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NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook, 2019
- Cover
- How to Use the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook, 2019 Edition
- Spot-Type Smoke Detector Spacing and Mounting Location for Various Ceiling Types
- Locations of Frequently Asked Questions in Handbook Commentary
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
- NFPA 72 Summary of Technical Changes: 2016 to 2019
- REVISION SYMBOLS IDENTIFYING CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS EDITION
- 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 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Notification
Appliance Deactivation
- 10.14 Supervisory Signals
- 10.15 Trouble Signals
- 10.16 Emergency Control Function Status
Indicators
- 10.17 Notification Appliance Circuits and Control
Circuits
- 10.18 Annunciation and Annunciation
Zoning
- 10.19 Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire
Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications
Systems
- 10.20 Documentation and Notification
- 10.21 Impairments
- 10.22 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 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- 17.13 Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating
Devices
- 17.14 Detection of Operation of Other Automatic
Extinguishing Systems
- 17.15 Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating
Devices
- 17.16 Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring
Device
- 17.17 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 Visual Characteristics — Public Mode
- 18.6 Visual Characteristics — Private Mode
- 18.7 Supplementary Visual Signaling Method
- 18.8 Textual Audible Appliances
- 18.9 Textual and Graphical Visual
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 Power Shutdown
- 21.5 Fire Service Access Elevators
- 21.6 Occupant Evacuation Elevators (OEE
- 21.7 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning
(HVAC) Systems
- 21.8 High Volume Low Speed (HVLS) Fans
- 21.9 Door and Shutter Release
- 21.10 Electrically Locked Doors
- 21.11 Exit Marking Audible Notification
Systems
- 22 Reserved
- 23 Protected Premises Alarm and Signaling
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 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,
Stairway Communications Systems,
Elevator Landing Communications Systems,
and Occupant Evacuation Elevator Lobby
Communications Systems
- 24.11 Information, Command, and Control
- 24.12 Performance-Based Design of Mass
Notification Systems
- 24.13 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
- 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 Signaling Systems [Go to Page]
- 29.1 Application
- 29.2 Purpose
- 29.3 Basic Requirements
- 29.4 Remote Annuncaition
- 29.5 Notification
- 29.6 Assumptions
- 29.7 Carbon Monoxide Detection
- 29.8 Detection and Notification
- 29.9 Power Supplies
- 29.10 Equipment Performance
- 29.11 Installation
- 29.12 Optional Functions
- 29.13 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenence
- 29.14 Markings and Instructions
- Annexes
A Explanatory Material [Go to Page]
- 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 Carbon Monoxide
- I Informational References
- Index
- Important Notices and Legal
Disclaimers [Go to Page]
