NFPA 101H-2015 Life Safety Code Handbook (THIRTEENTH EDITION).pdf

1、Edited byRon Cot, P.E. Gregory E. Harrington, P.E.Principal Life Safety Engineer Principal Fire Protection EngineerNational Fire Protection Association National Fire Protection AssociationNATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTSWith the complete text of the 2015 edition of NFPA 10

2、1, Life Safety CodeLife Safety CodeHandbookTHIRTEENTH EDITION101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf i 10/2/14 10:42 AMCopyright 2014National Fire Protection AssociationOne Batterymarch ParkQuincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471All rights reserved.Important Notices and Disclaimers: Publication of this handbook is for the pur

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6、s. If such services are required, the assistance of an appropriate professional should be sought.NFPA 101, Life Safety Code(“NFPA 101”), is, like all NFPA codes, standards, recommended practices, and guides (“NFPA Standards”), made available for use subject to Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers

7、, which appear at the end of this handbook and can also be viewed at www.nfpa.org/disclaimers.Notice Concerning Code Interpretations: This thirteenth edition of the Life Safety CodeHandbook is based on the 2015 edition of NFPA 101. All NFPA codes, standards, recommended practices, and guides (“NFPA

8、Standards”) are developed in accordance with the published procedures of the NFPA by technical committees comprised of volunteers drawn from a broad array of relevant interests. The handbook contains the complete text of NFPA101 and any applicable Formal Interpretations issued by the NFPA at the tim

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15、cation when new updates and other information are posted regarding the document.The following are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association:National Fire Protection AssociationNFPALife Safety Codeand 101Building Construction and Safety Codeand NFPA 5000National Electrical Cod

16、e, NFPA 70, and NECNFPA 72NFPA No.: 101HB15ISBN (book): 978-1-455-90824-0ISBN (PDF): 978-1-455-90956-8ISBN (e-book): 978-1-455-91003-8Library of Congress Control No.: 2014948387Printed in the United States of America14 15 16 17 18 5 4 3 2 1Product Management: Debra RoseDevelopment and Production: Ir

17、ene HerlihyCopyediting: Kenneth RitchiePermissions: Josiane DomeniciArt Direction: Cheryl LangwayCover Design: Greenwood AssociatesInterior Design: Cheryl LangwayComposition: Shepherd, Inc.Manufacturing: Ellen GliskerPrinting/Binding: Courier/Kendallville101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf ii 10/2/14 10:42 AMConten

18、tsiiiPreface viiAbout the Editors ixPART 1Life Safety Code and Commentary 11 Administration 31.1 Scope 31.2 Purpose 71.3 Application 81.4 Equivalency 81.5 Units and Formulas 101.6 Enforcement 112 Referenced Publications 132.1 General 132.2 NFPA Publications 142.3 Other Publications 152.4 References

19、for Extracts in Mandatory Sections 183 Definitions 193.1 General 193.2 NFPA Official Definitions 193.3 General Definitions 204 General 554.1 Goals 554.2 Objectives 564.3 Assumptions 574.4 Life Safety Compliance Options 574.5 Fundamental Requirements 594.6 General Requirements 604.7 Fire Drills 694.8

20、 Emergency Action Plan 705 Performance-Based Option 755.1 General Requirements 765.2 Performance Criteria 795.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements 815.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions 815.5 Design Fire Scenarios 935.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs 1005.7 Safety Factors 1045.8 Documentat

21、ion Requirements 1056 Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents 1076.1 Classification of Occupancy 1076.2 Hazard of Contents 1257 Means of Egress 1297.1 General 1307.2 Means of Egress Components 1487.3 Capacity of Means of Egress 2577.4 Number of Means of Egress 2707.5 Arrangement of Means

22、of Egress 2737.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits 2857.7 Discharge from Exits 2907.8 Illumination of Means of Egress 2937.9 Emergency Lighting 2967.10 Marking of Means of Egress 2997.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High Hazard Contents 3087.12 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Roo

