Authors: Gregory E. Harrington, P.E., and Kristin Bigda, P.E. Discover how the 2018 Handbook can help you comply with NFPA 101, Life Safety Code requirements. Stair e nclosures NFPA 101 has an extensive amount of information and requirement s for stairs and stair enclosures. Trust the 2018 edition of the NFPA 101: Life Safety Code Handbook to help you make the right safety decisions in the built environment, where every decision has the potential to impact lives. Code users will find revised illumination levels for new stairs, a section addressing written emergency plans, revised requirements for testing of mattresses and upholstered furniture, and a section with "analytical methods" for determining the fire resistance of building assemblies. New evacuation strategies and technologies facilitate faster movement of more people in an emergency, including new egress capacity criteria for stairs that are more than 44 inches in width. Preview the 2021 NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code® Handbook. The Code provides a flexible approach that adapts to nontraditional use of buildings; innovative designs; and new technologies, materials, and construction practices. NFPA codes and standards both provide requirements for achieving outcomes. These tabs can be used with the 2018, 2015, or 2012 editions of the Life Safety Code or NFPA 101 Handbook. This edition is compatible with the 2021 version of NFPA 101 and includes all-new benefits and features. Additional valuable features include: For the first time, the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Handbook includes Historical Notes highlighting fire events that have influenced changes to the Code through its history. NFPA 101 Summary of Technical Changes: 2018 to 2021, 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections, 5.3 Retained Prescriptive Requirements, 5.4 Design Specifications and Other Conditions, Chapter 6 Classification of Occupancy and Hazard of Contents, 7.6 Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits, 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, Chapter 8 Features of Fire Protection, 8.2 Construction and Compartmentation, 8.8 Inspection and Testing of Door Assemblies, Chapter 9 Building Service, Fire Protection, and Life Safety Equipment, 9.2 Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning, 9.4 Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors, 9.5 Waste Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes, 9.6 Fire Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems, 9.8 Other Automatic Extinguishing Equipment, 9.11 Fire Protection System Operating Features, 9.12 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment, 9.14 Risk Analysis for Mass Notification Systems, 9.15 Two-Way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems, Chapter 10 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings, 10.5 Combustible Artificial Decorative Vegetation on Roofs and Near Buildings, Chapter 11 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings, 11.7 Underground Structures and Limited-Access Structures, Chapter 12/13 New and Existing Assembly Occupancies, 12.2/13.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 14/15 New and Existing Educational Occupancies, 14.2/15.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 16/17 New and Existing Day-Care Occupancies, 16.2/17.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 18/19 New and Existing Health Care Occupancies, 18.2/19.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 20/21 New and Existing Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies, 20.2/21.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 22/23 New and Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies, 22.2/23.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 24 One- and Two-Family Dwellings, Chapter 28/29 New and Existing Hotels and Dormitories, 28.2/29.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 30/31 New and Existing Apartment Buildings, 30.2/31.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 32/33 New and Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, 32.4/33.4 Suitability of an Apartment Building to House a Board and Care Occupancy, Chapter 36/37 New and Existing Mercantile Occupancies, 36.2/37.2 Means of Egress Requirements, Chapter 38/39 New and Existing Business Occupancies, 38.2/39.2 Means of Egress Requirements, 40.6 Special Provisions for Aircraft Servicing Hangars, 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, 43.7 Change of Use or Occupancy Classification, C NFPA Documents on Hazardous Materials, Important information about NFPA codes and standards available. Existing PDFs will remain in-market and will still be accessible in our National Fire Codes® Subscription Service (NFCSS™). The 2021 edition provides the most current safety criteria with key revisions, including: Get the knowledge you need to help eliminate risks in the built environment efficiently and effectively. This edition introduces first-time Chapter 5: Performance-Based Option, with critical guidance for engineers and AHJs working with performance-based design. This important Code edition also presents a chapter on existing building rehabilitation that provides greater flexibility to encourage adaptive reuse without sacrificing life safety. (Set of 48) Click to order Life Safety Code Tabs. Existing PDFs will remain in-market and will still be accessible in our National Fire Codes® Subscription Service (NFCSS™). NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, shall be known as the Life Safety Code®, is cited as such, and shall be referred to herein as "this Code" or "the Code". 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