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NFPA Hdbk 72 2013

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NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 Cover Page
4 Copyright
5 Table of Contents
9 Preface
13 About the Contributors
17 About the Editors
21 PART ONE – NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, 2013 Edition, with Commentary
23 1 Administration
1.1 Scope
24 1.2 Purpose
26 1.3 Application
31 1.4 Retroactivity
32 1.5 Equivalency
1.6 Units and Formulas
33 1.7 Code Adoption Requirements
35 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications
36 2.3 Other Publications
37 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
39 3 Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
41 3.3 General Definitions
109 4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
111 7 Documentation
7.1 Application
112 7.2 Minimum Required Documentation
113 7.3 Design (Layout) Documentation
117 7.4 Shop Drawings (Installation Documentation)
119 7.5 Completion Documentation
124 7.6 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Documentation
7.7 Records, Record Retention, and Record Maintenance
126 7.8 Forms
169 8 Reserved
9 Reserved
171 10 Fundamentals
10.1 Application
172 10.2 Purpose
10.3 Equipment
174 10.4 Installation and Design
176 10.5 Personnel Qualifi cations
180 10.6 Power Supplies
194 10.7 Signal Priority
196 10.8 Detection and Signaling of Conditions
197 10.9 Responses
10.10 Distinctive Signals
199 10.11 ECS Priority Signals
10.12 Alarm Signals
200 10.13 Fire Alarm Notification Appliance Deactivation
202 10.14 Supervisory Signals
204 10.15 Trouble Signals
206 10.16 Emergency Control Function Status Indicators
10.17 Notification Appliance Circuits and Control Circuits
207 10.18 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning
210 10.19 Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems
211 10.20 Documentation and Notifi cation
10.21 Impairments
213 10.22 Unwanted Alarms
215 11 Reserved
217 12 Circuits and Pathways
12.1 Application
218 12.2 General
221 12.3 Pathway Class Designations
226 12.4 Pathway Survivability
228 12.5 Shared Pathway Designations
230 12.6 Monitoring Integrity and Circuit Performance of Installation Conductors and Other Signaling Channels
233 12.7 Nomenclature
235 13 Reserved
237 14 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
238 14.1 Application
239 14.2 General
252 14.3 Inspection
263 14.4 Testing
304 14.5 Maintenance
305 14.6 Records
309 15 Reserved
16 Reserved
311 17 Initiating Devices
313 17.1 Application
315 17.2 Purpose
17.3 Performance-Based Design
316 17.4 General Requirements
322 17.5 Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors
332 17.6 Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors
355 17.7 Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors
410 17.8 Radiant Energy–Sensing Fire Detectors
427 17.9 Combination, Multi-Criteria, and Multi-Sensor Detectors
429 17.10 Gas Detection
430 17.11 Other Fire Detectors
431 17.12 Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating Devices
433 17.13 Detection of Operation of Other Automatic Extinguishing Systems
434 17.14 Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating Devices
437 17.15 Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring Device
17.16 Supervisory Signal–Initiating Devices
443 18 Notification Appliances
444 18.1 Application
446 18.2 Purpose
18.3 General
454 18.4 Audible Characteristics
481 18.5 Visible Characteristics – Public Mode
501 18.6 Visible Characteristics – Private Mode
502 18.7 Supplementary Visible Signaling Method
18.8 Textual Audible Appliances
503 18.9 Textual and Graphical Visible Appliances
506 18.10 Tactile Appliances
507 18.11 Standard Emergency Service Interface
511 19 Reserved
20 Reserved
513 21 Emergency Control Function Interfaces
21.1 Application
514 21.2 General
516 21.3 Elevator Recall for Fire Fighters’ Service
527 21.4 Elevator Shutdown
531 21.5 Fire Service Access Elevators
532 21.6 Occupant Evacuation Elevators
535 21.7 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
538 21.8 Door and Shutter Release
21.9 Electrically Locked Doors
540 21.10 Exit Marking Audible Notification Systems
543 22 Reserved
545 23 Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems
23.1 Application
548 23.2 General
550 23.3 System Features
554 23.4 System Performance and Integrity
557 23.5 Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs)
23.6 Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs)
558 23.7 Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs)
23.8 System Requirements
592 23.9 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications
593 23.10 Fire Alarm Systems Using Tone
594 23.11 Suppression System Actuation
596 23.12 Off-Premises Signals
23.13 Guard’s Tour Supervisory Service
597 23.14 Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal System
23.15 Protected Premises Emergency Control Functions
598 23.16 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems
603 24 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS)
604 24.1 Application
24.2 Purpose
605 24.3 General
618 24.4 One-Way Emergency Communications Systems
656 24.5 Two-Way, In-Building Emergency Communications Systems
667 24.6 Information, Command, and Control
671 24.7 Performance-Based Design of Mass Notification Systems
674 24.8 Documentation
677 25 Reserved
679 26 Supervising Station Alarm Systems
26.1 Application
683 26.2 General
688 26.3 Central Station Service Alarm Systems
705 26.4 Proprietary Supervising Station Alarm Systems
716 26.5 Remote Supervising Station Alarm Systems
724 26.6 Communications Methods for Supervising Station Alarm Systems
761 27 Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems
762 27.1 Application
765 27.2 General Fundamentals
766 27.3 Management and Maintenance
768 27.4 Communications Methods
770 27.5 Alarm Processing Equipment
787 27.6 Alarm Boxes
801 27.7 Public Cable Plant
807 27.8 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS)
809 28 Reserved
811 29 Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems
812 29.1 Application
814 29.2 Purpose
816 29.3 Basic Requirements
823 29.4 Assumptions
825 29.5 Detection and Notification
833 29.6 Power Supplies
839 29.7 Equipment Performance
848 29.8 Installation
860 29.9 Optional Functions
861 29.10 Maintenance and Tests
862 29.11 Markings and Instructions
865 Annexes
A Explanatory Material
867 B Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector Spacing
949 C System Performance and Design Guide
953 D Speech Intelligibility
973 E Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72
975 F Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm Circuits
989 G Informational References
999 PART TWO
1001 Supplements
1 Performance-Based Design and Fire Alarm Systems
1015 2 Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems
1029 3 Addressing Unwanted Alarms
1035 Index
1056 Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers
NFPA Hdbk 72 2013
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