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This edition of NFPA 101 was approved as an American National Standard on September 3, 014.

Origin and Development of NFPA 101 The Life Safety Code had its origin in the work of the Committee on Safety to Life of the ational Fire Protection Association, which was appointed in 1913. In 1912, a pamphlet titled xit Drills in Factories, Schools, Department Stores and Theaters was published following its presen-ation by the late Committee member R. H. Newbern at the 1911 Annual Meeting of the ssociation. Although the pamphlet’s publication antedated the organization of the Commit-ee, it was considered a Committee publication.

For the first few years of its existence, the Committee on Safety to Life devoted its attention to study of the notable fires involving loss of life and to analyzing the causes of this loss of life. This ork led to the preparation of standards for the construction of stairways, fire escapes, and other gress routes for fire drills in various occupancies, and for the construction and arrangement of xit facilities for factories, schools, and other occupancies. These reports were adopted by the ational Fire Protection Association and published in pamphlet form as Outside Stairs for Fire Exits

1916) and Safeguarding Factory Workers from Fire (1918). These pamphlets served as a groundwork or the present Code. These pamphlets were widely circulated and put into general use.

In 1921, the Committee on Safety to Life was enlarged to include representatives of certain nterested groups not previously participating in the standard’s development. The Commit-ee then began to further develop and integrate previous Committee publications to provide comprehensive guide to exits and related features of life safety from fire in all classes of ccupancy. Known as the Building Exits Code, various drafts were published, circulated, and iscussed over a period of years, and the first edition of the Building Exits Code was published y the National Fire Protection Association in 1927. Thereafter, the Committee continued its eliberations, adding new material on features not originally covered and revising various etails in the light of fire experience and practical experience in the use of the Code. New ditions were published in 1929, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, and 1946 to incorporate the mendments adopted by the National Fire Protection Association.

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National attention was focused on the importance of adequate exits and related fire safety features after the Cocoanut Grove Night Club fire in Boston in 1942 in which 492 lives were lost. Public attention to exit matters was further stimulated by the series of hotel fires in 1946 (LaSalle, Chicago — 61 dead; Canfield, Dubuque — 19 dead; and Winecoff, Atlanta — 119 dead). The Building Exits Code, thereafter, was used to an increasing extent for regulatory purposes. However, the Code was not written in language suitable for adoption into law, because it had been drafted as a reference document and contained advisory provisions that were useful to building designers but inappropriate for legal use. This led to a decision by the Committee to re-edit the entire Code, limiting the body of the text to require-ments suitable for mandatory application and placing advisory and explanatory material in notes. The re-editing expanded Code provisions to cover additional occupancies and building features to produce a complete document.

The Code expansion was carried on concurrently with development of the 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1952 editions. The results were incorporated into the 1956 edition and further refined in subsequent editions dated 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1963.

In 1955, NFPA 101B, on nursing homes, and NFPA 101C, on interior finish, were published. NFPA 101C was revised in 1956. These publications have since been withdrawn.

In 1963, the Committee on Safety to Life was restructured to represent all interested factions and to include only those members with broad knowledge of fire matters. The Committee served as a review and correlating committee for seven sectional committees whose personnel included members having a special knowledge and interest in various portions of the Code.

Under the revised structure, the sectional committees, through the Committee on Safety to Life, prepared the 1966 edition of the Code, which was a complete revision of the 1963 edition. The Code title was changed from Building Exits Code to Code for Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures. The Code text was written in enforceable “code lan-guage,” and all explanatory notes were placed in an appendix.

The Code was placed on a 3-year revision schedule, with new editions adopted in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1976.

In 1977, the Committee on Safety to Life was reorganized as a technical committee, with an executive committee and standing subcommittees responsible for various chapters and sections. The 1981 edition contained major editorial changes, including reorganization within the occupancy chapters, to make them parallel to each other, and the splitting of requirements for new and existing buildings into separate chapters. Chapters on detention and correc-tional facilities were added, as well as new sections for ambulatory health care centers.

The 1985 edition contained a new Chapter 21 on residential board and care occupancies with related Appendix F and Appendix G, a new Appendix D on alternative calculations for stair width, and Appendix E, a fire safety evaluation system (FSES) for detention and correctional facilities.

