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NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook, 2016
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
- PART ONE NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm
and Signaling Code, 2016 Edition,
with Commentary [Go to Page]
- 1 Administration [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
- 2 Referenced Publications [Go to Page]
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 NFPA Publications
- 2.3 Other Publications
- 2.4 References for Extracts in
Mandatory Sections
- 3 Definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- 4 Reserved
- 5 Reserved
- 6 Reserved
- 7 Documentation [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Application. (SIG-FUN
- 7.2 Minimum Required Documentation.
(SIG-FUN
- 7.3 Design (Layout) Documentation
- 7.4 Shop Drawings (Installation Documentation).
(SIG-FUN
- 7.5 Completion Documentation
- 7.6 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
Documentation. (SIG-TMS
- 7.7 Records, Record Retention, and Record
Maintenance
- 7.8 Forms
- 8 Reserved
- 9 Reserved
- 10 Fundamentals [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Application
- 10.2 Purpose
- 10.3 Equipment
- 10.4 Design and Installation
- 10.5 Personnel Qualifications
- 10.6 Power Supplies
- 10.7 Signal Priority
- 10.8 Detection and Signaling
of Conditions
- 10.9 Responses
- 10.10 Distinctive Signals
- 10.11 Alarm Signals
- 10.12 Fire Alarm Notification Appliance
Deactivation
- 10.13 Supervisory Signals
- 10.14 Trouble Signals
- 10.15 Emergency Control Function
Status Indicators
- 10.16 Notification Appliance Circuits and Control
Circuits
- 10.17 Annunciation and Annunciation
Zoning
- 10.18 Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire
Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications
Systems
- 10.19 Documentation and Notification
- 10.20 Impairments
- 10.21 Unwanted Alarms
- 11 Reserved
- 12 Circuits and Pathways [Go to Page]
- 12.1 Application
- 12.2 General
- 12.3 Pathway Class Designations
- 12.4 Pathway Survivability
- 12.5 Shared Pathway Designations
- 12.6 Monitoring Integrity and Circuit Performance
of Installation Conductors and Other
Signaling Channels
- 12.7 Nomenclature
- 13 Reserved
- 14 Inspection, Testing,
and Maintenance [Go to Page]
- 14.1 Application
- 14.2 General
- 14.3 Inspection
- 14.4 Testing
- 14.5 Maintenance
- 14.6 Records
- 15 Reserved
- 16 Reserved
- 17 Initiating Devices [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 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
- 18 Notification Appliances [Go to Page]
- 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 and Graphical Visible
Appliances
- 18.10 Tactile Appliances
- 18.11 Standard Emergency Service
Interface
- 19 Reserved
- 20 Reserved
- 21 Emergency Control Function
Interfaces [Go to Page]
- 21.1 Application
- 21.2 General
- 21.3 Elevator Phase I Emergency
Recall Operation
- 21.4 Elevator Shutdown
- 21.5 Fire Service Access Elevators
- 21.6 Occupant Evacuation Elevators
- 21.7 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
(HVAC) Systems
- 21.8 Door and Shutter Release
- 21.9 Electrically Locked Doors
- 21.10 Exit Marking Audible
Notification Systems
- 22 Reserved
- 23 Protected Premises Fire Alarm
Systems [Go to Page]
- 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 Fire Alarm Systems Using Tone
- 23.11 Suppression System Actuation
- 23.12 Off-Premises Signals
- 23.13 Guard’s Tour Supervisory Service
- 23.14 Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal
System
- 23.15 Protected Premises Emergency Control
Functions
- 23.16 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio
(Wireless) Systems
- 24 Emergency Communications Systems
(ECS [Go to Page]
- 24.1 Application
- 24.2 Purpose
- 24.3 General
- 24.4 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm
Communications Systems (EVACS
- 24.5 In-Building Mass Notification
Systems
- 24.6 Wide-Area Mass Notification
Systems
- 24.7 Distributed Recipient Mass Notification
Systems (DRMNS
- 24.8 Two-Way, In-Building Wired Emergency
Services Communications Systems
- 24.9 Two-Way Radio Communications
Enhancement Systems
- 24.10 Area of Refuge (Area of Rescue Assistance)
Emergency Communications Systems
- 24.11 Elevator Emergency Communications
Systems
- 24.12 Stairway Communications Systems
- 24.13 Information, Command, and Control
- 24.14 Performance-Based Design of Mass
Notification Systems
- 24.15 Documentation for Emergency
Communications Systems
- 25 Reserved
- 26 Supervising Station Alarm Systems [Go to Page]
- 26.1 Application
- 26.2 General
- 26.3 Central Station Service Alarm
Systems
- 26.4 Proprietary Supervising Station Alarm
Systems
- 26.5 Remote Supervising Station
Alarm Systems
- 26.6 Communications Methods for Supervising
Station Alarm Systems
- 27 Public Emergency Alarm
Reporting Systems [Go to Page]
- 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
- 28 Reserved
- 29 Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and
Household Fire Alarm Systems [Go to Page]
- 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
- Annexes [Go to Page]
- A Explanatory Material
- B Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector
Spacing
- C System Performance and Design Guide
- D Speech Intelligibility
- E Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72
- F Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm
Circuits
- G Guidelines for Emergency Communication Strategies
for Buildings and Campuses
- H Informational References
- PART TWO
Supplements [Go to Page]
- 1 Performance-Based Design and Fire
Alarm Systems
- 2 Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Voice/Alarm
Communications Systems
- 3 Class N Circuits — Using Networks for Fire Alarm
and Mass Notification Systems
- 4 Technical/Substantive
Changes from the 2013 to
2016 Edition of NFPA 72
- Index
- Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers [Go to Page]