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Avoid costly delays and violations with quick answers to your Code questions in the new 2013 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Handbook. For complete, reliable 2013 Code support, nothing tops the fully updated 2013 NFPA 72<\/p>\n

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PDF Pages<\/th>\nPDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nCover Page <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCopyright <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTable of Contents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPreface <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nAbout the Contributors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nAbout the Editors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nPART ONE – NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, 2013 Edition, with Commentary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n1 Administration
1.1 Scope <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n1.2 Purpose <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n1.3 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n1.4 Retroactivity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n1.5 Equivalency
1.6 Units and Formulas <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n1.7 Code Adoption Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n2.3 Other Publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n3 Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n3.3 General Definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n7 Documentation
7.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\n7.2 Minimum Required Documentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n7.3 Design (Layout) Documentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n7.4 Shop Drawings (Installation Documentation) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n7.5 Completion Documentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n7.6 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Documentation
7.7 Records, Record Retention, and Record Maintenance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n7.8 Forms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/td>\n8 Reserved
9 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
171<\/td>\n10 Fundamentals
10.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/td>\n10.2 Purpose
10.3 Equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n10.4 Installation and Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
176<\/td>\n10.5 Personnel Qualifi cations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/td>\n10.6 Power Supplies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
194<\/td>\n10.7 Signal Priority <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
196<\/td>\n10.8 Detection and Signaling of Conditions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
197<\/td>\n10.9 Responses
10.10 Distinctive Signals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/td>\n10.11 ECS Priority Signals
10.12 Alarm Signals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\n10.13 Fire Alarm Notification Appliance Deactivation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
202<\/td>\n10.14 Supervisory Signals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
204<\/td>\n10.15 Trouble Signals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
206<\/td>\n10.16 Emergency Control Function Status Indicators
10.17 Notification Appliance Circuits and Control Circuits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
207<\/td>\n10.18 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
210<\/td>\n10.19 Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire Emergency Voice\/Alarm Communications Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
211<\/td>\n10.20 Documentation and Notifi cation
10.21 Impairments <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
213<\/td>\n10.22 Unwanted Alarms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
215<\/td>\n11 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
217<\/td>\n12 Circuits and Pathways
12.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
218<\/td>\n12.2 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
221<\/td>\n12.3 Pathway Class Designations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
226<\/td>\n12.4 Pathway Survivability <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
228<\/td>\n12.5 Shared Pathway Designations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
230<\/td>\n12.6 Monitoring Integrity and Circuit Performance of Installation Conductors and Other Signaling Channels <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
233<\/td>\n12.7 Nomenclature <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
235<\/td>\n13 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
237<\/td>\n14 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
238<\/td>\n14.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
239<\/td>\n14.2 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
252<\/td>\n14.3 Inspection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
263<\/td>\n14.4 Testing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
304<\/td>\n14.5 Maintenance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
305<\/td>\n14.6 Records <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
309<\/td>\n15 Reserved
16 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
311<\/td>\n17 Initiating Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
313<\/td>\n17.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
315<\/td>\n17.2 Purpose
17.3 Performance-Based Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
316<\/td>\n17.4 General Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
322<\/td>\n17.5 Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
332<\/td>\n17.6 Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
355<\/td>\n17.7 Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
410<\/td>\n17.8 Radiant Energy\u2013Sensing Fire Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
427<\/td>\n17.9 Combination, Multi-Criteria, and Multi-Sensor Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
429<\/td>\n17.10 Gas Detection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
430<\/td>\n17.11 Other Fire Detectors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
431<\/td>\n17.12 Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
433<\/td>\n17.13 Detection of Operation of Other Automatic Extinguishing Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
434<\/td>\n17.14 Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
437<\/td>\n17.15 Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring Device
17.16 Supervisory Signal\u2013Initiating Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
443<\/td>\n18 Notification Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
444<\/td>\n18.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
446<\/td>\n18.2 Purpose
18.3 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
454<\/td>\n18.4 Audible Characteristics <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
481<\/td>\n18.5 Visible Characteristics – Public Mode <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
501<\/td>\n18.6 Visible Characteristics – Private Mode <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
