 General Requirements
- 20.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 21.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 20.3 Protection
- 21.3 Protection
- 20.4 Special Provisions
- 21.4 Special Provisions
- 20.5 Building Services
- 21.5 Building Services
- 20.6 Reserved
- 21.6 Reserved
- 20.7* Operating Features
- 21.7* Operating Features
- New and Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies - CHAPTER 22/23
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- 22.1 General Requirements
- 23.1 General Requirements
- 22.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 23.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 22.3 Protection
- 23.3 Protection
- 22.4 Special Provisions
- 23.4 Special Provisions
- 22.5 Building Services
- 23.5 Building Services
- 22.6 Reserved
- 23.6 Reserved
- 22.7 Operating Features
- 23.7 Operating Features
- One- and Two-Family Dwellings - CHAPTER 24
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- 24.1 General Requirements
- 24.2* Means of Escape Requirements
- 24.3 Protection
- 24.4 Reserved
- 24.5 Building Services
- Reserved - CHAPTER 25
- Lodging or Rooming Houses - CHAPTER 26
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- 26.1 General Requirements
- 26.2 Means of Escape Requirements
- 26.3 Protection
- 26.4 Reserved
- 26.5 Building Services
- 26.6 Reserved
- 26.7 Operating Features
- Reserved - CHAPTER 27
- New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories - CHAPTER 28/29
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- 28.1 General Requirements
- 29.1 General Requirements
- 28.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 29.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 28.3 Protection
- 29.3 Protection
- 28.4 Special Provisions
- 29.4 Special Provisions
- 28.5 Building Services
- 29.5 Building Services
- 28.6 Reserved
- 29.6 Reserved
- 28.7 Operating Features
- 29.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Apartment Buildings - CHAPTER 30/31
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- 30.1 General Requirements
- 31.1* General Requirements
- 30.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 31.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 30.3 Protection
- 31.3 Protection
- 30.4 Special Provisions
- 31.4 Special Provisions
- 30.5 Building Services
- 31.5 Building Services
- 30.6 Reserved
- 31.6 Reserved
- 30.7 Operating Features
- 31.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies - CHAPTER 32/33
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- 32.1 General Requirements
- 33.1 General Requirements
- 32.2 Small Facilities
- 33.2 Small Facilities
- 32.3 Large Facilities
- 33.3 Large Facilities
- 32.4* Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
- 33.4* Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
- 32.5 Reserved
- 33.5 Reserved
- 32.6 Reserved
- 33.6 Reserved
- 32.7 Operating Features
- 33.7 Operating Features
- Reserved - CHAPTER 34
- Reserved- CHAPTER 35
- New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies - CHAPTER 36/37
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- 36.1 General Requirements
- 37.1 General Requirements
- 36.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 37.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 36.3 Protection
- 37.3 Protection
- 36.4 Special Provisions
- 37.4 Special Provisions
- 36.5 Building Services
- 37.5 Building Services
- 36.6 Reserved
- 37.6 Reserved
- 36.7 Operating Features
- 37.7 Operating Features
- New and Existing Business Occupancies - CHAPTER 38/39
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- 38.1 General Requirements
- 39.1 General Requirements
- 38.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 39.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 38.3 Protection
- 39.3 Protection
- 38.4 Special Provisions
- 39.4 Special Provisions
- 38.5 Building Services
- 39.5 Building Services
- 38.6 Reserved
- 39.6 Reserved
- 38.7 Operating Features
- 39.7 Operating Features
- Industrial Occupancies - CHAPTER 40
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- 40.1 General Requirements
- 40.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 40.3 Protection
- 40.4 Special Provisions - High-Rise Buildings
- 40.5 Building Services
- 40.6* Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars
- 40.7 Operating Features
- Reserved - CHAPTER 41
- Storage Occupancies - CHAPTER 42
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- 42.1 General Requirements
- 42.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 42.3 Protection
- 42.4 Special Provisions - High-Rise Buildings
- 42.5 Building Services
- 42.6* Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars
- 42.7* Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities
- 42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures
- 42.9 Operating Features
- Building Rehabilitation - CHAPTER 43
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- 43.1 General
- 43.2 Special Definitions
- 43.3 Repairs
- 43.4 Renovations
- 43.5 Modifications
- 43.6 Reconstruction
- 43.7 Change of Use or OccupancyClassification
- 43.8 Additions
- 43.9 Reserved
- 43.10 Historic Buildings
- Explanatory Material - ANNEX A
- Supplemental Evacuation Equipment - ANNEX B
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- B.1 General
- B.2 Supplemental Escape Devices or Systems
- B.3 Platform Rescue Systems
- B.4 Controlled Descent Devices
- Informational References - ANNEX C
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- C.1 Referenced Publications
- C.2 Informational References
- C.3 References for Extracts in Informational Sections
- PART TWO - Supplement
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- Technical/Substantive Changes 2009–2012 Editions
- Index
- IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMERS [Go to Page]