| Main Title |
National fire alarm and signaling code handbook. |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
National Fire Protection Association, |
| Year Published |
2015 |
| OCLC Number |
927028692 |
| ISBN |
9781455909360; 145590936X; 145591164X; 9781455911646 |
| Subjects |
Fire alarms--Standards ;
Emergency communication systems--Standards ;
Notification Systems ;
Warning Systems ;
Handbooks ;
Codes ;
NFPA 72
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
TH9271.N277 2015 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
07/13/2022 |
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| Edition |
2016 edition, eighth edition. |
| Collation |
xix, 1112 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Notes |
With the complete text of the 2016 edition of NFPA 72, National Fire and Signaling Alarm Code. Previously titled National fire alarm code handbook. |
| Contents Notes |
PART ONE: NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, 2016 Edition, with Commentary -- 1. ADMINISTRATION -- 1.1. Scope -- 1.2. Purpose -- 1.3. Application -- 1.4. Retroactivity -- 1.5. Equivalency -- 1.6. Units and Formulas -- 1.7. Code Adoption Requirements -- 2. REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS -- 2.1. General -- 2.2. NFPA Publications -- 2.3. Other Publications -- 2.4. References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections -- 3. DEFINITIONS -- 3.1. General -- 3.2. NFPA Official Definitions -- 3.3. General Definitions -- 4. RESERVED -- 5. RESERVED -- 6. RESERVED -- 7. DOCUMENTATION -- 7.1. Application (SIG-FUN) -- 7.2. Minimum Required Documentation (SIG-FUN) -- 7.3. Design (Layout) Documentation -- 7.4. Shop Drawings (Installation Documentation), (SIG-FUN) -- 7.5. Completion Documentation -- 7.6. Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Documentation -- 7.7. Records, Records Retention, and Record Maintenance -- 7.8. Forms -- 8. RESERVED -- 9. RESERVED. 10. FUNDAMENTALS -- 10.1. Application -- 10.2. Purpose -- 10.3. Equipment -- 10.4. Design and Installation -- 10.5. Personnel Qualifications -- 10.6. Power Supplies -- 10.7. Signal Priority -- 10.8. Detection and Signaling of Conditions -- 10.9. Responses -- 10.10. Distinctive Signals -- 10.11. Alarm Signals -- 10.12. Fire Alarm Notification Appliance Deactivation -- 10.13. Supervisory Signals -- 10.14. Trouble Signals -- 10.15. Emergency Control Function Status Indicators -- 10.16. Notification Appliance Circuits and Control Circuits -- 10.17. Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning -- 10.18. Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems -- 10.19. Documentation and Notification -- 10.20. Impairments -- 10.21. Unwanted Alarms -- 11. RESERVED -- 12. CIRCUITS AND PATHWAYS -- 12.1. Application -- 12.2. General -- 12.3. Pathway Class Designations -- 12.4. Pathway Survivability -- 12.5. Shared Pathway Designations -- 12.6. Monitoring Integrity and Circuit Performance of Installation Conductors and Other Signaling Channels -- 12.7. Nomenclature. 13. RESERVED -- 14. INSPECTION, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE -- 14.1. Application -- 14.2. General -- 14.3. Inspection -- 14.4. Testing -- 14.5. Maintenance -- 14.6. Records -- 15. RESERVED -- 16. RESERVED -- 17. INITIATING DEVICES -- 17.1. Application -- 17.2. Purpose -- 17.3. Performance-Based Design -- 17.4. General Requirements -- 17.5. Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors -- 17.6. Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors -- 17.7. Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors -- 17.8. Radiant Energy-Sensing Fire Detectors -- 17.9. Combination, Multi-Criteria, and Multi-Sensor Detectors -- 17.10. Gas Detection -- 17.11. Other Fire Detectors -- 17.12. Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating Devices -- 17.13. Detection of Operation of Other Automatic Extinguishing Systems -- 17.14. Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating Devices -- 17.15. Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring Device -- 17.16. Supervisory Signal-Initiating Devices. 18. NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES -- 18.1. Application -- 18.2. Purpose -- 18.3. General -- 18.4. Audible Characteristics -- 18.5. Visible Characteristics -- Public Mode -- 18.6. Visible Characteristics -- Private Mode -- 18.7. Supplementary Visible Signaling Method -- 18.8. Textual Audible Appliances -- 18.9. Textual and Graphical Visible Appliances -- 18.10. Tactile Appliances -- 18.11. Standard Emergency Service Interface -- 19. RESERVED -- 20. RESERVED -- 21. EMERGENCY CONTROL FUNCTION INTERFACES -- 21.1. Application -- 21.2. General -- 21.3. Elevator Phase I Emergency Recall Operation -- 21.4. Elevator Shutdown -- 21.5. Fire Service Access Elevators -- 21.6. Occupant Evacuation Elevators -- 21.7. Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems -- 21.8. Door and Shutter Release -- 21.9. Electrically Locked Doors -- 21.10. Exit Marking Audible Notification Systems. 22. RESERVED -- 23. PROTECTED PREMISES FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS -- 23.1. Application -- 23.2. General -- 23.3. System Features -- 23.4. System Performance and Integrity -- 23.5. Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs) -- 23.6. Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs) -- 23.7. Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) -- 23.8. System Requirements -- 23.9. In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications -- 23.10. Fire Alarm Systems Using Tone -- 23.11. Suppression System Actuation -- 23.12. Off-Premises Signals -- 23.13. Guard's Tour Supervisory Service -- 23.14. Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal System -- 23.15. Protected Premises Emergency Control Functions -- 23.16. Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems -- 24. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (ECS) -- 24.1. Application -- 24.2. Purpose -- 24.3. General -- 24.4. In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems (EVACS) -- 24.5. In-Building Mas Notification Systems -- 24.6. Wide-Area Mass Notification Systems -- 24.7. Distributed Recipient Mass Notification Systems (DRMNS) -- 24.8. Two-Way, In-Building Wired Emergency Services Communications Systems -- 24.9. Two-Way Radio Communications Enhancement Systems -- 24.10. Area of refuge (Area of rescue Assistance) Emergency Communications Systems -- 24.11. Elevator Emergency Communications Systems -- 24.12. Stairway Communications Systems -- 24.13. Information, Command, and Control -- 24.14. Performance-Based Design of Mass Notification Systems -- 24.15. Documentation for Emergency Communications Systems. 25. RESERVED -- 26. SUPERVISING STATION ALARM SYSTEMS -- 26.1. Application -- 26.2. General -- 26.3. Central Station Service Alarm Systems -- 26.4. Proprietary Supervising Station Alarm Systems -- 26.5. Remote Supervising Station Alarm Systems -- 26.6. Communications Methods for Supervising Station Alarm Systems -- 27. PUBLIC EMERGENCY ALARM REPORTING SYSTEMS -- 27.1. Application -- 27.2. General Fundamentals -- 27.3. Management and Maintenance -- 27.4. Communications Methods -- 27.5. Alarm Processing Equipment -- 27.6. Alarm Boxes -- 27.7. Public Cable Plant -- 27.8. Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) -- 28. RESERVED. 29. SINGLE- AND MULTIPLE-STATION ALARMS AND HOUSEHOLD FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS -- 29.1. Application -- 29.2. Purpose -- 29.3. Basic Requirements -- 29.4. Assumptions -- 29.5. Detection and Notification -- 29.6. Power Supplies -- 29.7. Equipment Performance -- 29.8. Installation -- 29.9. Optional Functions -- 29.10. Maintenance and Tests -- 29.11. Markings and Instructions -- ANNEXES: -- A. Explanatory Material -- B. Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector Spacing -- C. System Performance and Design Guide -- D. Speech Intelligibility -- E. Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72 -- F. Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm Circuits -- G. Guidelines for Emergency Communications Strategies for Buildings and Campuses -- H. Informational References -- PART TWO: Supplements -- 1. Performance-Based Design and Fire Alarm Systems -- 2. Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems -- 3. Class N Circuits -- Using Networks for Fire Alarm and Mass Notification Systems -- 4. Technical/Substantive Changes from the 2013 to 2016 Edition of NFPA 72 -- Index -- Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers. Resource added for the Fire Protection Engineering Technology program 105033. |
| Place Published |
Quincy, MA |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
National Fire Protection Association.; American National Standards Institute. |
| Alternate Title |
NFPA 72 : National fire alarm and signaling code handbook |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2015 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
RDA |
| LCCN |
2015943729 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20220706213022 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
09457cam 2200649Ii 45010 |