502<\/td>\n18.7 Supplementary Visible Signaling Method
18.8 Textual Audible Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
503<\/td>\n18.9 Textual and Graphical Visible Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
506<\/td>\n18.10 Tactile Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
507<\/td>\n18.11 Standard Emergency Service Interface <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
511<\/td>\n19 Reserved
20 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
513<\/td>\n21 Emergency Control Function Interfaces
21.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
514<\/td>\n21.2 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
516<\/td>\n21.3 Elevator Recall for Fire Fighters\u2019 Service <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
527<\/td>\n21.4 Elevator Shutdown <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
531<\/td>\n21.5 Fire Service Access Elevators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
532<\/td>\n21.6 Occupant Evacuation Elevators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
535<\/td>\n21.7 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
538<\/td>\n21.8 Door and Shutter Release
21.9 Electrically Locked Doors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
540<\/td>\n21.10 Exit Marking Audible Notification Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
543<\/td>\n22 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
545<\/td>\n23 Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems
23.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
548<\/td>\n23.2 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
550<\/td>\n23.3 System Features <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
554<\/td>\n23.4 System Performance and Integrity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
557<\/td>\n23.5 Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs)
23.6 Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
558<\/td>\n23.7 Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs)
23.8 System Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
592<\/td>\n23.9 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice\/Alarm Communications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
593<\/td>\n23.10 Fire Alarm Systems Using Tone <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
594<\/td>\n23.11 Suppression System Actuation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
596<\/td>\n23.12 Off-Premises Signals
23.13 Guard\u2019s Tour Supervisory Service <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
597<\/td>\n23.14 Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal System
23.15 Protected Premises Emergency Control Functions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
598<\/td>\n23.16 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
603<\/td>\n24 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
604<\/td>\n24.1 Application
24.2 Purpose <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
605<\/td>\n24.3 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
618<\/td>\n24.4 One-Way Emergency Communications Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
656<\/td>\n24.5 Two-Way, In-Building Emergency Communications Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
667<\/td>\n24.6 Information, Command, and Control <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
671<\/td>\n24.7 Performance-Based Design of Mass Notification Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
674<\/td>\n24.8 Documentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
677<\/td>\n25 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
679<\/td>\n26 Supervising Station Alarm Systems
26.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
683<\/td>\n26.2 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
688<\/td>\n26.3 Central Station Service Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
705<\/td>\n26.4 Proprietary Supervising Station Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
716<\/td>\n26.5 Remote Supervising Station Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
724<\/td>\n26.6 Communications Methods for Supervising Station Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
761<\/td>\n27 Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
762<\/td>\n27.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
765<\/td>\n27.2 General Fundamentals <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
766<\/td>\n27.3 Management and Maintenance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
768<\/td>\n27.4 Communications Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
770<\/td>\n27.5 Alarm Processing Equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
787<\/td>\n27.6 Alarm Boxes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
801<\/td>\n27.7 Public Cable Plant <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
807<\/td>\n27.8 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
809<\/td>\n28 Reserved <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
811<\/td>\n29 Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
812<\/td>\n29.1 Application <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
814<\/td>\n29.2 Purpose <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
816<\/td>\n29.3 Basic Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
823<\/td>\n29.4 Assumptions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
825<\/td>\n29.5 Detection and Notification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
833<\/td>\n29.6 Power Supplies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
839<\/td>\n29.7 Equipment Performance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
848<\/td>\n29.8 Installation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
860<\/td>\n29.9 Optional Functions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
861<\/td>\n29.10 Maintenance and Tests <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
862<\/td>\n29.11 Markings and Instructions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
865<\/td>\nAnnexes
A Explanatory Material <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
867<\/td>\nB Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector Spacing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
949<\/td>\nC System Performance and Design Guide <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
953<\/td>\nD Speech Intelligibility <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
973<\/td>\nE Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
975<\/td>\nF Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm Circuits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
989<\/td>\nG Informational References <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
999<\/td>\nPART TWO <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1001<\/td>\nSupplements
1 Performance-Based Design and Fire Alarm Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1015<\/td>\n2 Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Voice\/Alarm Communications Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1029<\/td>\n3 Addressing Unwanted Alarms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1035<\/td>\nIndex <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1056<\/td>\nImportant Notices and Legal Disclaimers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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