2. Introduction of Attendees. For current SAF-AAC committee roster, see page 3.

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1 AGENDA NFPA Correlating Committee on Safety to Life () November 7, 2013 Second Draft Meeting Embassy Suites Atlanta Hartsfield Airport Hotel Atlanta, GA 1. Call to Order. Call meeting to order by Chair Bill Koffel at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at Embassy Suites Atlanta Hartsfield Airport Hotel, Atlanta, GA. 2. Introduction of Attendees. For current committee roster, see page Minutes Approval. Approve minutes of November 6, 2012 meeting. For a copy of the meeting minutes, see page New Codes and Standards Revision Process and Actions Permitted of Correlating Committees. For copy of staff PowerPoint handouts, see page Liaison Reports. Receive liaison reports on fire alarm committee (Wayne Moore and Shane Clary) and sprinkler committee (Bill Koffel). 6. Update on NFPA 101A Revision. 7. Interior Finish and Furnishings Technical Committee Name and Scope Change. See page Fire Protection Features TC Scope Expansion. See page Supplemental Operating Procedures. 10. Assigning Responsibility for Definitions to Technical Committees. For a copy of the draft assignments made by task group, see page Update on Hazardous Materials Task Group. For a task group roster and initial charge, see page Guideline on References to Proprietary Products and Services. For a copy of the guideline from the Committee Officers Guide, see page Recommended Changes to / Life Safety Evaluation from SAF-AXM Chair Jeff Tubbs. See page Carbon Monoxide Detection Correlation. See page 62. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

2 15. Correlating Committee Review and Action on Second Draft Report as Prepared by the SAF Technical Committees. Working components to be downloaded from NFPA 101 document information page under Agendas for the Correlating Committee: 101_A14_TCResponsesToCCNotes 101_A14_TCCommitteeCommentsWithStatements 101_A14_TCBallotFinals Additionally, the 101 Second Draft Ballot Version can be accessed online at the following link: Notes to Technical Committees for Next Revision Cycle. 17. Other Business. 18. Next Meeting. 19. Adjournment. Enclosures 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

3 Address List No Phone Safety to Life 10/08/2013 Ron Coté William E. Koffel Chair Koffel Associates, Inc Centre Park Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, MD Alternate: Sharon S. Gilyeat SE 1/1/1992 Ron Coté Secretary (Staff-Nonvoting) National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA /1/1991 David S. Collins Principal The Preview Group, Inc. 632 Race Street Cincinnati, OH American Institute of Architects SE 3/4/2009 Wayne D. Holmes Principal HSB Professional Loss Control 508 Parkview Drive Burlington, NC I 4/17/1998 Howard Hopper Principal UL LLC 455 East Trimble Road San Jose, CA RT 1/15/1999 Kenneth E. Isman Principal National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY Alternate: Jeffrey M. Hugo M 4/3/2003 J. Edmund Kalie, Jr. Principal Prince George's County Government 1220 Carroway Court, Room 1050 Largo, MD E 7/17/1998 George H. McCall Principal Wade Hampton Fire Department Nine Stratton Place Greenville, SC International Association of Fire Chiefs Alternate: Michael O'Brian U 4/14/2005 Isaac I. Papier Principal Honeywell, Inc. Honeywell Life Safety 3825 Ohio Avenue St. Charles, IL National Electrical Manufacturers Association Alternate: Rodger Reiswig M 3/2/2010 Jake Pauls Principal Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use & Safety Winexburg Manor Drive, Suite 201 Silver Spring, MD American Public Health Association Alternate: Stanley C. Harbuck C 10/4/2001 James R. Quiter Principal Arup 560 Mission Street, Floor 7 San Francisco, CA Alternate: Martin H. Reiss SE 1/1/1992 Ronald C. Reynolds Principal Virginia State Fire Marshal s Office 1005 Technology Park Drive Glen Allen, VA International Fire Marshals Association E 10/29/2012 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 1

4 Address List No Phone Safety to Life 10/08/2013 Ron Coté Eric R. Rosenbaum Principal Hughes Associates, Inc Commerce Drive, Suite 817 Baltimore, MD American Health Care Association U 03/07/2013 Sharon S. Gilyeat Alternate Koffel Associates, Inc Centre Park Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, MD Principal: William E. Koffel SE 10/20/2010 Stanley C. Harbuck Alternate School of Building Inspection PO Box 1643 Salt Lake City, UT American Public Health Association Principal: Jake Pauls C 11/2/2006 Jeffrey M. Hugo Alternate National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc West Borton Road Essexville, MI Principal: Kenneth E. Isman M 7/26/2007 Michael O'Brian Alternate Brighton Area Fire Authority 615 West Grand River Avenue Brighton, MI International Association of Fire Chiefs Principal: George H. McCall U 10/29/2012 Martin H. Reiss Alternate The RJA Group, Inc Worcester Road, Suite 501 Framingham, MA Principal: James R. Quiter SE 7/1/1993 Rodger Reiswig M 07/29/2013 Alternate Tyco/SimplexGrinnell 3640 Haddington Court Apopka, FL National Electrical Manufacturers Association Principal: Isaac I. Papier Chad E. Beebe Nonvoting Member ASHE - AHA PO Box 5756 Lacey, WA TC on Board & Care Facilities E 3/4/2009 Warren D. Bonisch Nonvoting Member Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation 1701 North Collins Blvd., Suite 235 Richardson, TX TC on Residential Occupancies I 10/27/2005 Kenneth E. Bush Nonvoting Member Maryland State Fire Marshals Office 301 Bay Street, Lower Level Easton, MD TC on Mercantile & Business Occupancies E 4/17/1998 Wayne G. Carson Nonvoting Member Carson Associates, Inc. 35 Horner Street, Suite 120 Warrenton, VA TC on Fundamentals SE 3/4/2009 John F. Devlin Nonvoting Member Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation 6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 220 Greenbelt, MD TC on Fire Protection Features I 3/5/2012 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 2

