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NFPA 101: Life Safety Code, 2018
- 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 Action 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 Special Provisions for Hazardous Materials.
- 7.13 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms.
- 7.14 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas.
- 7.15 Occupant Evacuation Elevators.
- 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.
- 8.8 Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies.
- 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 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes.
- 9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems.
- 9.7 Automatic Sprinklers.
- 9.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment.
- 9.9 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
- 9.10 Standpipe Systems.
- 9.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features.
- 9.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment.
- 9.13 Special Inspections and Tests.
- 9.14 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems.
- 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 Structures and Limited Access Structures.
- 11.8 High-Rise Buildings.
- 11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures.
- 11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures.
- 11.11 Tents.
- 11.12 Animal Housing Facilities.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials
- Annex D Informational References [Go to Page]