The 1988 edition contained a major change in the method of determining egress capacity with the deletion of the traditional units of exit width and the substitution of a straight linear approach to calculating egress capacity. Appendix C through Appendix G were moved from NFPA 101 into a new document, NFPA 101M.

The 1991 edition contained numerous new requirements for mandatory sprinklers in new health care facilities, hotels, apartment buildings, lodging and room houses, and board and care facilities, as well as mandatory sprinkler requirements for existing high-rise hotels and apartment buildings. The requirements for board and care facilities were split into two chapters, Chapter 22 for new construction and Chapter 23 for existing buildings.

The 1994 edition contained new requirements for accessible means of egress, areas of refuge, and ramps, putting the Code in substantial agreement with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).

The 1997 edition relocated the material on day-care occupancies from Chapters 10 and 11 for new and existing educational occupancies to new Chapters 30 and 31. The operating features requirements, previously contained in Chapter 31, were interspersed throughout the Code, as applicable.

The 2000 edition introduced a performance-based option via Section 4.4 and new Chapter 5. That edition also refor-mated the Code for substantial compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style: (1) former Chapter 1, General, was split into Chapter 1, Administration, and Chapter 4, General; (2) the mandatory references list was moved from Chapter 33 to Chapter 2; (3) all definitions were moved into Chapter 3, and each defined term was numbered; (4) the paragraph numbering style that separated the chapter number from the section number using a hyphen was changed to the use of a decimal point as the separator; and (5) the appendixes were renamed annexes. Former Chapter 32 on special structures and high-rise buildings was moved to Chapter 11 to join the core chapters (i.e., the chapters that are not occupancy specific). The subject of interior finish, contents, and furnishings was moved from Section 6.5 into a separate new chapter, Chapter 10. The occupancy chapters, formerly Chapters 8 through 32, became Chapters 12 through 42, with some reposi-tioning of chapters. For example, the day-care occupancies chapters were renumbered from Chapters 30/31 to Chap-ters 16/17, so as to be positioned immediately after the chapters for educational occupancies.

The 2003 edition reformatted all exceptions into numbered or lettered paragraphs. Some reformatting of para-graphs with multiple requirements was done for additional compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style.

The 2006 edition repositioned the inch-pound (U.S. Customary) units to appear first, followed by the metric equivalent (SI) units in parentheses. New Chapter 43, Building Rehabilitation, was added to promote the adaptive reuse of existing buildings without sacrificing needed life safety.

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{3 The 2009 edition added provisions to Chapter 7 for electrically controlled egress doors, horizontal-sliding doors erving an area with an occupant load of fewer than 10, elevator lobby access door locking, and door inspection and aintenance. The remoteness criteria of Chapter 7 were expanded to have applicability to all three portions of the eans of egress — exit access, exit, and exit discharge. Extensive revisions were made throughout the Code to standard-ze the use of the terms stories in height, finished ground level, grade plane, basement, and level of exit discharge. Section 9.6 and he applicable occupancy chapters were revised to limit the use of public address systems for occupant alarm notifica-ion to large venue assembly occupancies and mercantile mall buildings, where the physical configuration, function, nd human behavior present challenges with respect to effective occupant notification by standard means in accor-ance with NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm Code®. A subsection was added to Chapter 11 for special provisions applicable o air traffic control towers. The criteria for assembly stage proscenium opening fire curtains were deleted from hapter 12 and replaced by a reference to the new fire curtain provisions of NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other pening Protectives. Provisions were added to Chapters 14 through 17 for the placement and use of alcohol-based and-rub dispensers in educational and day-care occupancies. The provisions of Chapters 18 and 19 were expanded to ddress door locking where the needs of patients or clients require specialized protective measures for their safety and ecurity in hospitals, nursing homes, and limited care facilities. Also, a limitation on common path of travel was added o Chapter 18 for new health care occupancies; the requirement for patient sleeping room windows was deleted for ew and existing health care occupancies; and all existing high-rise health care occupancy buildings must be sprin-lered within 12 years of the adoption of this edition of the Code. Numerous occupancy chapters were revised to equire emergency plans in accordance with Section 4.8. Chapter 43 on building rehabilitation was revised to address ssues not identified when the chapter was written for the 2003 edition and to delete redundancies. An adoptable nnex was added for elevators for occupant evacuation prior to Phase I Emergency Recall Operations. Another doptable annex was added for supplemental escape devices and systems.