5 Address List No Phone Safety to Life 10/08/2013 Ron Coté Michael DiMascio SE 10/27/2005 Nonvoting Member Arup 955 Mass Avenue Cambridge, MA TC on Detention & Correctional Occupancies Joseph M. Jardin Nonvoting Member Fire Department City of New York 16 Dexter Court Hauppauge, NY TC on Building Service & Fire Protection Equipment C 3/4/2009 David P. Klein Nonvoting Member US Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Mail Code: (10NA8) Washington, DC TC on Health Care Occupancies U 3/4/2009 James K. Lathrop Nonvoting Member Koffel Associates, Inc. 81 Pennsylvania Avenue Niantic, CT TC on Means of Egress SE 1/12/2000 Wayne D. Moore Nonvoting Member Hughes Associates, Inc. 117 Metro Center Boulevard, Suite 1002 Warwick, RI Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Alternate: Shane M. Clary SE 7/26/2007 Henry Paszczuk Nonvoting Member Connecticut Department of Public Safety 102 Jeffrey Lane Berlin, CT TC on Furnishings & Contents E 08/05/2009 Aleksy L. Szachnowicz Nonvoting Member Anne Arundel County Public Schools 2644 Riva Road Annapolis, MD TC on Educational & Day-Care Occupancies U 10/27/2005 Jeffrey S. Tubbs Nonvoting Member Arup 955 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th Floor Cambridge, MA TC on Assembly Occupancies & Membrane Structures SE 3/4/2009 Joseph H. Versteeg Nonvoting Member Versteeg Associates 86 University Drive Torrington, CT TC on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety E 3/4/2009 Carl D. Wren Nonvoting Member Austin Fire Department Emergency Prevention Division One Texas Center, Suite Barton Springs Road Austin, TX TC on Industrial, Storage, & Miscellaneous Occupancies E 3/5/2012 Shane M. Clary Alt. to Nonvoting Member Bay Alarm Company 60 Berry Drive Pacheco, CA Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Principal: Wayne D. Moore IM 7/26/2007 John L. Bryan Member Emeritus 2399 Bear Den Road Frederick, MD SE 1/1/1975 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 3

6 Address List No Phone Safety to Life 10/08/2013 Ron Coté Ron Coté Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA /1/1991 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 4

7 MINUTES NFPA Correlating Committee on Safety to Life () November 6, 2012 First Draft Meeting Hilton Boston Logan Airport Boston, MA 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair Bill Koffel at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel, Boston, MA. 2. Introduction of Committee Members and Guests. The following Life Safety Code Correlating Committee Principal, Alternate and Non-voting members participated: NAME COMPANY William Koffel, Chair Koffel Associates, Inc. Ron Coté, Secretary (Nonvoting) National Fire Protection Association Kenneth Bush, Nonvoting Member Maryland State Fire Marshal s Office Rep. TC on Mercantile and Business Occupancies David Collins, Principal The Preview Group, Inc. Rep. American Institute of Architects John Devlin, Nonvoting Member Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corporation Rep. TC on Fire Protection Features Michael DiMascio, Nonvoting Member Arup Rep. TC on Detention and Correctional Occupancies Wayne Holmes, Principal HSB Professional Loss Control Howard Hopper, Principal Underwriters Laboratories LLC Jeffrey Hugo, Alternate National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Thomas Jaeger, Principal Jaeger and Associates, LLC Rep. American Health Care Association J. Edmund Kalie, Principal Prince George s County Government George McCall, Principal Wade Hampton Fire Department Rep. International Association of Fire Chiefs Wayne Moore, Nonvoting Member Hughes Associates, Inc. Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Jake Pauls, Principal Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use & Safety Rep. American Public Health Association James Quiter, Principal Arup Minutes SAF AAC Correlating Committee First Draft Meeting Page 1 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

