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29、A codes and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright 2014 National Fire Protection Association. All Rights Reserved.NFPA3Recommended Practice forCommissioning of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems2015 EditionThis edition of NFPA 3, Recommended Practice for Commiss
30、ioning of Fire Protection and Life SafetySystems, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Commissioning and Integrated Testing. Itwas issued by the Standards Council on April 29, 2014, with an effective date of May 19, 2014, andsupersedes all previous editions.This edition of NFPA 3 was approved
31、as an American National Standard on May 19, 2014.Origin and Development of NFPA 3The 2012 edition of NFPA 3, Recommended Practice for Commissioning and Integrated Testing ofFire Protection and Life Safety Systems, represented NFPAs first document outlining a systematicapproach to provide documented
32、confirmation that fire protection and life safety systemsfunction as intended by the owner and the design team. The genesis of this document was arequest from the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to provide a commissioningdocument for fire protection systems that would be part of a con
33、glomeration of commission-ing documents that could be used to create a total building commissioning program.NFPA 3 addresses the administrative and procedural concepts of fire protection and lifesafety system commissioning and also provides direction on the integrated system tests.The document is de
34、signed to identify the commissioning team members, their qualifica-tions, and their roles and responsibilities throughout the commissioning process. Chapter 5addresses the concept of commissioning from the incipient stages of a project through theoccupancy and operation of the facility. Throughout t
35、he commissioning process there areseveral key documents that are identified in the recommended practice such as the OwnersProject Requirements (OPR) and the Basis of Design (BOD), which provide direction to thecommissioning team members as they are executing the commissioning plan. These docu-ments,
36、 which are generated during the design phase, are implemented during construction.NFPA 3 also addresses retro-commissioning and re-commissioning of existing buildings.For existing buildings that have never been commissioned, a retro-commissioning plan isdeveloped and executed to establish a benchmar
37、k for the facility. Existing buildings that havebeen previously commissioned are periodically re-commissioned and compared to the com-pliance benchmarks established in the original commissioning plan.NFPA 3 contains many forms that are available to assist in project documentation and theimplementati
38、on of the commissioning program.The largest modification to NFPA 3 for the 2015 edition was the removal of Chapter 7 fromthe 2012 edition. This chapter addressed integrated system testing as part of the overall fireprotection and life safety system commissioning concept. The Technical Committee on C
39、om-missioning and Integrated Testing determined that while commissioning fire protection sys-tems was not ready for standardization, there was an imminent need to create a standard fortesting integrated fire protection and life safety systems. The technical committee requestedto separate the concept
40、s of commissioning and integrated system testing into two documents:the first, a recommended practice on commissioning; and the second, a new standard,NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, addressing the inte-grated system testing portion. This restructuring
41、 and request for a new project was approvedby the Standards Council in October 2011 and resulted in Chapter 7 of the 2012 edition ofNFPA 3 being removed for the 2015 edition and using it as the basis for NFPA 4.In addition to the document split, the technical committee focused on updating the rec-om
42、mendations for existing building commissioning. Additional detail was added to the sec-tions on re-commissioning and retro-commissioning to assist fire commissioning agents incarrying out commissioning projects on existing buildings.31NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trad
43、emarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.Technical Committee on Commissioning and Integrated TestingMaurice M. Pilette, ChairMechanical Designs Ltd., MA SECecil Bilbo, Jr., Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology,Inc., IL SEArt Black, Carmel Fire Protection Associ
44、ates, CA EBruce G. Campbell, Hughes Associates, Inc., CO SERobert G. Caputo, Fire communication systems; andany other utility system deemed essential for the supportof project operations(3) On-site combined heat and power generation systems,electric power generation plants or systems, fuel gas stor-
45、age facilities, water supply and storage facilities, and envi-ronmental or waste management systemsA.1.3.1(6) Emergency power supply systems to be commis-sioned include, but are not limited to, those powering thefollowing:(1) Smoke control systems(2) Stair pressurization systems(3) Smoke-proof enclo
46、sure ventilation systems(4) Electrically driven fire pumps(5) Fire service access elevators(6) Fire suppression system controllersIt should also be considered that an emergency power sup-ply system in large occupancies, health care facilities, andhigh-rise buildings supply life safety electrical sys
47、tems re-quired for life safety. They also require commissioning andevaluation for their ability to provide illumination and criticalpower for those who can physically evacuate a building, andthey also sustain life for those who cannot, whether or notthere is a fire event in the building.The emergenc
48、y power supply and emergency power supplysystems serving emergency systems, legally required standbysystems, and critical operations systems should be evaluated bythe FCxA as a stand-alone life safety system, whether or not afire or smoke event is occurring in the building.A.1.3.1(8) Examples includ
49、e, but are not limited to, floorceilings and roof decks, doors, windows, barriers, and wallsprotected by a firestop system or device for through-penetrations and membrane penetrations, and other fire andsmoke control assemblies.A.1.3.1(9) Examples include, but are not limited to, fire andsmoke resistantrated assemblies protected by a firestop systemor device for through-penetrations and membrane penetrations.A.1.3.1(10) This can include, but is not limited to:(1) Hoods(2) Ductwork(3) Active fire protection systemsA.1.3.1(12) Egress system and egress components should in
