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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	Cover
2	Copyright
3	Contents
7	Preface
8	About the Editors
9	NFPA 101 Summary ofTechnical Changes: 2015 to 2018
26	REVISION SYMBOLS IDENTIFYING CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS EDITION
27	Chapter 1 – Administration 1.1 Scope
31	1.2 Purpose
32	1.3 Application
33	1.4 Equivalency
35	1.5 Units and Formulas 1.6 Enforcement
37	Chapter 2 – Referenced Publications 2.1 General
38	2.2 NFPA Publications
39	2.3 Other Publications
41	2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
43	Chapter 3 – Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
44	3.3 General Definitions
77	Chapter 4 – General 4.1 Goals
78	4.2 Objectives
79	4.3 Assumptions
80	4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options
81	4.5 Fundamental Requirements
82	4.6 General Requirements
92	4.7 Fire Drills
93	4.8 Emergency Action Plan
97	Chapter 5 – Performance-Based Option
98	5.1 General Requirements
101	5.2 Performance Criteria
103	5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements 5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions
114	5.5 Design Fire Scenarios
120	5.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
124	5.7 Safety Factors
125	5.8 Documentation Requirements
127	Chapter 6 – Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents 6.1 Classification of Occupancy
145	6.2 Hazard of Contents
147	Chapter 7 – Means of Egress
148	7.1 General
166	7.2 Means of Egress Components
270	7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress
283	7.4 Number of Means of Egress
286	7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress
298	7.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits
303	7.7 Discharge from Exits
306	7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress
308	7.9 Emergency Lighting
311	7.10 Marking of Means of Egress
320	7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High Hazard Contents
321	7.12 Special Provisions for Hazardous Materials 7.13 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms
322	7.14 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas
323	7.15 Occupant Evacuation Elevators
333	Chapter 8 – Features of Fire Protection 8.1 General 8.2 Construction and Compartmentation
340	8.3 Fire Barriers
353	8.4 Smoke Partitions
354	8.5 Smoke Barriers
358	8.6 Vertical Openings
379	8.7 Special Hazard Protection
382	8.8 Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies
385	Chapter 9 – Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment 9.1 Utilities
386	9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
387	9.3 Smoke Control
388	9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
392	9.5 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
393	9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
409	9.7 Automatic Sprinklers
411	9.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment
412	9.9 Portable Fire Extinguishers 9.10 Standpipe Systems 9.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features
414	9.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment
415	9.13 Special Inspections and Tests 9.14 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems
419	Chapter 10 – Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings 10.1 General
421	10.2 Interior Finish
436	10.3 Contents and Furnishings
443	Chapter 11 – Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
444	11.1 General Requirements 11.2 Open Structures
445	11.3 Towers
450	11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures 11.5 Piers
451	11.6 Vehicles and Vessels 11.7 Underground Structures and Limited Access Structures
454	11.8 High-Rise Buildings
458	11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures
459	11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures
461	11.11 Tents
462	11.12 Animal Housing Facilities
463	Chapter 12/13 New and Existing Assembly Occupancies
466	12.1/13.1 General Requirements
480	12.2/13.2 Means of Egress Requirements
525	12.3/13.3 Protection
537	12.4/13.4 Special Provisions
569	12.5/13.5 Building Services 12.6/13.6 Reserved 12.7/13.7 Operating Features
587	Chapter 14/15 – New and Existing Educational Occupancies 14.1/15.1 General Requirements
592	14.2/15.2 Means of Egress Requirements
608	14.3/15.3 Protection
621	14.4/15.4 Special Provisions
623	14.5/15.5 Building Services
624	14.6/15.6 Reserved 14.7/15.7 Operating Features
629	Chapter 16/17 – New and Existing Day-Care Occupancies 16.1/17.1 General Requirements