The 2012 edition expanded what had been the definitions of noncombustible material and limited-combustible material nd moved the material to new subsections in Chapter 4. The material addressing elevators for occupant controlled vacuation which had comprised Annex B was moved to Chapter 7. A new section was added to Chapter 7 to address ormally unoccupied building service equipment support areas. The Chapter 8 table addressing minimum fire pro-ection ratings for opening protectives was expanded. Provisions for carbon monoxide detection were added to hapter 9. Requirements for carbon monoxide detection were added to some of the occupancy chapters. The health are occupancies provisions were modified to permit the health care setting to be made more homelike.

The 2015 edition includes new provisions in Chapter 4 detailing the code requirements hierarchy to be applied where a rovision in one chapter conflicts with a provision in another chapter. Means of egress provisions were revised or added elative to rooms opening directly onto an exit enclosure, door opening threshold height for spaces not normally occupied, oor encroachment on egress width, existing door frames without labels, security access turnstiles, handrail orientation on laring-width stairs, horizontal exit stacking, horizontal exit exterior wall extensions, elevators in towers, occupant evacua-ion elevators, and occupant load factors for ambulatory health care and concentrated business use. Atrium walls are ermitted to serve as part of the separation for creating separated occupancies on a story-by-story basis. The provisions for he inspection of door assemblies were revised so that fire-rated doors are addressed in Chapter 8 and non-rated, egress oors in Chapter 7. The Chapter 8 table addressing minimum fire protection rating for opening protectives was again xpanded. Provisions for alcohol-based hand-rub dispensers were added to Chapter 8 so they can be referenced by the ccupancy chapters. The high-rise building provisions of Chapter 11 were expanded to include remote video monitoring of xit stair enclosures. The assembly occupancy life safety evaluation provisions were expanded. The day-care and residential oard and care occupancy provisions were revised to permit more than one floor level to be considered the level of exit ischarge. The health care occupancy provisions were further revised to permit facilities to be made more home-like, ncluding a reduction in nursing home minimum corridor width and the clarification of permitted smoke alarm placement or kitchens that are open to the corridor. Health care occupancy doors subject to locking are permitted to be disguised with urals. Smoke barriers are permitted to be omitted on a non–health care floor below a health care floor. The ambulatory ealth care occupancy chapters were rewritten to be self-contained, removing the need to reference the business occupancy hapters.

To the User The following comments are offered to assist in the use of the Life Safety Code. Additional help on using the Life Safety ode can be obtained by attending one of the seminars NFPA conducts on the Life Safety Code or by using the Life Safety ode Handbook available from NFPA. Further information on these seminars is available through the NFPA Division of ontinuing Education.

Essentially, the Code is comprised of four major parts. The first part consists of Chapters 1 through 4, Chapters 6 hrough 11, and Chapter 43; these are often referred to as the base chapters or fundamental chapters. The second part s Chapter 5, which details the performance-based option. The next part consists of Chapters 12 through 42, which are he occupancy chapters. The fourth and last part consists of Annex A and Annex B, which contain useful additional nformation.

A thorough understanding of Chapters 1 through 4, Chapters 6 through 11, and Chapter 43 is necessary to use the ode effectively, because these chapters provide the building blocks on which the requirements of the occupancy hapters are based. Note that many of the provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 and Chapters 6 through 11 are manda-ory for all occupancies. Some provisions are mandated only when referenced by a specific occupancy, while others are xempted for specific occupancies. Often, in one of the base chapters, especially in Chapter 7, the phrase “where e0bff22-698c-46e7-87db-eba3b3d7337a} 2015 Edition

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permitted by Chapters 11 through 43” appears. In this case, that provision can be used only where specifically permit-ted by an occupancy chapter. For example, the provisions of 7.2.1.6.1 on delayed-egress locks are permitted only when permitted by Chapters 11 through 43. Permission to use the delayed-egress lock is normally found in the “____.2.2” subsection of each occupancy chapter. For example, 12.2.2.2.5 specifically permits the use of delayed-egress locks in new assembly occupancies. If this permission is not found in an occupancy chapter, the delayed-egress lock cannot be used. Similar types of restricted permission are found for such items as security grilles, double-cylinder locks, revolving doors, and so forth. In other locations in the base chapters, the wording “unless prohibited by Chapters 11 through 43” is used. In this case, the provision is permitted in all occupancies, unless specifically prohibited by an occupancy chapter.

