Contents
Preface
About the Editors
NFPA 101 Summary of Technical Changes: 2018 to 2021
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Application
1.4 Equivalency
1.5 Units and Formulas
1.6 Enforcement
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications
2.3 Other Publications
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
3.3 General Definitions
Chapter 4 General
4.1 Goals
4.2 Objectives
4.3 Assumptions
4.4 Life Safety Compliance Options
4.5 Fundamental Requirements
4.6 General Requirements
4.7 Fire Drills
4.8 Emergency Action Plan
Chapter 5 Performance-Based Option
5.1 General Requirements
5.2 Performance Criteria
5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements
5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions
5.5 Design Fire Scenarios
5.6 Evaluation of Proposed Designs
5.7 Safety Factors
5.8 Documentation Requirements
Chapter 6 Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents
6.1 Classification of Occupancy
6.2 Hazard of Contents
Chapter 7 Means of Egress
7.1 General
7.2 Means of Egress Components
7.3 Capacity of Means of Egress
7.4 Number of Means of Egress
7.5 Arrangement of Means of Egress
7.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits
7.7 Discharge from Exits
7.8 Illumination of Means of Egress
7.9 Emergency Lighting
7.10 Marking of Means of Egress
7.11 Special Provisions for Occupancies with High-Hazard Contents
7.12 Special Provisions for Hazardous Materials
7.13 Mechanical Equipment Rooms, Boiler Rooms, and Furnace Rooms
7.14 Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Areas
7.15 Occupant Evacuation Elevators
7.16 Emergency Stair Travel Devices
Chapter 8 Features of Fire Protection
8.1 General
8.2 Construction and Compartmentation
8.3 Fire Barriers
8.4 Smoke Partitions
8.5 Smoke Barriers
8.6 Vertical Openings
8.7 Special Hazard Protection
8.8 Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies
Chapter 9 Building Service, Fire Protection, and Life Safety Equipment
9.1 Utilities
9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning
9.3 Smoke Control
9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
9.5 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes
9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
9.7 Automatic Sprinklers
9.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment
9.9 Portable Fire Extinguishers
9.10 Standpipe Systems
9.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features
9.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment
9.13 Special Inspections and Tests
9.14 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems
9.15 Two-Way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
Chapter 10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings
10.1 General
10.2 Interior Finish
10.3 Contents and Furnishings
10.4 Outdoor Furniture
10.5 Combustible Artificial Decorative Vegetation on Roofs and Near Buildings
Chapter 11 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
11.1 General Requirements
11.2 Open Structures
11.3 Towers
11.4 Water-Surrounded Structures
11.5 Piers
11.6 Vehicles and Vessels
11.7 Underground Structures and Limited-Access Structures
11.8 High-Rise Buildings
11.9 Permanent Membrane Structures
11.10 Temporary Membrane Structures
11.11 Tents
11.12 Animal Housing Facilities
Chapter 12/13 New and Existing Assembly Occupancies
12.1/13.1 General Requirements
12.2/13.2 Means of Egress Requirements
12.3/13.3 Protection
12.4/13.4 Special Provisions
12.5/13.5 Building Services
12.6/13.6 Reserved
12.7/13.7 Operating Features
Chapter 14/15 New and Existing Educational Occupancies
14.1/15.1 General Requirements
14.2/15.2 Means of Egress Requirements
14.3/15.3 Protection
14.4/15.4 Special Provisions
14.5/15.5 Building Services
14.6/15.6 Reserved
14.7/15.7 Operating Features
Chapter 16/17 New and Existing Day-Care Occupancies
16.1/17.1 General Requirements
16.2/17.2 Means of Egress Requirements
16.3/17.3 Protection
16.4/17.4 Special Provisions
16.5/17.5 Building Services
16.6/17.6 Day-Care Homes
16.7/17.7 Operating Features
Chapter 18/19 New and Existing Health Care Occupancies
18.1/19.1 General Requirements
18.2/19.2 Means of Egress Requirements
18.3/19.3 Protection
18.4/19.4 Special Provisions
18.5/19.5 Building Services
18.6/19.6 Reserved
18.7/19.7 Operating Features
Chapter 20/21 New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
20.1/21.1 General Requirements
20.2/21.2 Means of Egress Requirements
20.3/21.3 Protection
20.4/21.4 Special Provisions
20.5/21.5 Building Services
20.6/21.6 Reserved
20.7/21.7 Operating Features
Chapter 22/23 New and Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies
22.1/23.1 General Requirements
22.2/23.2 Means of Egress Requirements
22.3/23.3 Protection
22.4/23.4 Special Provisions
22.5/23.5 Building Services
22.6/23.6 Reserved
22.7/23.7 Operating Features
Chapter 24 One- and Two-Family Dwellings
24.1 General Requirements
24.2 Means of Escape Requirements
24.3 Protection
24.4 Reserved
24.5 Building Services
Chapter 25 Reserved
Chapter 26 Lodging or Rooming Houses
26.1 General Requirements
26.2 Means of Escape Requirements
26.3 Protection
26.4 Special Structures
26.5 Building Services
26.6 Reserved
26.7 Operating Features
Chapter 27 Reserved
Chapter 28/29 New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories
28.1/29.1 General Requirements
28.2/29.2 Means of Egress Requirements
28.3/29.3 Protection
28.4/29.4 Special Provisions
28.5/29.5 Building Services
28.6/29.6 Reserved
28.7/29.7 Operating Features
Chapter 30/31 New and Existing Apartment Buildings
30.1/31.1 General Requirements
30.2/31.2 Means of Egress Requirements
30.3/31.3 Protection
30.4/31.4 Special Provisions
30.5/31.5 Building Services
30.6/31.6 Reserved
30.7/31.7 Operating Features
Chapter 32/33 New and Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies
32.1/33.1 General Requirements
32.2/33.2 Small Facilities
32.3/33.3 Large Facilities
32.4/33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy
32.5/33.5 Reserved
32.6/33.6 Reserved
32.7/33.7 Operating Features
Chapter 34 Reserved
Chapter 35 Reserved
Chapter 36/37 New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies
36.1/37.1 General Requirements
36.2/37.2 Means of Egress Requirements
36.3/37.3 Protection
36.4/37.4 Special Provisions
36.5/37.5 Building Services
36.6/37.6 Reserved
36.7/37.7 Operating Features
Chapter 38/39 New and Existing Business Occupancies
38.1/39.1 General Requirements
38.2/39.2 Means of Egress Requirements
38.3/39.3 Protection
38.4/39.4 Special Provisions
38.5/39.5 Building Services
38.6/39.6 Reserved
38.7/39.7 Operating Features
Chapter 40 Industrial Occupancies
40.1 General Requirements
40.2 Means of Egress Requirements
40.3 Protection
40.4 Special Provisions
40.5 Building Services
40.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars
40.7 Operating Features
Chapter 41 Reserved
Chapter 42 Storage Occupancies
42.1 General Requirements
42.2 Means of Egress Requirements
42.3 Protection
42.4 Special Provisions
42.5 Building Services
42.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Storage Hangars
42.7 Special Provisions for Grain Handling, Processing, Milling, or Other Bulk Storage Facilities
42.8 Special Provisions for Parking Structures
42.9 Operating Features
Chapter 43 Building Rehabilitation
43.1 General
43.2 Special Definitions
43.3 Repairs
43.4 Renovations
43.5 Modifications
43.6 Reconstruction
43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification
43.8 Additions
43.9 Reserved
43.10 Historic Buildings
Annexes
A Explanatory Material
B Supplemental Evacuation Equipment
C NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials
D Informational References
Index
Important Notices and Legal Disclaimers