--- tags: - authorship/other - destiny/uncertain - topic/construction/electrical - type/media/reference - exclude-from-word-count title: "NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (2019)" --- # NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (2019) %% This note is provided for future use. Chapter headings can be extracted to new files with format `nfpa-72_00.md`. %% ## Chapter 1 Administration ### 1.1 Scope. ### 1.2 Purpose. ### 1.3 Application. ### 1.4 Retroactivity. ### 1.5 Equivalency. ### 1.6 Units and Formulas. ### 1.7 Code Adoption Requirements. ## 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 7 Documentation ### 7.1 Application. (SIG-FUN) ### 7.2 Minimum Required Documentation. (SIG-FUN) ### 7.3 Design (Layout) Documentation. ### 7.4 Shop Drawings (Installation Documentation). (SIG-FUN) ### 7.5 Completion Documentation. ### 7.6 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Documentation. (SIG-TMS) ### 7.7 Records, Record Retention, and Record Maintenance. ### 7.8 Forms. ## Chapter 10 Fundamentals ### 10.1 Application. ### 10.2 Purpose. ### 10.3 Equipment. ### 10.4 Design and Installation. ### 10.5 Personnel Qualifications. ### 10.6 Power Supplies. ### 10.7 Signal Priority. ### 10.8 Detection and Signaling of Conditions. ### 10.9 Responses. ### 10.10 Distinctive Signals. ### 10.11 Alarm Signals. ### 10.12 Fire Alarm Notification Appliance Deactivation. ### 10.13 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Notification Appliance Deactivation. ### 10.14 Supervisory Signals. ### 10.15 Trouble Signals. ### 10.16 Emergency Control Function Status Indicators. ### 10.17 Notification Appliance Circuits and Control Circuits. ### 10.18 Annunciation and Annunciation Zoning. ### 10.19 Monitoring Integrity of In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems. ### 10.20 Documentation and Notification. ### 10.21 Impairments. ### 10.22 Unwanted Alarms. ## Chapter 12 Circuits and Pathways ### 12.1 Application. ### 12.2 General. ### 12.3 Pathway Class Designations. ### 12.4 Pathway Survivability. ### 12.5 Shared Pathway Designations. ### 12.6 Monitoring Integrity and Circuit Performance of Installation Conductors and Other Signaling Channels. ### 12.7 Nomenclature. ## Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance ### 14.1 Application. ### 14.2 General. ### 14.3 Inspection. ### 14.4 Testing. ### 14.5 Maintenance. ### 14.6 Records. ## Chapter 17 Initiating Devices ### 17.1 Application. ### 17.2 Purpose. ### 17.3 Performance-Based Design. ### 17.4 General Requirements. ### 17.5 Requirements for Smoke and Heat Detectors. ### 17.6 Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors. ### 17.7 Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors. ### 17.8 Radiant Energy–Sensing Fire Detectors. ### 17.9 Combination, Multi-Criteria, and Multi-Sensor Detectors. ### 17.10 Gas Detection. ### 17.11 Other Fire Detectors. ### 17.12 Carbon Monoxide Detectors. ### 17.13 Sprinkler Waterflow Alarm-Initiating Devices. ### 17.14 Detection of Operation of Other Automatic Extinguishing Systems. ### 17.15 Manually Actuated Alarm-Initiating Devices. ### 17.16 Fire Extinguisher Electronic Monitoring Device. ### 17.17 Supervisory Signal–Initiating Devices. ## Chapter 18 Notification Appliances ### 18.1 Application. ### 18.2 Purpose. ### 18.3 General. ### 18.4 Audible Characteristics. ### 18.5 Visible- Visual Characteristics -- Public Mode. ### 18.6 Visible- Visual Characteristics -- Private Mode. ### 18.7 Supplementary Visible- Visual Signaling Method. ### 18.8 Textual Audible Appliances. ### 18.9 Textual and Graphical Visible- Visual Appliances. ### 18.10 Tactile Appliances. ### 18.11 Standard Emergency Service Interface. ## Chapter 21 Emergency Control Function Interfaces ### 21.1 Application. ### 21.2 General. ### 