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30、 Copyright 2015 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 76 Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities 2016 Edition This edition of NFPA 76, Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities, was prepared by the Committee on Telecommunic
31、ations. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 14, 2015, with an effective date of December 4, 2015, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 76 was approved as an American National Standard on December 4, 2015. Origin and Development of NFPA 76 In April 1996, the NFPA
32、Standards Council approved a new committee project to develop documents on re protection for telecommunications networks. The Technical Committee on Telecommunications focused on network reliability of public telecommunications. The committee was responsive to re protection challenges identied by th
33、e Network Reliability Council, which was sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The rst edition of NFPA 76, Recommended Practice for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities, published in 2002, was arranged for use as a performance-based document in the format establis
34、hed by NFPA for performance documents. The document was changed from a recommended practice to a standard for the 2005 edition. Requirements for large and small telecommunications facilities were combined into one chapter. A chapter was added for redundant-based or replacement-based approaches. For
35、the 2009 edition, the standard was edited to improve the language and clarify the Technical Committees intent. Sections were revised to reect changes to the signal-processing equipment areas. In addition, the requirements for early warning re detection and very early warning re detection were update
36、d. The 2012 edition featured a new section on aisle containment systems for telecommunications equipment and how these systems must be assessed for their interaction with re protection features. Revisions were made to make the requirements of the standard more easily enforceable. A number of denitio
37、ns were extracted from NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, to dene terms used in the body of the standard that were not dened in previous editions. The 2016 edition includes language that claries and emphasizes the intent of the standard as it applies to existing and altered facilities retroactively.
38、 A new chapter on small unoccupied structures, which were previously excluded from the scope of this standard, has been added. The new chapter provides the minimum requirements to be applied to such structures.FIRE PROTECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 76-2 2016 Edition Technical Committee on
39、Telecommunications Steve C. Dryden, Chair AMEC Foster Wheeler, GA SE Robert G. Backstrom, UL LLC, IL RT Leonard Belliveau, Jr., JENSEN HUGHES, RI SE Jeffrey A. Betz, AT&T Corporation, NJ U Michael J. Bosma, The Viking Corporation, MI M Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Richard L. P. Custer, A
40、rup Fire, MA SE Mickey L. Driggers, CenturyLink, CO U Ronald A. Durgin, Mohave County Development Services, AZ E Robert P. Gardner, Marsh Risk Consulting, MO I Kirk W. Humbrecht, Phoenix Fire Systems, Inc., IL M Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association Jonathan G. Ingram, Kidde-Fenwal, Inc., MA M S
41、tanley Kaufman, CableSafe, Inc./OFS, GA M Rep. Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. Scott R. Lang, Honeywell International, IL M Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Chad Mariska, APS Fire, OK IM Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors Jack McNamara, Bosch Security S
42、ystems, NY M Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. William Meyring, 3M Company, MN M Thomas F. Norton, Norel Service Company, Inc., MA IM Daniel J. OConnor, Aon Fire Protection Engineering, IL I Ronald D. Ouimette, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., NJ M Brad Pradel, Liberty Mutual National
43、Insurance Property, TX I Charles A. Quillin, HSB Professional Loss Control, TN I Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, FL M Rep. Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products Buddy Rice, Deer Park Fire Marshals Ofce, TX E Thomas F. Ziegler, Verizon, NJ U Alternates Jon R. Ackley, Dalmatian Fire, Inc., I
44、N M (Alt. to Michael J. Bosma) Luis A. Barros, Honeywell/System Sensor, IL M (Alt. to Scott R. Lang) Edward G. Bond, Centurylink, NC U (Alt. to Mickey L. Driggers) Shaun A. Brasseau, Liberty Mutual Property, PA I (Alt. to Brad Pradel) Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL M (Alt. to Ronald
45、D. Ouimette) Darrell M. Franchuk, HSB Professional Loss Control, FL I (Alt. to Charles A. Quillin) William D. Johnson, Mid State Fire Equipment Inc., FL IM (Alt. to Chad Mariska) Robert Kasiski, FM Global, MA I (Voting Alt. to FM Rep.) A. M. Fred Leber, LRI Fire Protection Engineering, Inc., ON M (A
46、lt. to Jack McNamara) Mark W. Lund, 3M Company, MN M (Alt. to William Meyring) Paul R. Nelson, Orr Protection Systems, Inc., KY M (Alt. to Kirk W. Humbrecht) Ronald A. Stein, Aon Global Risk Consultants, MO I (Alt. to Daniel J. OConnor) Nonvoting Thomas G. Cleary, National Institute of Standards & T
47、echnology, MD RT Shmuel Netanel, Eidan Safety Engineers Group, Israel SE Jonathan Hart, 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
48、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 member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on re p
49、rotection for telecommunication networks.CONTENTS 76-3 2016 Edition Contents Chapter 1 Administration 76 4 1.1 Scope. . 76 4 1.2 Purpose. . 76 4 1.3 Application 76 4 1.4 Retroactivity. 76 4 1.5 Design Options. . 76 4 1.6 Equivalency. . 76 5 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications . 76 5 2.1 General. . 76 5 2.2 NFPA Publications. . 76 5 2.3 Other Publications. . 76 5 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections. 76 6 Chapter 3 Denitions 76 6 3.1 General. . 76 6