23、ms, and Furnace Rooms 3097.13 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas 3107.14 Occupant Evacuation Elevators 3118 Features of Fire Protection 3218.1 General 3218.2 Construction and Compartmentation 3218.3 Fire Barriers 3288.4 Smoke Partitions 3398.5 Smoke Barriers 3408.6 Vertical

24、 Openings 3458.7 Special Hazard Protection 3668.8 Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies 369101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf iii 10/2/14 10:42 AMiv Contents2015 Life Safety Code Handbook9 Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment 3739.1 Utilities 3739.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning 3749.3 S

25、moke Control 3759.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors 3769.5 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes 3809.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems 3819.7 Automatic Sprinklers 3989.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment 4019.9 Portable Fire Extinguishers 4029.10 Standpipe Syst

26、ems 4029.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features 4039.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment 4039.13 Special Inspections and Tests 40410 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings 40710.1 General 40710.2 Interior Finish 40910.3 Contents and Furnishings 42911 Special Structures

27、and High-Rise Buildings 43711.1 General Requirements 43811.2 Open Structures 43811.3 Towers 43911.4 Water-Surrounded Structures 44311.5 Piers 44311.6 Vehicles and Vessels 44411.7 Underground and Limited Access Structures 44411.8 High-Rise Buildings 44611.9 Permanent Membrane Structures 45011.10 Temp

28、orary Membrane Structures 45211.11 Tents 45412/13 New and Existing Assembly Occupancies 45712.1/13.1 General Requirements 46012.2/13.2 Means of Egress Requirements 47512.3/13.3 Protection 52312.4/13.4 Special Provisions 53412.5/13.5 Building Services 57012.6/13.6 Reserved 57112.7/13.7 Operating Feat

29、ures 57114/15 New and Existing Educational Occupancies 58914.1/15.1 General Requirements 58914.2/15.2 Means of Egress Requirements 59414.3/15.3 Protection 61014.4/15.4 Special Provisions 62214.5/15.5 Building Services 62414.6/15.6 Reserved 62614.7/15.7 Operating Features 62616/17 New and Existing Da

30、y-Care Occupancies 63116.1/17.1 General Requirements 63116.2/17.2 Means of Egress Requirements 64216.3/17.3 Protection 65216.4/17.4 Special Provisions 65916.5/17.5 Building Services 66116.6/17.6 Day-Care Homes 66116.7/17.7 Operating Features 66818/19 New and Existing Health Care Occupancies 67518.1/

31、19.1 General Requirements 67618.2/19.2 Means of Egress Requirements 69518.3/19.3 Protection 73918.4/19.4 Special Provisions 78418.5/19.5 Building Services 79218.6/19.6 Reserved 79518.7/19.7 Operating Features 79620/21 New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies 80720.1/21.1 General Requireme

32、nts 80820.2/21.2 Means of Egress Requirements 81720.3/21.3 Protection 82820.4/21.4 Special Provisions 83720.5/21.5 Building Services 84120.6/21.6 Reserved 84220.7/21.7 Operating Features 842101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf iv 10/2/14 10:42 AMContents vLife Safety Code Handbook 201522/23 New and Existing Detentio

33、n and Correctional Occupancies 85122.1/23.1 General Requirements 85122.2/23.2 Means of Egress Requirements 86522.3/23.3 Protection 87822.4/23.4 Special Provisions 89622.5/23.5 Building Services 90722.6/23.6 Reserved 90922.7/23.7 Operating Features 90924 One- and Two-Family Dwellings 91324.1 General

34、Requirements 91324.2 Means of Escape Requirements 91524.3 Protection 92124.4 Reserved 92424.5 Building Services 92425 Reserved 92726 Lodging or Rooming Houses 92926.1 General Requirements 92926.2 Means of Escape Requirements 93126.3 Protection 93426.4 Reserved 93826.5 Building Services 93826.6 Reser

35、ved 93826.7 Operating Features 93827 Reserved 93928/29 New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories 94128.1/29.1 General Requirements 94128.2/29.2 Means of Egress Requirements 94428.3/29.3 Protection 95428.4/29.4 Special Provisions 96528.5/29.5 Building Services 96628.6/29.6 Reserved 96728.7/29.7 Operati