8 Jeffrey Tubbs, Nonvoting Member Carl Wren, Nonvoting Member Shane Clary, Alt. to Nonvoting Member Arup Rep. TC on Assembly Occupancies Austin Fire Department Rep. TC on Industrial, Storage and Miscellaneous Occupancies Bay Alarm Company Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee The following Guests were in attendance: NAME Susan Ballester Mark Earley Jon Hart Kim Shea COMPANY NFPA NFPA NFPA NFPA The following NFPA 101/5000 Staff were in attendance: Kristin Bigda Gregory Harrington Robert Solomon Tracy Vecchiarelli The following Life Safety Code Correlating Committee Principal member did not participate: NAME Todd Shearer, Principal COMPANY Tyco/SimplexGrinnell Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association 3. Minutes Approval. The minutes of BLD-AAC / joint teleconference meeting of March 13, 2012 were approved as written and distributed. 4. Liaison Reports. Liaison reports were received. Fire Alarm and Signaling Project - Shane Clary reported. NFPA recently released. Major changes are related to cause/effect of fire alarm and actions post-initiation; mass notification; and an aggregation of documentation requirements into a new chapter. Committees are already meeting in pre-first Draft sessions that will lead to 2016 edition. Sprinkler Project - Bill Koffel reported. NFPA recently released. Changes of direct interest to NFPA 101 include an exemption from sprinklering elevator machine rooms, and an exemption from sprinklering clothes closets in hospital patient rooms. The issue of exempting sprinklers from apartment living unit bathrooms needs additional work. An appeal to the Standards Council was recently heard relative to proposed changes to NFPS 750 that would establish a water mist system as an equivalent to an automatic sprinkler system. Minutes SAF AAC Correlating Committee First Draft Meeting Page 2 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

9 5. Assembly Occupancies Technical Committee Name Change. The committee noted that the Standards Council approved the name change of SAF/BLD-AXM to Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies. 6. Request from Furnishings and Contents Technical Committee for Name and Scope Change. By unanimous vote, the committee agreed to request that the Standards Council approve the change in name and scope as follows: Technical Committee on Furnishings Interior Finish and Contents Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on limiting the impact of interior finish, furnishings and building contents effect on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the emergency movement of people. It is understood that the committee acronym, SAF-FUR, will need to be changed to reflect the alphabetical naming convention that employs the first word of the technical committee name (i.e., Interior ). The preferred acronym is SAF-INT. The changes are recommended because the primary NFPA 101/5000 subject addressed by the committee is interior finish. The subjects of contents and furnishings are secondary to the primary subject. The current committee name and scope do not accurately capture this. 7. New Codes and Standards Revision Process. Robert Solomon explained features of the new system via a PowerPoint presentation. 8. Correlating Committee Review/Actions on First Draft Report as Prepared by the SAF Technical Committees. Correlating Notes and First Correlating Revisions were prepared. See the Correlating Committee First Draft ballot. 9. Other Business. Definitions. The committee agreed to have each defined term assigned to a specific technical committee so that committee would have responsibility for the maintenance and revision of such term. A task group is to be formed after the Second Draft meetings of the current revision cycle. The task group will report to the Correlating Committee (CC) its recommendations for the definitions assignments in time for the CC to review the recommendations at its first meeting of the 2018 revision cycle. Each Technical Committee chair is asked to identify a member to serve on the task group. Special Hazards Protection. The committee noted that the scope of the Technical Committee on Fire Protection Features (SAF-FIR) addresses construction compartmentation but that the committee has also been charged, traditionally, with addressing special hazards protection (NFPA 101 Section 8.7 that serves as the core chapter material to support each occupancy chapter s.3.2 subsection). The committee acted to ask SAF-FIR to develop recommended changes to its scope to include special hazards protection. The recommendation is to be reported to the Correlating Committee in time for its Second Draft meeting. Minutes SAF AAC Correlating Committee First Draft Meeting Page 3 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

10 Hazardous Materials. Jeff Tubbs raised the issue of whether NFPA 101 should address hazardous materials (as done in NFPA 5000 Chapter 34). The committee noted that health hazards are not within the scope of NFPA 101. Conflicts exist among the NFPA codes. It was agreed to: o Add the subject of hazardous materials to the agenda for all NFPA 101 technical committee Second Draft meetings o Gather comments from each technical committee including whether it wants to participate in a task group on the subject of hazardous materials o Report results to the Correlating Committee at its Second Draft review meeting o Ask the Standards Council, after the Correlating Committee s Second Draft meeting, to establish a task group from the membership of the NFPA 1, 30, 101, 400 and 5000 committees to address conflicts and overlapping requirements related to hazardous materials Supplemental Operating Procedures (SOPs). The committee noted that the existing Supplemental Operating Procedures for the Committees on Safety to Life, last approved by the Standards Council in 2002, are outdated and inconsistent with the new process for the revision of codes. The committee agreed to establish a task group to identify items within the SOPs (including items balloted in 2008 but not processed through the Standards Council), of both NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000, for referral to the Standards Council for inclusion in the Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards (the Regs). The task group is to be comprised of four members: NFPA 101 Correlating Committee chair, NFPA 5000 Correlating Committee chair, chair of one NFPA 101 occupancy technical committee, and chair of one NFPA 5000 occupancy technical committee. New Process Software Enhancements. Susan Ballester, of the NFPA information systems group, demonstrated features of the Terra system that the technical committees will use to create First Revisions and answer Public Input. 10. Next Meeting. The committee reconfirmed that it did not want to meet via conference call. Some spoke to the advantages of a hybrid meeting where a face-to-face session is held but members can connect remotely via voice/internet. The committee agreed to meet next in a one-day meeting during the week of November 4-8, Jake Pauls advised that he had a conflict during part of that week as he was scheduled to attend the November 4-6 APHA conference in Boston. 11. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 PM. Minutes SAF AAC Correlating Committee First Draft Meeting Page 4 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