640	16.2/17.2 Means of Egress Requirements
651	16.3/17.3 Protection
657	16.4/17.4 Special Provisions
659	16.5/17.5 Building Services
660	16.6/17.6 Day-Care Homes
666	16.7/17.7 Operating Features
673	Chapter 18/19 – New and Existing Health Care Occupancies
674	18.1/19.1 General Requirements
692	18.2/19.2 Means of Egress Requirements
737	18.3/19.3 Protection
782	18.4/19.4 Special Provisions
789	18.5/19.5 Building Services
793	18.6/19.6 Reserved 18.7/19.7 Operating Features
805	Chapter 20/21 – New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
806	20.1/21.1 General Requirements
815	20.2/21.2 Means of Egress Requirements
825	20.3/21.3 Protection
834	20.4/21.4 Special Provisions
837	20.5/21.5 Building Services
839	20.6/21.6 Reserved 20.7/21.7 Operating Features
847	Chapter 22/23 – New and Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies 22.1/23.1 General Requirements
860	22.2/23.2 Means of Egress Requirements
872	22.3/23.3 Protection
890	22.4/23.4 Special Provisions
900	22.5/23.5 Building Services
901	22.6/23.6 Reserved 22.7/23.7 Operating Features
905	Chapter 24 – One- and Two-Family Dwellings 24.1 General Requirements
907	24.2 Means of Escape Requirements
915	24.3 Protection
918	24.4 Reserved 24.5 Building Services
921	Chapter 25 – Reserved
923	Chapter 26 – Lodging or Rooming Houses 26.1 General Requirements
925	26.2 Means of Escape Requirements
928	26.3 Protection
931	26.4 Reserved 26.5 Building Services 26.6 Reserved 26.7 Operating Features
933	Chapter 27 – Reserved
935	Chapter 28/29 – New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories 28.1/29.1 General Requirements
938	28.2/29.2 Means of Egress Requirements
948	28.3/29.3 Protection
959	28.4/29.4 Special Provisions
960	28.5/29.5 Building Services
961	28.6/29.6 Reserved 28.7/29.7 Operating Features
965	Chapter 30/31 – New and Existing Apartment Buildings 30.1/31.1 General Requirements
969	30.2/31.2 Means of Egress Requirements
981	30.3/31.3 Protection
995	30.4/31.4 Special Provisions 30.5/31.5 Building Services
996	30.6/31.6 Reserved 30.7/31.7 Operating Features
999	Chapter 32/33 – New and Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies
1000	32.1/33.1 General Requirements
1005	32.2/33.2 Small Facilities
1031	32.3/33.3 Large Facilities
1056	32.4/33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
1059	32.5/33.5 Reserved 32.6/33.6 Reserved 32.7/33.7 Operating Features
1063	Chapter 34 Reserved Chapter 35 Reserved
1065	Chapter 36/37 – New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies
1066	36.1/37.1 General Requirements
1076	36.2/37.2 Means of Egress Requirements
1089	36.3/37.3 Protection
1093	36.4/37.4 Special Provisions
1109	36.5/37.5 Building Services 36.6/37.6 Reserved 36.7/37.7 Operating Features
1111	Chapter 38/39 – New and Existing Business Occupancies 38.1/39.1 General Requirements
1117	38.2/39.2 Means of Egress Requirements
1132	38.3/39.3 Protection
1137	38.4/39.4 Special Provisions
1138	38.5/39.5 Building Services
1139	38.6/39.6 Reserved 38.7/39.7 Operating Features
1141	Chapter 40 – Industrial Occupancies
1143	40.1 General Requirements
1146	40.2 Means of Egress Requirements
1154	40.3 Protection
1156	40.4 Special Provisions 40.5 Building Services
1157	40.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars 40.7 Operating Features
1159	Chapter 41 Reserved
1161	Chapter 42 – Storage Occupancies 42.1 General Requirements
1162	42.2 Means of Egress Requirements
1168	42.3 Protection
1169	42.4 Special Provisions 42.5 Building Services
1170	42.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars 42.7 Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities
1171	42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures
1175	42.9 Operating Features
1177	Chapter 43 – Building Rehabilitation 43.1 General
1181	43.2 Special Definitions
1184	43.3 Repairs
1185	43.4 Renovations
1187	43.5 Modifications
1188	43.6 Reconstruction
1193	43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification
1199	43.8 Additions
1202	43.9 Reserved 43.10 Historic Buildings
1205	Annex A – Explanatory Material
1207	Annex B – Supplemental Evacuation Equipment
1215	Annex C – NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials
1219	Annex D – Informational References
1223	Index
1272	Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers

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Standard Title	NFPA 101: Life Safety Code Handbook
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Publication Date	2018
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