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NFPA 101: Life Safety Code, 2012
- Important Notices and Disclaimers
- Additional Notices and Disclaimers
- Chapter 1 Administration [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose
- 1.3 Application
- 1.4 Equivalency
- 1.5 Units and Formulas
- 1.6 Enforcement
- Chapter 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
- Chapter 3 Definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
- 3.3 General Definitions
- Chapter 4 General [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Goals
- 4.2 Objectives
- 4.3 Assumptions
- 4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options
- 4.5 Fundamental Requirements
- 4.6 General Requirements
- 4.7 Fire Drills
- 4.8 Emergency Plan
- Chapter 5 Performance-Based Option [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General Requirements
- 5.2 Performance Criteria
- 5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
- 5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions
- 5.5 Design Fire Scenarios
- 5.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
- 5.7 Safety Factors
- 5.8 Documentation Requirements
- Chapter 6 Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Classification of Occupancy
- 6.2 Hazard of Contents
- Chapter 7 Means of Egress [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Means of Egress Components
- 7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress
- 7.4 Number of Means of Egress.
- 7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress
- 7.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits
- 7.7 Discharge from Exits
- 7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress
- 7.9 Emergency Lighting
- 7.10 Marking of Means of Egress
- 7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High Hazard Contents
- 7.12 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms
- 7.13 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas
- 7.14 Elevators for Occupant-Controlled Evacuation Prior to Phase I Emergency Recall Operations
- Chapter 8 Features of Fire Protection [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Construction and Compartmentation
- 8.3 Fire Barriers
- 8.4 Smoke Partitions
- 8.5 Smoke Barriers
- 8.6 Vertical Openings
- 8.7 Special Hazard Protection
- Chapter 9 Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Utilities
- 9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
- 9.3 Smoke Control
- 9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
- 9.5 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
- 9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
- 9.7 Automatic Sprinklers and Other Extinguishing Equipment
- 9.8 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment
- 9.9 Special Inspections and Tests
- Chapter 10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Interior Finish
- 10.3 Contents and Furnishings
- Chapter 11 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings [Go to Page]
- 11.1 General Requirements
- 11.2 Open Structures
- 11.3 Towers
- 11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures
- 11.5 Piers
- 11.6 Vehicles and Vessels
- 11.7 Underground and Limited Access Structures
- 11.8 High-Rise Buildings
- 11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures
- 11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures
- 11.11 Tents
- Chapter 12 New Assembly Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 12.1 General Requirements
- 12.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 12.3 Protection
- 12.4 Special Provisions
- 12.5 Building Services
- 12.6 Reserved
- 12.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 13 Existing Assembly Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 13.1 General Requirements
- 13.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 13.3 Protection
- 13.4 Special Provisions
- 13.5 Building Services
- 13.6 Reserved
- 13.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 14 New Educational Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 14.1 General Requirements
- 14.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 14.3 Protection
- 14.4 Special Provisions
- 14.5 Building Services
- 14.6 Reserved
- 14.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 15 Existing Educational Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 15.1 General Requirements
- 15.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 15.3 Protection
- 15.4 Special Provisions
- 15.5 Building Services
- 15.6 Reserved
- 15.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 16 New Day-Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 16.1 General Requirements
- 16.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 16.3 Protection
- 16.4 Special Provisions
- 16.5 Building Services
- 16.6 Day-Care Homes
- 16.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 17 Existing Day-Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 17.1 General Requirements
- 17.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 17.3 Protection
- 17.4 Special Provisions
- 17.5 Building Services
- 17.6 Day-Care Homes
- 17.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 18 New Health Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 18.1 General Requirements
- 18.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 18.3 Protection
- 18.4 Special Provisions
- 18.5 Building Services
- 18.6 Reserved
- 18.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 19 Existing Health Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 19.1 General Requirements
- 19.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 19.3 Protection
- 19.4 Special Provisions
- 19.5 Building Services
- 19.6 Reserved
