NFPA 101: Life Safety Code 2015 Paperback

The updated NFPA 101®: Life Safety Code® raises occupant safety to a new level.

Protect people where they live, work, and play with NFPA®'s Life Safety Code -- the most widely used source for strategies for occupant safety throughout the life cycle of a building. As the built environment and risks evolve, so do the challenges to protect people from fire and related hazards. The 2015 Life Safety Code provides a flexible approach that adapts to nontraditional use of buildings; innovative designs; and new technologies, materials, and construction practices. It is the only document that addresses life safety in both new and existing structures.

There's no substitute for the latest NFPA 101 in any occupancy -- from assembly to health care, industrial, and residential.

Essential for architects, engineers, building owners and building managers, hospital administrators, and AHJs, NFPA 101 covers it all: Egress, sprinklers, alarms, emergency lighting, smoke barriers, and special hazard protection.

Changes advance safety and improve options for building design:

• Atrium walls are now permitted to serve as part of the separation for creating separated occupancies, offering greater flexibility in building design.
• New requirements enhance public safety, such as calculating occupant load for business uses that better represents how the space is used.
• Requirements permitting the use of alcohol-based hand-rub (ABHR) dispensers are included in more occupancy chapters, reflecting their widespread use.
• New mandates for carbon monoxide detection and alarm are included for new educational and new day care facilities for greater safety to life where CO might be generated.
• Expanded provisions concerning the responsibilities, training, and duties of crowd managers help ensure emergency readiness in places such as sports arenas, nightclubs, and concert halls.
• Revised rules permit door locking in new and existing residential board and care facilities, based on clinical needs to secure residents for their own safety.

Other changes help provide for safer, more homelike health care facilities:

• Health care occupancy provisions allow nursing home minimum corridor width to be reduced within small smoke compartments.
• Provisions added to permit doors to be disguised with murals for settings like dementia units.
• New self-contained ambulatory health care chapters improve code usability with one-stop access.

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NFPA 101® Life Safety Code, 2015 Edition Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Administration

1.1 Scope 
1.2 Purpose 
1.3 Application 
1.4 Equivalency 
1.5 Units and Formulas 
1.6 Enforcement

Chapter 2 Referenced Publications

2.1 General 
2.2 NFPA Publications 
2.3 Other Publications 
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections

Chapter 3 Definitions

3.1 General 
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 
3.3 General Definitions

Chapter 4 General

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

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

6.1 Classification of Occupancy 
6.2 Hazard of Contents

Chapter 7 Means of Egress

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 Occupant Evacuation Elevators

Chapter 8 Features of Fire Protection

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

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

Chapter 10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings

10.1 General 
10.2 Interior Finish 
10.3 Contents and Furnishings

Chapter 11 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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