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30、Approaches to Life Safety 2016 Edition This edition of NFPA 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety and released by the Correlating Committee on Safety to Life. It was issued by the Standards Council on Ma
31、y 26, 2015, with an effective date of June 15, 2015, and supersedes all previous editions. A Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to Worksheet 7.5.4(A) was issued on May 26, 2015. For further information on tentative interim amendments, see Section 5 of the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA
32、 Standards, available at: http:/www.nfpa.org/regs. This edition of NFPA 101A was approved as an American National Standard on June 15, 2015. Origin and Development of NFPA 101A Prior to the development of the 1988 edition of this document, it was published as several appendixes to NFPA 101, Life Saf
33、ety Code. NFPA 101A is revised every three years on a schedule that lags that of NFPA 101 by one year so as to accurately reect the requirements of NFPA 101, against which the NFPA 101A Fire Safety Evaluation Systems (FSESs) measure equivalency. Chapter 4 rst appeared as Appendix C in the 1981 editi
34、on of the Life Safety Code and Chapters 5, 6, and 7 rst appeared in the 1985 edition of the Life Safety Code as Appendixes E, F, and G. Chapter 8 was proposed as Appendix H for the 1988 edition of the Life Safety Code but instead was published as a chapter of the 1998 edition of NFPA 101A. These cha
35、pters were originally prepared by the Center for Fire Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (then the National Bureau of Standards). The Committees on Safety to Life have reviewed and modied the systems as appropriate for inclusion. Chapter 9 appeared rst in the 2004 edition
36、 and provides an FSES for educational occupancies. This document provides alternative approaches to life safety based on the 2012 Life Safety Code. It is intended to be used with the Life Safety Code, not as a substitute. Section 1.4 of the Life Safety Code permits alternative compliance with the Co
37、de under equivalency concepts where such equivalency is approved by the authority having jurisdiction. The methods contained in this guide can be used to help determine equivalency where used as part of the technical documentation submitted to the authority having jurisdiction. The gures contained i
38、n this guide are copyrighted by NFPA, but users are hereby given permission to copy the worksheets for private use only. The 2016 edition includes changes to the mandatory safety values in the various re safety evaluation systems so that equivalency is measured accurately against the requirements of
39、 the 2015 edition of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO LIFE SAFETY 101A-2 2016 Edition Correlating Committee on Safety to Life William E. Koffel, Chair Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Ron Cot, Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA David S. Collins, The Preview Group, I
40、nc., OH SE Rep. American Institute of Architects Wayne D. Holmes, HSB Professional Loss Control, NC I Howard Hopper, UL LLC, CA RT Stephen Hrustich, Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services, GA U Rep. International Association of Fire Chiefs Kenneth E. Isman, National Fire Sprinkler Association, In
41、c., NY M J. Edmund Kalie, Jr., Prince Georges County Government, MD E Isaac I. Papier, Honeywell, Inc., IL M Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services, Canada C Rep. American Public Health Association James R. Quiter, Arup, CA SE Ronald C. Reynolds
42、, Virginia State Fire Marshals Ofce, VA E Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Eric R. Rosenbaum, Hughes Associates/RJA Group, MD U Rep. American Health Care Association Alternates Sharon S. Gilyeat, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to W. E. Koffel) Stanley C. Harbuck, School of Building
43、 Inspection, UT C (Alt. to J. Pauls) Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI M (Alt. to K. E. Isman) Robert J. James, UL LLC, FL RT (Alt. to H. Hopper) Dale L. Lyman, Greeley Fire Department, CO U (Alt. to S. Hrustich) Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, FL M (Alt. to I. I.
44、Papier) Nonvoting Chad E. Beebe, ASHE - AHA, WA E Rep. TC on Board & Care Facilities Warren D. Bonisch, Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation, TX I Rep. TC on Residential Occupancies John L. Bryan, Frederick, MD SE (Member Emeritus) Kenneth E. Bush, Maryland State Fire Marshals Ofce, MD E Rep.
45、 TC on Mercantile & Business Occupancies Wayne G. Carson, Carson Associates, Inc., VA SE Rep. TC on Fundamentals Shane M. Clary, Bay Alarm Company, CA IM (Alt. to Nonvoting Member W. D. Moore) Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee John F. Devlin, Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation, M
46、D I Rep. TC on Fire Protection Features Michael DiMascio, Arup, MA SE Rep. TC on Detention & Correctional Occupancies Joseph M. Jardin, Fire Department City of New York, NY C Rep. TC on Building Service & Fire Protection Equipment David P. Klein, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, DC U Rep. TC on
47、Health Care Occupancies James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT SE Rep. TC on Means of Egress Wayne D. Moore, Hughes Associates/RJA Group, RI SE Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Henry Paszczuk, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, CT E Rep. TC on Interior Finish & Contents Alek
48、sy L. Szachnowicz, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD U Rep. TC on Educational & Day-Care Occupancies Jeffrey S. Tubbs, Arup, MA SE Rep. TC on Assembly Occupancies Joseph H. Versteeg, Versteeg Associates, CT E Rep. TC on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety Carl D. Wren, Austin Fire Department,
49、 TX E Rep. TC on Industrial, Storage, & Miscellaneous Occupancies Ron Cot, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the m