Metric units of measurement in this Code are in accordance with the modernized metric system known as the International System of Units (SI). The unit liter, which is outside of but recognized by SI, is commonly used and is therefore used in this Code. In this Code, inch-pound units for measurements are followed by an equivalent in SI units, as noted in 1.5.2. The inch-pound value and the SI value are each acceptable for use as primary units for satisfying the requirements of this Code.

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Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Eric R. Rosenbaum, Hughes Associates, Inc., MD [U]

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(Alt. to K. E. Isman) Robert J. James, UL LLC, FL [RT] (Alt. to H. Hopper)

Michael O’Brian, Brighton Area Fire Authority, MI [U] (Alt. to G. H. McCall)

Martin H. Reiss, The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] (Alt. to J. R. Quiter)

Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, FL [M] (Alt. to I. I. Papier) had E. Beebe, ASHE - AHA, WA [E] Rep. TC on Board & Care Facilities arren D. Bonisch, Aon Fire Protection Engineering orporation, TX [I]

Rep. TC on Residential Occupancies ohn L. Bryan, Frederick, MD [SE]

(Member Emeritus) enneth E. Bush, Maryland State Fire Marshals Office, D [E]

Rep. TC on Mercantile & Business Occupancies ayne G. Carson, Carson Associates, Inc., VA [SE]

Rep. TC on Fundamentals hane M. Clary, Bay Alarm Company, CA [IM]

(Alt. to Nonvoting Member) Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee ohn F. Devlin, Aon Fire Protection Engineering orporation, MD [I]

Rep. TC on Fire Protection Features ichael DiMascio, Arup, MA [SE]

Rep. TC on Detention & Correctional Occupancies oseph M. Jardin, Fire Department City of New York, Y [C]

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David P. Klein, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, DC [U]

Rep. TC on Health Care Occupancies James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT [SE]

Rep. TC on Means of Egress Wayne D. Moore, Hughes Associates, Inc., RI [SE]

Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Henry Paszczuk, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, CT [E]

Rep. TC on Interior Finish & Contents Aleksy 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, TX [E]

Rep. TC on Industrial, Storage, & Miscellaneous Occupancies b-eba3b3d7337a} on Coté, NFPA Staff Liaison his list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, hanges in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document.

OTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or ny document developed by the committee on which the member serves.

ommittee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the protection of uman life from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences and for the non-mergency and emergency movement of people.

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Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies

Jeffrey S. Tubbs, Chair Arup, MA [SE]

Ron Coté, Administrative Secretary

National Fire Protection Association, MA Scott W. Adams, Park City Fire Service District, UT [E] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association

Raymond J. Battalora, Aon Fire Protection Engineering, TX [I]

George D. Bushey, Rosser International, GA [SE] William Conner, Bill Conner Associates LLC, IL [SE]

Rep. American Society of Theater Consultants Bhola Dhume, City of New Orleans, LA [E] Robert D. Fiedler, City of Lincoln, NE [E] Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., NJ [M]

Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Ralph D. Gerdes, Ralph Gerdes Consultants, LLC, IN [SE]

Harold C. Hansen, International Association of Venue Managers, IL [U] Wesley W. Hayes, Polk County Fire Services Division, FL [E]

Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Jonathan Humble, American Iron and Steel Institute, CT [M]

Kenneth F. Keberle, Arena Americas, AZ [U] John Lake, City of Gainesville, FL [E] Alternates

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Rep. National Association of Theatre Owners Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use & Safety, MD [SE] Steven W. Peavey, Altamonte Springs Building Fire Safety Division, FL [E]

Rep. Florida Fire Marshals & Inspectors Association Vincent Quinterno, Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office, RI [E] Ed Roether, Ed Roether Consulting LLC, KS [SE] Karl G. Ruling, Entertainment Services & Technology Assn., NY [U]

Rep. U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc.

