--- tags: - authorship/other - destiny/uncertain - topic/construction - type/media/reference - exclude-from-word-count title: "NFPA 101: Life Safety Code (2018)" --- # NFPA 101: Life Safety Code (2018) %% This note is provided for future use. Chapter headings can be extracted to new files with format `nfpa-101_00.md`. %% ## 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. ## 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 and Fire Protection 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. ## Chapter 10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings ### 10.1 General. ### 10.2 Interior Finish. ### 10.3 Contents and Furnishings. ## 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 New Assembly Occupancies ### 12.1 General Requirements. ### 12.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 12.3 Protection. ### 12.4 Special Provisions. ### 12.5 Building Services. ### 12.6 Reserved. ### 12.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 13 Existing Assembly Occupancies ### 13.1 General Requirements. ### 13.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 13.3 Protection. ### 13.4 Special Provisions. ### 13.5 Building Services. ### 13.6 Reserved. ### 13.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 14 New Educational Occupancies ### 14.1 General Requirements. ### 14.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 14.3 Protection. ### 14.4 Special Provisions. ### 14.5 Building Services. ### 14.6 Reserved. ### 14.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 15 Existing Educational Occupancies ### 15.1 General Requirements. ### 15.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 15.3 Protection. ### 15.4 Special Provisions. ### 15.5 Building Services. ### 15.6 Reserved. ### 15.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 16 New Day-Care Occupancies ### 16.1 General Requirements. ### 16.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 16.3 Protection. ### 16.4 Special Provisions. ### 16.5 Building Services. ### 16.6 Day-Care Homes. ### 16.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 17 Existing Day-Care Occupancies ### 17.1 General Requirements. ### 17.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 17.3 Protection. ### 17.4 Special Provisions. ### 17.5 Building Services. ### 17.6 Day-Care Homes. ### 17.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 18 New Health Care Occupancies ### 18.1 General Requirements. ### 18.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 18.3 Protection. ### 18.4 Special Provisions. ### 18.5 Building Services. ### 18.6 Reserved. ### 18.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 19 Existing Health Care Occupancies ### 19.1 General Requirements. ### 19.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 19.3 Protection. ### 19.4 Special Provisions. ### 19.5 Building Services. ### 19.6 Reserved. ### 19.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 20 New Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies ### 20.1 General Requirements. ### 20.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 20.3 Protection. ### 20.4 Special Provisions. ### 20.5 Building Services. ### 20.6 Reserved. ### 20.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 21 Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies ### 21.1 General Requirements. ### 21.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 21.3 Protection. ### 21.4 Special Provisions. ### 21.5 Building Services. ### 21.6 Reserved. ### 21.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 22 New Detention and Correctional Occupancies ### 22.1 General Requirements. ### 22.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 22.3 Protection. ### 22.4 Special Provisions. ### 22.5 Building Services. ### 22.6 Reserved. ### 22.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 23 Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies ### 23.1 General Requirements. ### 23.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 23.3 Protection. ### 23.4 Special Provisions. ### 23.5 Building Services. ### 23.6 Reserved. ### 23.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 24 Oneand 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 Reserved. ### 26.5 Building Services. ### 26.6 Reserved. ### 26.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 27 Reserved ## Chapter 28 New Hotels and Dormitories ### 28.1 General Requirements. ### 28.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 28.3 Protection. ### 28.4 Special Provisions. ### 28.5 Building Services. ### 28.6 Reserved. ### 28.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 29 Existing Hotels and Dormitories ### 29.1 General Requirements. ### 29.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 29.3 Protection. ### 29.4 Special Provisions. ### 29.5 Building Services. ### 29.6 Reserved. ### 29.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 30 New Apartment Buildings ### 30.1 General Requirements. ### 30.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 30.3 Protection. ### 30.4 Special Provisions. ### 30.5 Building Services. ### 30.6 Reserved. ### 30.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 31 Existing Apartment Buildings ### 31.1 General Requirements. ### 31.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 31.3 Protection. ### 31.4 Special Provisions. ### 31.5 Building Services. ### 31.6 Reserved. ### 31.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 32 New Residential Board and Care Occupancies ### 32.1 General Requirements. ### 32.2 Small Facilities. ### 32.3 Large Facilities. ### 32.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy. ### 32.5 Reserved. ### 32.6 Reserved. ### 32.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 33 Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies ### 33.1 General Requirements. ### 33.2 Small Facilities. ### 33.3 Large Facilities. ### 33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy. ### 33.5 Reserved. ### 33.6 Reserved. ### 33.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 34 Reserved ## Chapter 35 Reserved ## Chapter 36 New Mercantile Occupancies ### 36.1 General Requirements. ### 36.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 36.3 Protection. ### 36.4 Special Provisions. ### 36.5 Building Services. ### 36.6 Reserved. ### 36.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 37 Existing Mercantile Occupancies ### 37.1 General Requirements. ### 37.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 37.3 Protection. ### 37.4 Special Provisions. ### 37.5 Building Services. ### 37.6 Reserved. ### 37.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 38 New Business Occupancies ### 38.1 General Requirements. ### 38.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 38.3 Protection. ### 38.4 Special Provisions. ### 38.5 Building Services. ### 38.6 Reserved. ### 38.7 Operating Features. ## Chapter 39 Existing Business Occupancies ### 39.1 General Requirements. ### 39.2 Means of Egress Requirements. ### 39.3 Protection. ### 39.4 Special Provisions. ### 39.5 Building Services. ### 39.6 Reserved. ### 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. ## Annex A Explanatory Material ## Annex B Supplemental Evacuation Equipment ## Annex C NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials ## Annex D Informational References