11 NFPA Second Draft Meeting Safety to Life Correlating Committee November 7, 2013 Atlanta, GA NFPA Second Draft Meeting If fire alarm sounds, please proceed to an exit 2 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 1

12 NFPA Second Draft Meeting Members, please verify/update your contact information Use of tape recorders or other means capable of reproducing verbatim transcriptions of this meeting is not permitted 3 NFPA Second Draft Meetings Guests All guests are asked to sign in and identify their affiliations Participation is limited to those individuals who have previously requested of the chair time to address the committee on a particular subject or individuals who wish to speak to Public Comment they have submitted 4 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 2

13 NFPA Second Draft Meetings Members categorized in ANY interest category who have been retained to represent the interests of ANOTHER interest category need to declare those interests to the committee and refrain from voting on matters relating to those issues 5 Organization and Responsibilities of Correlating Committees Responsible for resolving conflicts, achieving correlation, correcting errors and omissions, and ensuring TC actions conducted in accordance with the Regs Able to choose between alternatives presented by TCs and to write text as necessary for correlation, consistency, and to correct errors and omissions 6 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 3

14 CC Responsibilities Resolving conflicts within or between NFPA standards Recommending resolution of conflicts between overlapping functions in TC scopes Notifying a TC of failure to comply with Regs or MOS Determining whether TC has given full consideration to all evidence presented 7 New NFPA Process New Term Comment Stage Public Comment Second Draft Meeting Committee Comment Second Revision Second Draft Report Second Draft Old Term ROC Stage Public Comment ROC Meeting Comment that Failed Ballot (Second Revision that failed ballot) Committee Comment or Accepted Public Comment ROC ROC Draft 8 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 4

15 9 Correlating Committee Actions at Second Draft Meeting Create Second Correlating Revisions (SCR) to promote correlation and consistency SCR on a Section that wasn t modified by the TC SCR on a Section that was modified by TC The TC s Second Revision on that Section is overidden by the SCR and TC s Second Revision is then reclassified to a Committee Comment(CC) and won t appear in the Second Draft, but will show in Second Draft Report (similar to ROP). SCRs Ballotted Passes goes in Second Draft Fails disappears (not even in Second Draft Report) 10 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 5

16 Technical Consideration and Action on Correlating Notes Technical Committees considered all Correlating Notes and developed Committee Statement that provides a response Responses appear as an attachment to the agenda 11 Electronic Balloting Ballots will be an online format Alternates are encouraged to return ballots Bllt Ballot session will illtime out after 90 minutes Use submit to save your work 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 6

17 Electronic Balloting Click link on the ballot received Sign in with NFPA.org Committee Login and Password Electronic Balloting Select either Affirmative on All or Affirmative with Exception(s) p ( ) 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 7

18 Electronic Balloting Choosing AFFIRMATIVE WITH EXCEPTION(S) Make selection: Affirmative with Comment, Negative, or Abstain No selection made-defaults df to affirmative Must include comment on each vote. Electronic Balloting To complete ballot click Participant Consent and Submit Return and edit any votes before ballot due date. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 8

19 Document Information Doc Info Pages Next Edition Technical Committee Document scope Current/Previous Edition information Issued TIAs, FIs and Errata Archived revision information Standard Council Decisions Articles and Reports Read only document Submit Public Input/Comments via Electronic Submission System. Meetings and Ballots ROP/ROC or Second Draft Report and Second Draft Report NITMAMand Standard Council Decisions Private TC info Ballot circulations, informational ballots and other committee info Committee name, responsibility and scope Staff liaison Committee list Private committee contact information Current committee documents in PDF format Committees seeking members and committee online application TC Struggles with an Issue TC needs data on a new technology or emerging issue Two opposing views on an issue with no real ldata Data presented is not trusted by committee Code Fund Lends a Hand TC rep and/or staff liaison submits a Code Fund Request Requests are reviewed by a Panel and chosen based on need / feasibility Research Project Carried Out Funding for project is provided by the Code Fund and/or industry sponsors Project is completed and data is available to TC 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 9

20 Legal Antitrust: the single most important provision - Federal law prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies which unreasonably restrain trade or commerce. Section 1 of the Sherman Act Patent: Disclosures of essential patent claims should be made by the patent holder, but others may also notify NFPA if they believe that a proposed or existing NFPA standard includes an essential patent claim Legal Activities Disapproved by the Courts Packing meetings Hiding commercial interest throwing the committees out of balance No final decision-making authority to unbalanced bl dtask kgroups; include ld all llit interested td parties. Hiding scientific or technical information from committees 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 10

