Life Safety Code® Information at Your Fingertips

NFPA 101® Life Safety Code® is the source for life safety training and compliance. Only the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code helps you avoid costly life safety violations by providing the most updated information on the market. It defines requirements for numerous safety measures such as means of egress provisions , fire protection features and building service and fire protection equipment such as automatic sprinkler systems and fire detection systems.

NFPA 101 Life Safety Code also sets out requirements that vary with building use. Whether you're inquiring about a single-family home or a school, NFPA's 2009 edition of the Life Safety Code provides the latest information about safety requirements that must be adhered to.

The NFPA 101 Life Safety Code features:

• Complete NFPA Life Safety Code information and requirements for design, plan review and on site inspection
• New evacuation strategies and technologies facilitate faster movement of more people in an emergency. Get up-to-date on rules for elevator use for occupant-controlled evacuation and supplemental evacuation equipment.
• Additional sprinkler mandates for all existing high-rise health care occupancies and all new apartment buildings will save even more lives and further reduce fire injuries.
• New NFPA 101 requirement for inspection of door openings ensures that fire doors will be operational in an emergency.
• New criteria for remoteness of exit accesses and exit discharges minimizes the possibility of both paths becoming blocked by a single fire.
• New rule for 2-way communication systems in areas of refuge even where the building is sprinklered means people unable to leave the area can communicate with emergency responders as to their location.
• Health care occupancy door locking for patient protective needs improves security.

And if you're looking to take the NFPA 101 : Life Safety Code principles one step further, check out the 2009 Life Safety Code Handbook. This will help you interpret and apply the material set forth in NFPA 101 : Life Safety Code. It's the perfect supplement to help you quickly get up to speed on the latest requirements of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.

The 2009 Life Safety Code Handbook:

• Only NFPA's official Handbook contains the complete 2009 Life Safety Code text.
• Authoritative commentary provides insights into the reasoning behind rules and presents hands-on compliance advice. Plus, it's color-coded so it's easy to distinguish from requirements.
• First-time commentary shortens the learning curve on new provisions concerning egress-related criteria for evacuation strategies and new escape devices, additional sprinkler mandates, inspection of door openings, door locking for patient protective needs, and 2-way communication systems in areas of refuge.
• Code text for new and existing buildings is presented side-by-side for easy comparison--this feature alone makes the Handbook a must!
• More than 400 2-color charts, tables, photos, and illustrations enhance your understanding of vital requirements.
• A handy chart makes it easy to see major changes that have been implemented.

Also available is NFPA’s Fire Protection Handbook®. This comprehensive and valuable resource offers the latest information on:

• Life safety in buildings and fundamentals of fire-safe building design
• Fire and life safety
• Advancements in the sprinkler system technology
• Updated information on automatic sprinkler systems that discusses the materials and the latest accepted practices for installation
• Protecting against catastrophic fire through properly sprinklered storage facilities
• Assembly occupancies
• And much more