- 19.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 20 New Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 20.1 General Requirements
- 20.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 20.3 Protection
- 20.4 Special Provisions
- 20.5 Building Services
- 20.6 Reserved
- 20.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 21 Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 21.1 General Requirements
- 21.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 21.3 Protection
- 21.4 Special Provisions
- 21.5 Building Services
- 21.6 Reserved
- 21.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 22 New Detention and Correctional Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 22.1 General Requirements
- 22.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 22.3 Protection
- 22.4 Special Provisions
- 22.5 Building Services
- 22.6 Reserved
- 22.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 23 Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 23.1 General Requirements
- 23.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 23.3 Protection
- 23.4 Special Provisions
- 23.5 Building Services
- 23.6 Reserved
- 23.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 24 One- and Two-Family Dwellings [Go to Page]
- 24.1 General Requirements
- 24.2 Means of Escape Requirements
- 24.3 Protection
- 24.4 Reserved
- 24.5 Building Services
- Chapter 25 Reserved
- Chapter 26 Lodging or Rooming Houses [Go to Page]
- 26.1 General Requirements
- 26.2 Means of Escape Requirements
- 26.3 Protection
- 26.4 Reserved
- 26.5 Building Services
- 26.6 Reserved
- 26.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 27 Reserved
- Chapter 28 New Hotels and Dormitories [Go to Page]
- 28.1 General Requirements
- 28.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 28.3 Protection
- 28.4 Special Provisions
- 28.5 Building Services
- 28.6 Reserved
- 28.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 29 Existing Hotels and Dormitories [Go to Page]
- 29.1 General Requirements
- 29.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 29.3 Protection
- 29.4 Special Provisions
- 29.5 Building Services
- 29.6 Reserved
- 29.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 30 New Apartment Buildings [Go to Page]
- 30.1 General Requirements
- 30.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 30.3 Protection
- 30.4 Special Provisions
- 30.5 Building Services
- 30.6 Reserved
- 30.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 31 Existing Apartment Buildings [Go to Page]
- 31.1 General Requirements
- 31.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 31.3 Protection
- 31.4 Special Provisions
- 31.5 Building Services
- 31.6 Reserved
- 31.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 32 New Residential Board and Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 32.1 General Requirements
- 32.2 Small Facilities
- 32.3 Large Facilities
- 32.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
- 32.5 Reserved
- 32.6 Reserved
- 32.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 33 Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 33.1 General Requirements
- 33.2 Small Facilities
- 33.3 Large Facilities
- 33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
- 33.5 Reserved
- 33.6 Reserved
- 33.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 34 Reserved
- Chapter 35 Reserved
- Chapter 36 New Mercantile Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 36.1 General Requirements
- 36.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 36.3 Protection
- 36.4 Special Provisions
- 36.5 Building Services
- 36.6 Reserved
- 36.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 37 Existing Mercantile Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 37.1 General Requirements
- 37.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 37.3 Protection
- 37.4 Special Provisions
- 37.5 Building Services
- 37.6 Reserved
- 37.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 38 New Business Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 38.1 General Requirements
- 38.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 38.3 Protection
- 38.4 Special Provisions
- 38.5 Building Services
- 38.6 Reserved
- 38.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 39 Existing Business Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 39.1 General Requirements
- 39.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 39.3 Protection
- 39.4 Special Provisions
- 39.5 Building Services
- 39.6 Reserved
- 39.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 40 Industrial Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 40.1 General Requirements
- 40.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 40.3 Protection
- 40.4 Special Provisions — High-Rise Buildings
- 40.5 Building Services
- 40.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars
- 40.7 Operating Features
- Chapter 41 Reserved
- Chapter 42 Storage Occupancies [Go to Page]
- 42.1 General Requirements
- 42.2 Means of Egress Requirements
- 42.3 Protection
- 42.4 Special Provisions — High-Rise Buildings
- 42.5 Building Services
- 42.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars
- 42.7 Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities
- 42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures
- 42.9 Operating Features
- Chapter 43 Building Rehabilitation [Go to Page]
- 43.1 General
- 43.2 Special Definitions
- 43.3 Repairs
- 43.4 Renovations
- 43.5 Modifications
- 43.6 Reconstruction
- 43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification
- 43.8 Additions
- 43.9 Reserved
- 43.10 Historic Buildings
- Annex A Explanatory Material
- Annex B Supplemental Evacuation Equipment
- Annex C Informational References
- Index [Go to Page]