21 QUESTIONS? 21 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67 11

22 TO: FROM: Correlating Committee on Safety to Life and Building Code Linda Fuller DATE: March 18, 2013 SUBJECT: Scope and Title Revision for TC on Furnishing and Contents I am transmitting to you herewith the following action of the Standards Council (March 6-7, 2013): The Council approved the request of the Correlating Committee for Safety to Life and Building Code to revise the scope and title of the Committee on Furnishing and Contents to read as follows: Approved Title: Technical Committee on Furnishings Interior Finish and Contents Approved Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on limiting the impact of interior finish, furnishings and building contents effect on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the emergency movement of people. c: R. Solomon, R. Cote, C. Peterson, D. Baio, C. Cronin, K. Carey, P. Foley TC Interior Finish and Contents nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

23 Cote, Ron From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Cote, Ron Wednesday, November 21, :36 PM Bigda, Kristin Solomon, Robert Changes to BLD/SAF-FIR Scope Kristin, the Correlating Committee asks that BLD/SAF-FIR prepare recommended changes to its Scope at its Second Draft meeting. Please add to the agenda. The minutes item from the Correlating Committee s November 6, 2012 meeting follows: Special Hazards Protection. The committee noted that the scope of the Technical Committee on Fire Protection Features (SAF-FIR) addresses construction compartmentation but that the committee has also been charged, traditionally, with addressing special hazards protection (NFPA 101 Section 8.7 that serves as the core chapter material to support each occupancy chapter s.3.2 subsection). The committee acted to ask SAF-FIR to develop recommended changes to its scope to include special hazards protection. The recommendation is to be reported to the Correlating Committee in time for its Second Draft meeting. Ron Coté, P.E. Principal Life Safety Engineer NFPA - Quincy, MA USA 1 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

24 NFPA 101/5000 Correlating Committee Task Group Committee Definitions Task Group FUN Jack McNamara MEA Mike Crowley FIR Cathy Stashak BSF David Kleptitch INT Marcelo Hirschler AXM Jerrold Gorrell END (Cathy Stashak see FIR) HEA (Mike Crowley see MEA) DET Larry Iseminger RES Dan Finnegan BCF Eric Rosenbaum MER William Burrus IND Don Birschler BLC Joseph Holland SCM (Joseph Holland see BLC) BSY Shane Clary 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of 67

25 Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General. The definitions contained in this chapter shall apply to the terms used in this Code. Where terms are not defined in this chapter or within another chapter, they shall be defined using their ordinarily accepted meanings within the context in which they are used. Merriam-Webster s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, shall be the source for the ordinarily accepted meaning. 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions * Approved. Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction * Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure * Code. A standard that is an extensive compilation of provisions covering broad subject matter or that is suitable for adoption into law independently of other codes and standards Labeled. Equipment or materials to which has been attached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner * Listed. Equipment, materials, or services included in a list published by an organization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation of products or services, that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials or periodic evaluation of services, and whose listing states that either the equipment, material, or service meets appropriate designated standards or has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose Shall. Indicates a mandatory requirement Should. Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but not required. 3.3 General Definitions Accessible Area of Refuge. See Accessible Means of Egress. See Accessible Route. A continuous unobstructed path that complies with this Code and ICC/ANSI A117.1, American National Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. (SAF-MEA) * Actuating Member or Bar. The activating mechanism of a panic hardware or fire exit hardware device located on the egress side of a door. (SAF-MEA) Addition. An increase in building area, aggregate floor area, building height, or number of stories of a structure. (SAF-FUN) 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 1

26 3.3.6 Air Traffic Control Tower. See Aircraft Loading Walkway. An aboveground device through which passengers move between a point in an airport terminal building and an aircraft. Included in this category are walkways that are essentially fixed and permanently placed, or walkways that are essentially mobile in nature and that fold, telescope, or pivot from a fixed point at the airport terminal building. [415, 2013 ] (SAF-AXM) Air-Inflated Structure. See Airport Terminal Building. See Air-Supported Structure. See * Aisle Accessway. The initial portion of an exit access that leads to an aisle. (SAF-AXM) Aisle Ramp. See Aisle Stair. See Alarm Single Station Alarm. A detector comprising an assembly that incorporates a sensor, control components, and an alarm notification appliance in one unit operated from a power source either located in the unit or obtained at the point of installation. [72,2013 ] (SAF-BSF) Smoke Alarm. A single or multiple station alarm responsive to smoke. [72,2013 ] (SAF-BSF) Alternative Calculation Procedure. A calculation procedure that differs from the procedure originally employed by the design team but that provides predictions for the same variables of interest. (SAF-FUN) Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy. See Analysis Sensitivity Analysis. An analysis performed to determine the degree to which a predicted output will vary given a specified change in an input parameter, usually in relation to models. (SAF-FUN) Uncertainty Analysis. An analysis performed to determine the degree to which a predicted value will vary. (SAF-FUN) Anchor Building. See Apartment Building. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 2

