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