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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits vii

Preface xvii

PART ONE

Life Safety Code and Commentary 1

1 Administration 3
1.1 Scope 3
1.2 Purpose 8
1.3 Application 9
1.4 Equivalency 9
1.5 Units and Formulas 11
1.6 Enforcement 11

2 Referenced Publications 13
2.1 General 14
2.2 NFPA Publications 14
2.3 Other Publications 15
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections 17

3 Definitions 19
3.1 General 19
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 20
3.3 General Definitions 20

4 General 41
4.1 Goals 41
4.2 Objectives 42
4.3 Assumption 43
4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options 43
4.5 Fundamental Requirements 44
4.6 General Requirements 46
4.7 Fire Drills 52
4.8 Emergency Plan 53

5 Performance-Based Option 55
5.1 General Requirements 55
5.2 Performance Criteria 59
5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements 61
5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions 62
5.5 Design Fire Scenarios 75
5.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs 83
5.7 Safety Factors 87
5.8 Documentation Requirements 89

6 Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents 91
6.1 Classification of Occupancy 91
6.2 Hazard of Contents 103

7 Means of Egress 109
7.1 General 109
7.2 Means of Egress Components 125
7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress 215
7.4 Number of Means of Egress 227
7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress 229
7.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits 241
7.7 Discharge from Exits 246
7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress 249
7.9 Emergency Lighting 251
7.10 Marking of Means of Egress 257
7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High Hazard Contents 266
7.12 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms 267

8 Features of Fire Protection 269
8.1 General 269
8.2 Construction and Compartmentation 270
8.3 Fire Barriers 278
8.4 Smoke Partitions 286
8.5 Smoke Barriers 288
8.6 Vertical Openings 292
8.7 Special Hazard Protection 315

9 Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment 321
9.1 Utilities 321
9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning 322
9.3 Smoke Control 323
9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors 325
9.5 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes 328
9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems 330
9.7 Automatic Sprinklers and Other Extinguishing Equipment 344
9.8 Special Inspections and Tests 349

10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings 351
10.1 General 351
10.2 Interior Finish 354
10.3 Contents and Furnishings 369

11 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings 377
11.1 General Requirements 378
11.2 Open Structures 379
11.3 Towers 380
11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures 382
11.5 Piers 383
11.6 Vehicles and Vessels 384
11.7 Underground and Limited Access Structures 384
11.8 High-Rise Buildings 386
11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures 389
11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures 392
11.11 Tents 394

12/13 New and Existing Assembly Occupancies 397
12/13.1 General Requirements 398
12/13.2 Means of Egress Requirements 413
12/13.3 Protection 454
12/13.4 Special Provisions 464
12/13.5 Building Services 496
12/13.6 Reserved 496
12/13.7 Operating Features 496

14/15 New and Existing Educational Occupancies 513
14/15.1 General Requirements 513
14/15.2 Means of Egress Requirements 518
14/15.3 Protection 529
14/15.4 Special Provisions 538
14/15.5 Building Services 540
14/15.6 Reserved 540
14/15.7 Operating Features 540

16/17 New and Existing Day-Care Occupancies 545
16/17.1 General Requirements 545
16/17.2 Means of Egress Requirements 552
16/17.3 Protection 560
16/17.4 Special Provisions 566
16/17.5 Building Services 566
16/17.6 Day-Care Homes 567
16/17.7 Operating Features 574

18/19 New and Existing Health Care Occupancies 579
18/19.1 General Requirements 579
18/19.2 Means of Egress Requirements 595
18/19.3 Protection 625
18/19.4 Special Provisions 663
18/19.5 Building Services 668
18/19.6 Reserved 671
18/19.7 Operating Features 671

20/21 New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies 681
20/21.1 General Requirements 682
20/21.2 Means of Egress Requirements 690
20/21.3 Protection 694
20/21.4 Special Provisions 701
20/21.5 Building Services 702
20/21.6 Reserved 703
20/21.7 Operating Features 703