Steven J. Scandaliato, SDG, LLC, AZ [IM]

Rep. American Fire Sprinkler Association Philip R. Sherman, Philip R. Sherman, PE, NH [SE] Robert B. Treiber, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., OH [M]

Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association

Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL [M]

(Alt. to J. Humble) Gene Boecker, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [U]

(Alt. to G. R. Miller) Lorrell Bush, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., FL [M]

(Alt. to R. B. Treiber) Eric Center, Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue, FL [E]

(Alt. to S. W. Peavey) David Cook, Ralph Gerdes Consultants, LLC, IN [SE]

(Alt. to R. D. Gerdes) Max L. Gandy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, UT [U]

(Alt. to V. L. Martindale) Jerrold S. Gorrell, Theatre Safety Programs, AZ [U]

(Alt. to K. G. Ruling) Waymon Jackson, University of Texas at Austin, TX [U]

(Voting Alt. to UT-Austin Rep.)

{3e0bff22-698c-46e Eugene Leitermann, Theatre Projects Consultants, Inc., CT [SE]

(Alt. to W. Conner) Christopher Prueher, Aon Fire Protection Engineering, CA [I]

(Alt. to R. J. Battalora) Charles J. Schweitzer, City of Lincoln, NE [E]

(Alt. to R. D. Fiedler) Mark V. Smith, Alachua County Fire Rescue, FL [E]

(Alt. to J. Lake) Elbert R. Thomas, Jr., New Orleans Fire Department, LA [E]

(Alt. to B. Dhume) Thomas G. Wellen, American Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., TX [IM]

(Alt. to S. J. Scandaliato) Toby J. White, Arup, MA [SE]

(Alt. to J. S. Tubbs) db-eba3b3d7337a Ron Coté, NFPA Staff Liaison his list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, hanges in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document.

OTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or ny document developed by the committee on which the member serves.

ommittee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human life nd property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the non-mergency and emergency movement of people in assembly occupancies, tents, and membrane structures.

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Chad E. Beebe, Chair

ASHE - AHA, WA [U]

Gregory E. Harrington, Administrative Secretary

National Fire Protection Association, MA cott D. Allen, LifeServices Management Corporation, A [U] regory J. Austin, Gentex Corporation, MI [M]

Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association racey D. Bellamy, Telgian Corporation, GA [SE] ndrew Blum, Exponent, Inc., GA [SE] arren D. Bonisch, Aon Fire Protection Engineering orporation, TX [I] arry L. Bradley, Maryland State Fire Marshals Office, D [E]

Rep. International Fire Marshals Association ichard L. Day, Michigan State Fire Marshal’s Office, I [E] irgil Hall, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, IN [U] iana E. Hugue, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] enneth E. Isman, National Fire Sprinkler Association, nc., NY [M] dam C. Jones, Buechel Fire Protection District, KY [E] Alternates

(Alt. to V. Hall) regory E. Harrington, NFPA Staff Liaison

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Cindy Mahan, Friendship Community Care, Inc., AR [U]

Rep. American Network of Community Options & Resources

Randy S. McDermott, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, TX [E] David E. Mills, UL LLC, IL [RT] Daniel E. Nichols, State of New York Department of State, NY [E] John A. Rickard, Katus, LLC, TX [SE] Eric R. Rosenbaum, Hughes Associates, Inc., MD [U]

Rep. American Health Care Association Terry Schultz, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Jon Taluba, Russell Phillips & Associates, LLC, NY [SE] Fred Worley, Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services, TX [E] obert Barnett, Illinois Department of Public Health, L [E]

(Alt. to H. Kowalenko) erry M. Bell, UL LLC, IL [RT]

(Alt. to D. E. Mills) artin J. Farraher, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M]

(Alt. to G. J. Austin) hris Gaut, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., O [M]

(Alt. to K. E. Isman) eter A. Larrimer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, A [U] e0bff22-698c-46e7 James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT [SE] (Alt. to D. E. Hugue)

Kaitlin McGillvray, Code Consultants, Inc., NY [SE] (Alt. to T. Schultz)

David A. Seitz, HCF Management, Inc., OH [U] (Alt. to E. R. Rosenbaum)

Andrew Shanahan, Aon Fire Protection Engineering, RI [I]

(Alt. to W. D. Bonisch) Yunyong P. Utiskul, Exponent, Inc., MD [SE]

(Alt. to A. Blum) b-eba3b3d7337a} his list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, hanges in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document.

OTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or ny document developed by the committee on which the member serves.

ommittee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human ife and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the mergency movement of people in residential board and care facilities.

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Technical Committee on Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment

Joseph M. Jardin, Chair Fire Department City of New York, NY [C]

Rep. NFPA Fire Service Section

Gregory E. Harrington, Administrative Secretary

National Fire Protection Association, MA Brian D. Black, BDBlack Codes, Inc., NY [M] Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.

Harry L. Bradley, Maryland State Fire Marshals Office, MD [E]

Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Pat D. Brock, Oklahoma State University, OK [SE] Scott Caron, Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office, RI [E]

Flora F. Chen, Hayward, California Fire Department, CA [E] Stephen E. Dale, Cincinnati Insurance Company, OH [I] Paul M. Donga, Boston Fire Department, MA [E] Raymond A. Grill, Arup, DC [SE] Thomas P. Hammerberg, Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc., GA [M]

Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc.

Claude O. Hutton, Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office, VA [E]

Kenneth E. Isman, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., NY [M] Michael Kellett, State of Connecticut, CT [E]

Rep. Connecticut State Fire Marshal/Connecticut Fire Marshals Association

David A. Killian, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, CA [U] David L. Klepitch, Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP, MD [SE]

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Gregory E. Harrington, NFPA Staff Liaison

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7-87 Richard L. Klinker, Klinker & Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Peter A. Larrimer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U]

Daniel J. Lazarz, EYP Architecture & Engineering, MA [SE]

James Noveh, Jefferson Parish Fire Department, LA [E] Scott E. Panowitz, BFPE International, MD [IM]

Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association Martin H. Reiss, The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, FL [M] Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Life Safety, IL [M]

Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Kurt A. Ruchala, FIREPRO Incorporated, MA [SE] Eric Ruppert, Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc., MD [SE]

Lawrence J. Shudak, UL LLC, IL [RT] Michael R. Szmanda, Certification & Training Corporation, MN [IM] Todd W. Warner, Brooks Equipment Company, Inc., NC [M]

Rep. Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ Association Carl D. Wren, Austin Fire Department, TX [E] David M. Wyatt, Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA [U] J. Robert Boyer, UTC/Edwards Company, NJ [M] (Alt. to T. P. Hammerberg)

Michael Derr, The RJA Group, Inc., MD [SE] (Alt. to M. H. Reiss)

Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., NJ [M] (Alt. to R. J. Roberts)

Greg Gottlieb, Hauppauge Fire District, NY [C] (Alt. to J. M. Jardin)

Claudia Hagood, Klinker and Associates, Inc., MD [SE] (Alt. to R. L. Klinker)

Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University, OK [SE]

(Alt. to P. D. Brock) Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI [M]

(Alt. to K. E. Isman)

{3e0bff22-698c-46e Ignatius Kapalczynski, Simsbury Fire District, CT [E] (Alt. to M. Kellett)

Roy C. Kimball, Brooks Equipment Company, Inc., NC [M]

(Alt. to T. W. Warner) Peter Leszczak, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CT [U]

(Alt. to P. A. Larrimer) John E. Mahoney, Arup, DC [SE]

(Alt. to R. A. Grill) Gary L. Nuschler, Otis Elevator Company, CT [M]

(Alt. to B. D. Black) Kelly Thompson, EYP Architecture & Engineering, NY [SE]

(Alt. to D. J. Lazarz) Paul J. Vautour, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, MA [M]

(Alt. to R. Reiswig) db-eba3b3d7337a Steven Orlowski, National Association of Home Builders, DC [U] his list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, hanges in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document.

OTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or ny document developed by the committee on which the member serves.

ommittee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the application of fire rotection systems including detection, alarm, and suppression, and the life safety impact of various building ystems.

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