21.3 Elevator Phase I Emergency Recall Operation. ### 21.4 Elevator Power Shutdown. ### 21.5 Fire Service Access Elevators. ### 21.6 Occupant Evacuation Elevators. (OEE). ### 21.7 Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. ### 21.8 High Volume Low Speed (HVLS) Fans. ### 21.9 Door and Shutter Release. ### 21.10 Electrically Locked Doors. ### 21.11 Exit Marking Audible Notification Systems. ## Chapter 23 Protected Premises Alarm and Signaling Systems ### 23.1 Application. ### 23.2 General. ### 23.3 System Features. ### 23.4 System Performance and Integrity. ### 23.5 Performance of Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs). ### 23.6 Performance of Signaling Line Circuits (SLCs). ### 23.7 Performance of Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs). ### 23.8 System Requirements. ### 23.9 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications. ### 23.10 Fire Alarm Systems Using Tone. ### 23.11 Suppression System Actuation. ### 23.12 Off-Premises Signals. ### 23.13 Guard's Tour Supervisory Service. ### 23.14 Suppressed (Exception Reporting) Signal System. ### 23.15 Protected Premises Emergency Control Functions. ### 23.16 Special Requirements for Low-Power Radio (Wireless) Systems. ## Chapter 24 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) ### 24.1 Application. ### 24.2 Purpose. ### 24.3 General. ### 24.4 In-Building Fire Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications Systems (EVACS). ### 24.5 In-Building Mass Notification Systems. ### 24.6 Wide-Area Mass Notification Systems. ### 24.7 Distributed Recipient Mass Notification Systems (DRMNS). ### 24.8 Two-Way, In-Building Wired Emergency Services Communications Systems. ### 24.9 Two-Way Radio Communications Enhancement Systems. ### 24.10 Area of Refuge (Area of Rescue Assistance) Emergency Communications Systems, Stairway Communications Systems, Elevator Landing Communications Systems, and Occupant Evacuation Elevator Lobby Communications Systems. ### 24.11 Information, Command, and Control. ### 24.12 Performance-Based Design of Mass Notification Systems. ### 24.13 Documentation for Emergency Communications Systems. ## Chapter 26 Supervising Station Alarm Systems ### 26.1 Application. ### 26.2 General. ### 26.3 Central Station Service Alarm Systems. ### 26.4 Proprietary Supervising Station Alarm Systems. ### 26.5 Remote Supervising Station Alarm Systems. ### 26.6 Communications Methods for Supervising Station Alarm Systems. ## Chapter 27 Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems ### 27.1 Application. ### 27.2 General Fundamentals. ### 27.3 Management and Maintenance. ### 27.4 Communications Methods. ### 27.5 Alarm Processing Equipment. ### 27.6 Alarm Boxes. ### 27.7 Public Cable Plant. ### 27.8 Emergency Communications Systems (ECS). ## Chapter 29 Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Signaling Systems ### 29.1 Application. ### 29.2 Purpose. ### 29.3 Basic Requirements. ### 29.4 Remote Annunciation. ### 29.5 Notification. ### 29.6 Assumptions. ### 29.7 Carbon Monoxide Detection. ### 29.8 Detection and Notification. ### 29.9 Power Supplies. ### 29.10 Equipment Performance. ### 29.11 Installation. ### 29.12 Optional Functions. ### 29.13 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance. ### 29.14 Markings and Instructions. ## Annex ### Annex A Explanatory Material ### Annex B Engineering Guide for Automatic Fire Detector Spacing ### Annex C System Performance and Design Guide ### Annex D Speech Intelligibility ### Annex E Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 72 ### Annex F Wiring Diagrams and Guide for Testing Fire Alarm Circuits ### Annex G Guidelines for Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings and Campuses ### Annex H Carbon Monoxide ### Annex I Informational References