27 See Approved Existing. See Area Detention and Correctional Residential Housing Area. Sleeping areas and any contiguous day room, group activity space, or other common space for customary access of residents. (SAF-DET) Floor Area * Gross Floor Area. The floor area within the inside perimeter of the outside walls of the building under consideration with no deductions for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of interior walls, columns, elevator and building services shafts, or other features, but excluding floor openings associated with atriums and communicating spaces. (SAF-MEA) Net Floor Area. The floor area within the inside perimeter of the outside walls, or the outside walls and fire walls of a building, or outside and/or inside walls that bound an occupancy or incidental use area requiring the occupant load to be calculated using net floor area under consideration with deductions for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of interior walls, columns, or other features. (SAF-MEA) Gross Leasable Area. Fifty percent of major tenant areas, and 100 percent of all other floor areas designated for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including storage areas. The area of tenant occupancy is measured from the centerlines of joint partitions to the outside of the tenant walls. (SAF-MER) * Hazardous Area. An area of a structure or building that poses a degree of hazard greater than that normal to the general occupancy of the building or structure. (SAF-FIR) Living Area. Any normally occupiable space in a residential occupancy, other than sleeping rooms or rooms that are intended for combination sleeping/living, bathrooms, toilet compartments, kitchens, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, and similar areas. (SAF-RES) * Normally Unoccupied Building Service Equipment Support Area. A building service equipment support area in which people are not expected to be present on a regular basis. (SAF- MEA) Occupiable Area. An area of a facility occupied by people on a regular basis. (SAF-FUN) Rehabilitation Work Area. That portion of a building affected by any renovation, modification, or reconstruction work as initially intended by the owner, and indicated as such in the permit, but excluding other portions of the building where incidental work entailed by the intended work must be performed, and excluding portions of the building where work not initially intended by the owner is specifically required. (SAF-FUN) * Area of Refuge. An area that is either (1) a story in a building where the building is protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system and has not less than two accessible rooms or spaces separated from each other by smoke-resisting partitions; or (2) a space located in a path of travel leading to a public way that is protected from the effects of fire, either by means of separation from other spaces in the same building or by virtue of location, thereby permitting a delay in egress travel from any level. (SAF-MEA) 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 3

28 Accessible Area of Refuge. An area of refuge that complies with the accessible route requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1, American National Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. (SAF-MEA) Assembly Door Assembly. Any combination of a door, frame, hardware, and other accessories that is placed in an opening in a wall that is intended primarily for access or for human entrance or exit. [252, ] (SAF-MEA) Fire Door Assembly. Any combination of a fire door, a frame, hardware, and other accessories that together provide a specific degree of fire protection to the opening. [80, ] (SAF-FIR) Floor Fire Door Assembly. A combination of a fire door, a frame, hardware, and other accessories installed in a horizontal plane, which together provide a specific degree of fire protection to a through-opening in a fire resistance rated floor. [288, ] (SAF-FIR) Fire Window Assembly. A window or glass block assembly having a fire protection rating. [80, ] (SAF-FIR) Assembly Occupancy. See Assisted Mechanical Type Parking Structure. See Atmosphere Common Atmosphere. The atmosphere that exists between rooms, spaces, or areas within a building that are not separated by an approved smoke barrier. (SAF-END) Separate Atmosphere. The atmosphere that exists between rooms, spaces, or areas that are separated by an approved smoke barrier. (SAF-END) * Atrium. A large-volume space created by a floor opening or series of floor openings connecting two or more stories that is covered at the top of the series of openings and is used for purposes other than an enclosed stairway; an elevator hoistway; an escalator opening; or as a utility shaft used for plumbing, electrical, air-conditioning, or communications facilities. (SAF-FIR) * Attic. The space located between the ceiling of a story and the roof directly above that habitable story. (SAF-FUN) Automated Type Parking Structure. See Automatic. Capable of performing a function without the necessity of human intervention. (SAF-FUN) Barrier * Fire Barrier. A continuous membrane or a membrane with discontinuities created by protected openings with a specified fire 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 4