22/23 New and Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies 711
22/23.1 General Requirements 711
22/23.2 Means of Egress Requirements 725
22/23.3 Protection 739
22/23.4 Special Provisions 758
22/23.5 Building Services 769
22/23.6 Reserved 771
22/23.7 Operating Features 771

24 One- and Two-Family Dwellings 775
24.1 General Requirements 775
24.2 Means of Escape Requirements 777
24.3 Protection 784
24.4 Reserved 786
24.5 Building Services 786

25 Reserved 787

26 Lodging or Rooming Houses 789
26.1 General Requirements 789
26.2 Means of Escape Requirements 791
26.3 Protection 795
26.4 Reserved 799
26.5 Building Services 799

27 Reserved 801

28/29 New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories 803
28/29.1 General Requirements 804
28/29.2 Means of Egress Requirements 807
28/29.3 Protection 818
28/29.4 Special Provisions 830
28/29.5 Building Services 830
28/29.6 Reserved 831
28/29.7 Operating Features 831

30/31 New and Existing Apartment Buildings 833
30/31.1 General Requirements 834
30/31.2 Means of Egress Requirements 838
30/31.3 Protection 852
30/31.4 Special Provisions 866
30/31.5 Building Services 866
30/31.6 Reserved 867
30/31.7 Operating Features — Emergency Instructions for Residents of Apartment Buildings 867

32/33 New and Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies 869
32/33.1 General Requirements 870
32/33.2 Small Facilities 876
32/33.3 Large Facilities 904
32/33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy 928
32/33.5 Reserved 931
32/33.6 Reserved 931
32/33.7 Operating Features 931

34 Reserved 937

35 Reserved 939

36/37 New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies 941
36/37.1 General Requirements 942
36/37.2 Means of Egress Requirements 953
36/37.3 Protection 968
36/37.4 Special Provisions 973
36/37.5 Building Services 987
36/37.6 Reserved 988
36/37.7 Operating Features 988

38/39 New and Existing Business Occupancies 989
38/39.1 General Requirements 989
38/39.2 Means of Egress Requirements 995
38/39.3 Protection 1009
38/39.4 Special Provisions 1014
38/39.5 Building Services 1015
38/39.6 Reserved 1015
38/39.7 Operating Features 1016

40 Industrial Occupancies 1017
40.1 General Requirements 1019
40.2 Means of Egress Requirements 1023
40.3 Protection 1032
40.4 Special Provisions — High-Rise Buildings 1035
40.5 Building Services 1035
40.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars 1035
40.7 Operating Features — Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses 1036

41 Reserved 1037

42 Storage Occupancies 1039
42.1 General Requirements 1039
42.2 Means of Egress Requirements 1041
42.3 Protection 1047
42.4 Special Provisions — High-Rise Buildings 1049
42.5 Building Services 1049
42.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars 1049
42.7 Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities 1050
42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures 1050
42.9 Operating Features — Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses 1055

43 Building Rehabilitation 1057
43.1 General 1058
43.2 Special Definitions 1062
43.3 Repairs 1066
43.4 Renovations 1067
43.5 Modifications 1068
43.6 Reconstruction 1069
43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification 1078
43.8 Additions 1085
43.9 Reserved 1087
43.10 Historic Buildings 1087

Annexes 1091
A Explanatory Material 1091
B Informational References 1093

PART TWO

Supplements 1097
1 Case Histories: Fires Influencing the Life Safety Code 1099
2 Fire Alarm Systems for Life Safety Code Users 1113
3 A Brief Introduction to Sprinkler Systems for Life Safety Code Users 1139
4 Extracts from ASME Elevator Code and Handbook 1153
5 Fire Tests for Life Safety Code Users 1171
6 Home Security and Fire Safety 1201
7 The Application of Performance-Based Design Concepts for Fire and Life Safety 1207

Technical/Substantive Changes — 2003 Edition–2006 Edition 1219

Life Safety Code Cross-Reference Table — 2006 Edition–2003 Edition 1265

Code Index 1315

Commentary Index 1357

About the Editors 1374