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29、 Standardfor SecurityServicesinFireLossPrevention 2015Edition ThiseditionofNFPA601,StandardforSecurityServicesinFireLossPrevention,waspreparedby the Technical Committee on Loss Prevention Procedures and Practices. It was issued by the StandardsCouncilonJanuary14,2014,withaneffectivedateofFebruary3,2
30、014,andsuper- sedesallpreviouseditions. ThiseditionofNFPA601wasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardonFebruary3, 2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA601 The text dates from 1925 when the NFPACommittee on Field Practice presented a set of advisory rules called The Watchman, which was adopted and published
31、 by the NFPA and re- printed in 1930, 1936, and 1949. Jurisdiction for the publication was transferred in 1948 to theCommitteeonFireBrigadesandWatchmen,whichpresentedrevisionsunderthetitleThe Watchman,RecommendedManualofInstructionandDutiesforthePlantWatchmanorGuard,which was adopted in 1951. Furthe
32、r amendments were adopted in 1956. In 1968, NFPA 601 was revisedunderthetitleRecommendationsforGuardServiceinFireLossPrevention.Itwasatthistime that NFPA601A, Standard for Guard Operations in Fire Loss Prevention, was published as a sepa- ratestandard. In 1969, the committee was reorganized as theTe
33、chnical Committee on Loss Prevention ProceduresandPractices. NFPA601wasrevisedin1969,1975,1981,and1986,andNFPA601Awasrevisedin1981.In 1986NFPA601AwasreconfirmedandredesignatedNFPA602. In1992,NFPA601incorporatedNFPA602forthebenefitoftheuser. In 1995, the standard was completely revised to reflect mod
34、ern security methods, termi- nology,andtechniques. Changesforthe2000editionwereprimarilyeditorialorweremadeforclarification. The2005editionwasupdatedtoconformtotheManualofStyleforNFPATechnicalCommittee Documents. Changes were primarily editorial, including revisions to several definitions for correl
35、ationwiththeGlossaryofTerms. The2010editionrepresentedareconfirmationofthetechnicalrequirementsinthestan- dard.MinoreditorialchangeswereincludedforconsistencywiththeManualofStyleforNFPA Technical Committee Documents. The 2015 edition includes some minor editorial changes in addition to updating the
36、list of current hazards that security personnel may encounter, such as impairments to fire protection systemsandhotwork. 6011 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonLossPreventionProceduresan
37、dPractices JosephA.Cocciardi, Chair CocciardiandAssociates,Inc.,PASE Rep.CommonwealthofPennsylvania PaulH.Aube, Dessau,CanadaSE CharlesABadeau, LibertyMutualInsurance,NHI ThomasL.Caisse, FMGlobal,RII JeffD.Cooper, MichelinNorthAmerica,Inc.,SCU KevinD.Cullens, DesertBotanicalGarden,AZU StanfordE.Davi
38、s, PPLSusquehannaLLC,PAU MichaelD.DeVore, StateFarmInsuranceCompany, ILI AaronD.Duff, Bristol-MyersSquibbCompany,NJU Rep.NFPAIndustrialFireProtectionSection BillC.Greenwade, RegionalReporting,Inc.,ARSE JamesN.Hearn, MarylandFireandRescueInstitute, MDSE DavidJ.Hiscott,Jr., ConocoPhillipsTransportatio
39、n, TXU Rep.AmericanPetroleumInstitute HarukiHowell, McKeeFoodsCorporation,TNU RyanLudwick, HemlockSemiconductorCorporation, MIU CraigP.Remsburg, TelgianCorporation,AZSE JeffreyL.Robinson, HarringtonGroup,Inc.,SCSE RobertH.Stagg, Guardsmark,Inc.,NCSE CraigSteley, HondaofCanadaManufacturing, CanadaU R
40、ep.NFPAIndustrialFireProtectionSection DariuszSzwarc, U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommission, ILE R.PaulValentine, NexusEngineering,ILM Rep.InternationalFireServiceTrainingAssociation RandalWakeman NuclearServiceOrganization,DEI NeilP.Wu, Exponent,Inc.,MDSE LarryA.Zakem, ElectronicEyeIncorporated,OHM Alter
41、nates WilliamBekanich, CocciardiandAssociates,PASE (Alt.toJ.A.Cocciardi) MichaelM.Dillon, NexusEngineering,ILM (Alt.toR.P.Valentine) RonaldA.Langstaff, U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission,ILE (Alt.toD.Szwarc) SergioPrete, FMGlobal,RII (Alt.toT.L.Caisse) RayA.Webber, TheProcter&GambleCompany, OHU (Alt.t
42、oC.Steley) Nonvoting WilliamR.Hamilton, U.S.DepartmentofLabor,DCE MatthewI.Chibbaro, U.S.DepartmentofLabor,DCE NancyPearce,NFPAStaffLiaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may hav
43、e occurred.Akey to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. CommitteeScope:This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents o
44、n fire brigades, guard services,andtechniquesforsecuringeffectivefirelosspreventionprogramsinindustrial,commercial,insti- tutional,andsimilarproperties. 6012 SECURITYSERVICESINFIRELOSSPREVENTION 2015 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration . 6014 1.1 Scope 6014 1.2 Purpose . 6014 Chapter2 Referenced
45、Publications . 6014 2.1 General 6014 2.2 NFPAPublications 6014 2.3 OtherPublications . 6014 2.4 ReferencesforExtractsinMandatory Sections . 6014 Chapter3 Definitions 6014 3.1 General 6014 3.2 NFPAOfficialDefinitions . 6014 3.3 GeneralDefinitions 6014 Chapter4 ManagementResponsibilities 6015 4.1 Gene
46、ralResponsibilities . 6015 4.2 ProceduresandInstructions . 6015 4.3 SuccessiontoSupervisoryResponsibility 6015 4.4 ContractSecurityService . 6015 4.5 MaintenanceofEquipment 6015 4.6 Identification 6015 Chapter5 SecurityFunctionsandDuties 6015 5.1 General 6015 5.2 OtherDutiesofSecurityOfficers . 6015
47、 5.3 PatrolService 6015 5.4 ControlofPedestrianandVehicular Movement 6015 5.5 FireProtectionFunctionofSecurity . 6015 5.6 GeneralDutyRequirements 6016 5.7 Reports 6016 Chapter6 SelectionandConductofSecurity Officers 6016 6.1 CharacterInvestigation 6016 6.2 SkillsandAbility . 6016 6.3 CriminalConvict
48、ions 6016 6.4 ContractService . 6016 6.5 MedicalRequirements . 6016 6.6 GeneralConductofSecurityOfficers 6016 Chapter7 TrainingandEducation 6016 7.1 General 6016 7.2 Site-SpecificKnowledge . 6016 Chapter8 Communications . 6016 8.1 CommunicationSystems 6016 8.2 ProtectiveSignalingSystems . 6017 8.3 S
49、ecurityTourSupervisionSystems 6017 8.4 Directory 6017 AnnexA ExplanatoryMaterial . 6017 AnnexB InformationalReferences . 60110 Index . 60111 6013 CONTENTS 2015 EditionNFPA601 Standardfor SecurityServicesinFireLossPrevention 2015Edition IMPORTANT NOTE: This NFPA document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. These notices anddisclaimersappearinallpublicationscontainingthisdocument and may be found under the heading “Important Notices a