29 protection rating, where such membrane is designed and constructed with a specified fire resistance rating to limit the spread of fire. (SAF-FIR) * Smoke Barrier. A continuous membrane, or a membrane with discontinuities created by protected openings, where such membrane is designed and constructed to restrict the movement of smoke. (SAF-FIR) * Thermal Barrier. A material that limits the average temperature rise of an unexposed surface to not more than 250 F (139 C) for a specified fire exposure complying with the standard time-temperature curve of ASTM E 119, Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, or ANSI/UL 263, Standard for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials. (SAF-BCF) Basement. Any story of a building wholly or partly below grade plane that is not considered the first story above grade plane. (See also , First Story Above Grade Plane.) (SAF-FUN) * Birth Center. A facility in which low-risk births are expected following normal, uncomplicated pregnancies, and in which professional midwifery care is provided to women during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. (SAF-MER) Bleachers. A grandstand in which the seats are not provided with backrests. (SAF-AXM) Board and Care. See , Residential Board and Care Occupancy * Building. Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. (SAF-FUN) Airport Terminal Building. A structure used primarily for air passenger enplaning or deplaning, including ticket sales, flight information, baggage handling, and other necessary functions in connection with air transport operations. This term includes any extensions and satellite buildings used for passenger handling or aircraft flight service functions. Aircraft loading walkways and mobile lounges are excluded. [415, 2008] (SAF-AXM) Anchor Building. A building housing any occupancy having low or ordinary hazard contents and having direct access to a mall building, but having all required means of egress independent of the mall. (SAF-MER) * Apartment Building. A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SAF-RES) Bulk Merchandising Retail Building. A building in which the sales area includes the storage of combustible materials on pallets, in solid piles, or in racks in excess of 12 ft (3660 mm) in storage height. (SAF-MER) * Existing Building. A building erected or officially authorized prior to the effective date of the adoption of this edition of the Code by the agency or jurisdiction. (SAF-FUN) * Flexible Plan and Open Plan Educational or Day-Care Building. A building or portion of a building designed for multiple teaching stations. (SAF-END) * High-Rise Building. A building where the floor of an occupiable story is greater than 75 ft (23 m) above the lowest level of fire department 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 5

30 vehicle access. (SAF-FUN) * Historic Building. A building or facility deemed to have historical, architectural, or cultural significance by a local, regional, or national jurisdiction. (SAF-FUN) * Mall Building. A single building enclosing a number of tenants and occupancies wherein two or more tenants have a main entrance into one or more malls. For the purpose of this Code, anchor buildings shall not be considered as a part of the mall building. (SAF-MER) * Special Amusement Building. A building that is temporary, permanent, or mobile and contains a device or system that conveys passengers or provides a walkway along, around, or over a course in any direction as a form of amusement arranged so that the egress path is not readily apparent due to visual or audio distractions or an intentionally confounded egress path, or is not readily available due to the mode of conveyance through the building or structure. (SAF-AXM) * Building Code. The building code enforced by the jurisdiction or agency enforcing this Code. (SAF-FUN) Bulk Merchandising Retail Building. See Business Occupancy. See Categories of Rehabilitation Work. The nature and extent of rehabilitation work undertaken in an existing building. (SAF-FUN) * Cellular or Foamed Plastic. A heterogeneous system comprised of not less than two phases, one of which is a continuous, polymeric, organic material, and the second of which is deliberately introduced for the purpose of distributing gas in voids throughout the material. (SAF-INT) Change of Occupancy Classification. The change in the occupancy classification of a structure or portion of a structure. (SAF-FUN) Change of Use. A change in the purpose or level of activity within a structure that involves a change in application of the requirements of the Code. (SAF-FUN) Combustible (Material). See Combustion. A chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate fast enough to produce heat and usually light in the form of either a glow or flame. (SAF-FUN) Common Atmosphere. See * Common Path of Travel. The portion of exit access that must be traversed before two separate and distinct paths of travel to two exits are available. (SAF-MEA) Compartment * Fire Compartment. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 6

31 A space within a building that is enclosed by fire barriers on all sides, including the top and bottom. (SAF-FIR) * Smoke Compartment. A space within a building enclosed by smoke barriers on all sides, including the top and bottom. (SAF-FIR) * Consumer Fireworks, 1.4G. (Formerly known as Class C, Common Fireworks.) Any small fireworks device designed primarily to produce visible effects by combustion that complies with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, as set forth in 16 CFR, Parts 1500 and Some small devices designed to produce audible effects are included, such as whistling devices, ground devices containing 0.8 gr (50 mg) or less of explosive composition (salute powder), and aerial devices containing 2 gr (130 mg) or less of explosive composition (salute powder) per explosive unit. (SAF-MER) Contents and Furnishings. Any movable objects in a building that normally are secured or otherwise put in place for functional reasons, excluding (1) parts of the internal structure of the building, and (2) any items meeting the definition of interior finish. (SAF-INT) Court. An open, uncovered, unoccupied space, unobstructed to the sky, bounded on three or more sides by exterior building walls. (SAF-MEA) Enclosed Court. A court bounded on all sides by the exterior walls of a building or by the exterior walls and lot lines on which walls are permitted. (SAF-MEA) Food Court. A public seating area located in a mall that serves adjacent food preparation tenant spaces. (SAF-MER) * Critical Radiant Flux. The level of incident radiant heat energy in units of W/cm 2 on a floor-covering system at the most distant flameout point. [253, ] (SAF-INT) Data Conversion. The process of developing the input data set for the assessment method of choice. (SAF-FUN) Day-Care Home. See Day-Care Occupancy. See Deep-Fat Frying. A cooking method that involves fully immersing food in hot oil. (SAF-HEA) Design Fire Scenario. See Design Specification. See Design Team. A group of stakeholders including, but not limited to, representatives of the architect, client, and any pertinent engineers and other designers. (SAF-FUN) Detention and Correctional Occupancy. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 7