36、ng Features 96730/31 New and Existing Apartment Buildings 97130.1/31.1 General Requirements 97130.2/31.2 Means of Egress Requirements 97630.3/31.3 Protection 98830.4/31.4 Special Provisions 100130.5/31.5 Building Services 100230.6/31.6 Reserved 100330.7/31.7 Operating Features 100332/33 New and Exis

37、ting Residential Board and Care Occupancies 100532.1/33.1 General Requirements 100632.2/33.2 Small Facilities 101232.3/33.3 Large Facilities 103932.4/33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy 106632.5/33.5 Reserved 106832.6/33.6 Reserved 106832.7/33.7 Operating Fe

38、atures 106834 Reserved 107335 Reserved 107336/37 New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies 107536.1/37.1 General Requirements 107636.2/37.2 Means of Egress Requirements 108636.3/37.3 Protection 109936.4/37.4 Special Provisions 110436.5/37.5 Building Services 111736.6/37.6 Reserved 111836.7/37.7 Operat

39、ing Features 111838/39 New and Existing Business Occupancies 111938.1/39.1 General Requirements 111938.2/39.2 Means of Egress Requirements 112538.3/39.3 Protection 113838.4/39.4 Special Provisions 114338.5/39.5 Building Services 114438.6/39.6 Reserved 114438.7/39.7 Operating Features 114440 Industri

40、al Occupancies 114740.1 General Requirements 114840.2 Means of Egress Requirements 115240.3 Protection 116040.4 Special Provisions 116240.5 Building Services 116240.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars 116240.7 Operating Features 1163101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf v 10/2/14 10:42 AMvi Contents20

41、15 Life Safety Code Handbook41 Reserved 116542 Storage Occupancies 116742.1 General Requirements 116742.2 Means of Egress Requirements 116842.3 Protection 117442.4 Special Provisions 117542.5 Building Services 117642.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars 117642.7 Special Provisions for G

42、rain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities 117642.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures 117842.9 Operating Features 118243 Building Rehabilitation 118343.1 General 118343.2 Special Definitions 118743.3 Repairs 119043.4 Renovations 119143.5 Modifications 119343.6 Recon

43、struction 119443.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification 119943.8 Additions 120643.9 Reserved 120843.10 Historic Buildings 1209AnnexesA Explanatory Material 1213B Supplemental Evacuation Equipment 1215C Informational References 1225PART 2 Supplement 1231Technical/Substantive Changes 20122015 Edi

44、tions 1233Index 1279Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers 1327101HB15_CH00_FM.pdf vi 10/2/14 4:08 PMFor almost 90 years, the National Fire Protection Association has been the developer and publisher of the Life Safety Code. Formerly known as the Building Exits Code, the Code is prepared by the NFP

45、A Committees on Safety to Life 14 of the nearly 300 technical committees operating within the framework of NFPAs consensus standards-development system. The members of the Committees on Safety to Life bring to the committee deliberations their knowledge and competence in the design and construction

46、of buildings and structures, in the manufacture and testing of building components and accessories, in the life safetyrelated abilities and needs of occupants of all occupancy types, and in the enforcement of regulations pertaining to life safety from fire and other related hazards encountered in bu

47、ildings and structures. The committee members also participate in the devel-opment of NFPA 5000, Building Construction and Safety Code, which is processed in the same revision cycle as NFPA 101. There are many similarities between the two codes, especially within the occupancy chapters.The Life Safe

48、ty Code is a unique document; its contents address specific requirements that have a direct influence on safety to life in both new construction and existing buildings not new construction alone. Moreover, although the Codes paramount concern is life safety and not protection of property per se, the

49、re are also by observance of the Codes requirements ancillary benefits to mission continuity and property protection.The impact that application of the Code can have on saving lives is difficult to measure; however, it is reasonable to assume that its influence is extremely significant. For example, of the many fatal public building fires investigated by NFPA, invariably one or more of the building features contributing to loss of life from fire were in violation of the requirements of the Code.NFPA recognizes that a code suitable