NFPA 720 12:2012 Edition
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NFPA 720: Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
NFPA | 2012 | 84 |
Alert people to CO dangers and give them time to take action with detection and warning equipment installed according to the 2012 NFPA 720. The 2012 NFPA 720: Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment is your source for the latest requirements on installation, location, performance, inspection, testing, and maintenance of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment in all types of structures. Among the changes in the 2012 edition that system designers, installation contractors, service contractors, and AHJs need to know about: Extracts from NFPA 72®: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code have been updated to the 2010 edition Updated provisions for qualification of design, installation and testing personnel Updated requirements for power supplies Updated requirements for the performance of circuits and pathways Updated requirements for system documentation, including updated record of Completion Forms and Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Forms New provisions address performance-based designs of CO detection systems New requirements for the deaf and hard of hearing are consistent with the 2010 NFPA 72 New requirements for voice communication system intelligibility Updated provisions for inspection, testing and maintenance Update your knowledge and be prepared to install equipment that will function as intended to warn people if dangerous CO levels are present.
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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2 | Important Notices and Disclaimers |
3 | Additional Notices and Disclaimers |
4 | 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications |
10 | Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Application 1.4 Equivalency 1.5 Units of Measure |
11 | Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 2.3 Other Publications 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions |
13 | Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems 4.1 Application 4.2 Purpose 4.3 Equipment. 4.4 Personnel Qualifications. |
14 | 4.5 Power Supplies |
16 | 4.6 Distinctive Signals 4.7 Alarm Signals 4.8 Supervisory Signals |
17 | 4.9 Trouble Signals 4.10 [Carbon Monoxide Safety] Function Status Indicators 4.11 Performance and Limitations 4.12 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning |
18 | 4.13 Monitoring Integrity |
19 | 4.14 Documentation |
28 | Chapter 5 Protected Premises Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems 5.1 Application 5.2 General 5.3 System Features 5.4 System Performance and Integrity. |
29 | 5.5 Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs) 5.6 Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs) |
30 | 5.7 Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) 5.8 System Requirements |
33 | 5.9 Signal Annunciation 5.10 Off-Premises Signals 5.11 Protected Premises Carbon Monoxide Safety Functions 5.12 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems |
34 | Chapter 6 Notification Appliances for Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems 6.1 Application |
35 | 6.2 Purpose 6.3 General 6.4 Audible Characteristics |
37 | 6.5 Visible Characteristics — Public Mode |
40 | 6.6 Visible Characteristics — Private Mode 6.7 Supplementary Visible and Audible Signaling Methods 6.8 Textual Audible Appliances 6.9 Textual Visible Appliances 6.10 Tactile Appliances 6.11 Standard Emergency Service Interface Chapter 7 Off-Premises Signal Transmission 7.1 Application 7.2 General 7.3 Prearranged Testing 7.4 Operation and Record Keeping |
41 | Chapter 8 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance 8.1 Application 8.2 General 8.3 Inspection 8.4 Testing. |
47 | 8.5 Maintenance 8.6 Records 8.7 Single- and Multiple-Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms 8.8 Household Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems |
56 | Chapter 9 Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems 9.1 Application 9.2 Purpose 9.3 Basic Requirements 9.4 Required Protection |
57 | 9.5 Power Supplies 9.6 Equipment Performance |
59 | 9.7 Installation |
60 | 9.8 Maintenance and Testing 9.9 Markings and Instructions Annex A Explanatory Material |
77 | Annex B Dangers of Carbon Monoxide |
78 | Annex C Informational References |
79 | Index |