32 See Detention and Correctional Residential Housing Area. See Device * Emergency Stair Travel Device. Device designed and constructed to facilitate travel over interior floor surfaces, interior and exterior stairs, and exterior accessible pathways. (SAF-MEA) Multiple-Station Alarm Device. Two or more single-station alarm devices that can be interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate; or one single-station alarm device having connections to other detectors or to a manual fire alarm box. [72, 2013 ] (SAF-BSF) Door Elevator Lobby Door. A door between an elevator lobby and another building space other than the elevator shaft. (SAF-MEA) Fire Door. The door component of a fire door assembly. (SAF-FIR) Door Assembly. See * Dormitory. A building or a space in a building in which group sleeping accommodations are provided for more than 16 persons who are not members of the same family in one room, or a series of closely associated rooms, under joint occupancy and single management, with or without meals, but without individual cooking facilities. (SAF-RES) Draft Stop. A continuous membrane used to subdivide a concealed space to resist the passage of smoke and heat. (SAF-FIR) * Dwelling Unit. One or more rooms arranged for complete, independent housekeeping purposes with space for eating, living, and sleeping; facilities for cooking; and provisions for sanitation. (SAF-RES) * One- and Two-Family Dwelling Unit. A building that contains not more than two dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SAF- RES) One-Family Dwelling Unit. A building that consists solely of one dwelling unit with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SAF-RES) Two-Family Dwelling Unit. A building that consists solely of two dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SAF-RES) Educational Occupancy. See * Electroluminescent. Refers to a light-emitting capacitor in which alternating current excites phosphor atoms placed between electrically conductive surfaces and produces light. (SAF-MEA) Elevator Evacuation System. See nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 8

33 Elevator Lobby. A landing from which occupants directly enter an elevator car(s) and into which occupants directly enter upon leaving an elevator car(s). (SAF-MEA) Elevator Lobby Door. See Emergency Stair Travel Device. See Enclosed Court. See Enclosed Parking Structure. See Equipment or Fixture. Any plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigerating, and fire protection equipment; and elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, boilers, pressure vessels, or other mechanical facilities or installations that are related to building services. (SAF-FUN) Equivalency. An alternative means of providing an equal or greater degree of safety than that afforded by strict conformance to prescribed codes and standards. (SAF-FUN) * Evacuation. The withdrawal of occupants from a building. [72, 2013] (SAF-BSF) Impractical Evacuation Capability. The inability of a group to reliably move to a point of safety in a timely manner. (SAF-BCF) Prompt Evacuation Capability. The ability of a group to move reliably to a point of safety in a timely manner that is equivalent to the capacity of a household in the general population. (SAF-BCF) Slow Evacuation Capability. The ability of a group to move reliably to a point of safety in a timely manner, but not as rapidly as members of a household in the general population. (SAF-BCF) Exhibit. A space or portable structure used for the display of products or services. (SAF-AXM) Exhibitor. An individual or entity engaged in the display of the products or services offered. (SAF-AXM) * Existing. That which is already in existence on the date this edition of the Code goes into effect. (SAF-FUN) Approved Existing. That which is already in existence on the date this edition of the Code goes into effect and is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. (SAF-FUN) Existing Building. See * Exit. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 9

34 That portion of a means of egress that is separated from all other spaces of the building or structure by construction, location, or equipment as required to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge. (SAF-MEA) * Horizontal Exit. A way of passage from one building to an area of refuge in another building on approximately the same level, or a way of passage through or around a fire barrier to an area of refuge on approximately the same level in the same building that affords safety from fire and smoke originating from the area of incidence and areas communicating therewith. (SAF-MEA) Exit Access. That portion of a means of egress that leads to an exit. (SAF-MEA) Exit Discharge. That portion of a means of egress between the termination of an exit and a public way. (SAF-MEA) * Level of Exit Discharge. The story that is either (1) the lowest story from which not less than 50 percent of the required number of exits and not less than 50 percent of the required egress capacity from such a story discharge directly outside at the finished ground level; or (2) where no story meets the conditions of item (1), the story that is provided with one or more exits that discharge directly to the outside to the finished ground level via the smallest elevation change. (SAF-MEA) Exposition. An event in which the display of products or services is organized to bring together the provider and user of the products or services. (SAF-AXM) Exposition Facility. See * Exposure Fire. A fire that starts at a location that is remote from the area being protected and grows to expose that which is being protected. (SAF-FUN) Externally Illuminated. See Facility Exposition Facility. A convention center, hotel, or other building at which exposition events are held. (SAF-AXM) * Limited Care Facility. A building or portion of a building used on a 24-hour basis for the housing of four or more persons who are incapable of self-preservation because of age; physical limitations due to accident or illness; or limitations such as mental retardation/developmental disability, mental illness, or chemical dependency. (SAF-HEA) Festival Seating. See Finish Interior Ceiling Finish. The interior finish of ceilings. (SAF-INT) * Interior Finish. The exposed surfaces of walls, ceilings, and floors within buildings. (SAF-INT) * Interior Floor Finish. 2nd Draft Meeting Agenda November 7, of Chapter 3 TC Acronym Assignment Page 10