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2007 NFPA 72
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Heightened risk awareness and changing safety
dynamics have revolutionized the role of alarm and signaling systems in
protecting life and property.
At the same time, sophisticated technical
advances and solid research findings have improved their ability to meet the new
demands.
It is in response to and out of this dynamic
environment that the 2007 edition of NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm Code®
has emerged.
Technology- and research-driven changes
offer improved egress time and system reliability.
- Developed at the request of the U.S. Air
Force, a new Mass Notification Systems Annex provides
guidelines to facilitate fast, safe evacuation in emergency situations such as
fire, terrorist attack, biological and hazardous chemical incidents,
accidents, and natural disasters.
- Added requirements for new technology
equipment, including video image smoke and flame detection, detectors
that use multiple sensing inputs, fire extinguisher monitors, and directional
appliances
- New guidance on visual notification
in large space occupancies
- Updated rules for spacing of smoke
detectors in joist and beam and small room applications
- New requirement to provide a Response
Time Index for heat detectors
- New provisions for strobe
synchronization when installing visible notification appliances
- New requirements for household fire
warning applications, including smoke alarms with voice and expanded
smoke alarm coverage for larger size homes
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