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1 Report of the Committee on Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property (SIG-AAC) Technical Correlating Committee Wayne D. Moore, Chair Hughes Associates, Inc., RI [SE] Lee F. Richardson, Nonvoting Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Richard W. Bukowski, U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology, MD [RT] R. Bruce Fraser, SimplexGrinnell, MA [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Vic Humm, Vic Humm & Associates, TN [SE] Peter A. Larrimer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] Irving Mande, Westport, CT [M] James M. Mundy, Jr., Siemens Cerberus Division, NY [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Thomas F. Norton, Norel Service Company, Inc., MA [IM] Rep. U.S. Naval Historical Center Paul E. Patty, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] Donald E. Sievers, D. E. Sievers & Associates, Limited, MD [SE] Tom G. Smith, Cox Systems Technology, OK [IM] Rep. National Electrical Contractors Association Lawrence J. Wenzel, Hughes Associates, Inc., CT [SE] Alternates John K. Guhl, California State Fire Marshal, CA [E] (Voting Alt. to IAFC Rep.) Nonvoting Douglas M. Aiken, Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid, NH [E] Rep. International Municipal Signal Association Benjamin B. Aycock, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC Art Black, Carmel Fire Department/Carmel Fire Protection Assoc., CA [E] Kenneth W. Dungan, Risk Technologies, LLC, TN [SE] Daniel T. Gottuk, Hughes Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Raymond A. Grill, The RJA Group, Inc., VA [SE] J. Jeffrey Moore, Hughes Associates, Inc., OH [SE] Martin H. Reiss, The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] Robert P. Schifiliti, R. P. Schifiliti Associates, Inc., MA [SE] Timothy M. Soverino, Nantucket Fire Department, MA [E] Evan E. Stauffer, Jr., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, PA Rep. TC Public Fire Service Communications Dean K. Wilson, Hughes Associates, Inc., PA Richard A. Malady, Fire Fighter Sales & Service Company, PA [IM] Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors Inc. Maurice Marvi, Insurance Services Office, NJ [I] Lloyde Mason, Lake Zurick, IL [SE] Robert Trexler McGinnis, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., SC [U] Jack McNamara, Detection Systems Inc., NY [M] James M. Mundy, Jr., Siemens Fire Safety, NY [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Edward Nemie, Chesapeake, VA [SE] Thomas F. Norton, Norel Service Company, Inc., MA [IM] Rep. U.S. Naval Historical Center Philip K. Schoenheiter, FM Global, MA [I] Ed Vaillancourt, E & M International, Inc., NM [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association William F. Wayman, Jr., TVA Fire Safety, Inc., NJ [SE] Dennis R. Yanek, ADT Security Systems, NJ [M] Alternates James G. Bisker, U.S. Department of Energy, MD [U] (Alt. to M. Dumais) Daniel C. Colin, Siemens Cerberus Division, NJ [M] (Alt. to A. G. Berezowski) Chad M. Counard, Tyco Suppression Systems, WI [M] (Alt. to J. R. Gressel) John Craig, Jr., Safety Systems, Inc., MI [IM] (Alt. to D. G. Decker) Manuelita E. David, Schirmer Engineering Corporation, CA [SE] (Alt. to K. M. Green) Robert W. Elliott, FM Global, MA [I] (Alt. to P. K. Schoenheiter) Charles Erichsen, ADT Security Services, Inc., FL [M] (Alt. to D. R. Yanek) David L. Foster, Insurance Services Office, Inc., NJ [I] (Alt to M. Marvi) Kimberly A. Gruner, Fike Corporation, MO [M] (Alt. to E. Vaillancourt) Edward P. Reid, E. P. Reid & Associates, NJ [M] (Alt. to J. M. Mundy, Jr.) David J. Stone, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] (Alt. to D. Brunmeier) Allyn J. Vaughn, The RJA Group, Inc., NV [SE] (Alt. to R. A. Grill) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on common system fundamentals for signaling systems, including definitions, requirements for approvals, installation, service, power supplies, equipment locations, compatibility, and system interfaces. Report of the Committee on Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the installation, performance, maintenance, testing, and use of signaling components and signaling systems for the protection of life and property. Report of the Committee on Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-FUN) Raymond A. Grill, Chair The RJA Group, Inc., VA [SE] David M. Wyatt, Secretary Energy Northwest, WA [U] Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section Andrew G. Berezowski, Fire-Lite/Notifier, CT [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Robert A. Bonifas, Alarm Detection Systems, Inc., IL [IM] Rep. Central Station Alarm Association Douglas Brunmeier, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] Daniel G. Decker, Safety Systems, Inc., MI [IM] Mark Dumais, Argonne National Laboratory-East, IL [U] Sanford E. Egesdal, Egesdal Associates PLC, MN [SE] Lawrence Esch, World Security & Control Engineering, IL [E] Rep. Illinois Fire Inspectors Association John C. Fannin, III, SafePlace Corporation, DE [IM] Dave Frable, U.S. General Services Administration, IL [U] James M. Freeman, Industrial Risk Insurers, GA [I] Daniel J. Gauvin, Simplex Time Recorder Company, MA [M] Dale M. Gigandet, The Gamewell Company, MA [M] David Goodyear, Office of the Fire Marshal-Ontario, Canada [E] Kevin M. Green, Schirmer Engineering Corporation, CA [SE] James R. Gressel, Ansul Inc., WI [M] Rep. Fire Equipment Manufacturersí Association Scott Jacobs, ISC Electronic Systems, Inc., CA [IM] Ronald Kirby, Franconia, NH [SE] 295 Initiating Devices for Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-IDS) Kenneth W. Dungan, Chair Risk Technologies, LLC, TN [SE] Martin H. Reiss, Secretary The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] Rick Carroll, SBCCI, AL [E] Win Chaiyabhat, Aon Risk Consultants, IL [I] John A. Chetelat, Fire-Lite Alarms Inc./Notifier, CT [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Assoc. John M. Cholin, J. M. Cholin Consultants Inc., NJ [SE] Jesse L. Denton, Jr., Starwood Hotels and Resorts, GA [U] James D. Dick, Kemper Insurance Companies, WA [I] Rep. Kemper Insurance Companies Irving Ellner, Siemens Fire Safety, NJ [M] Bruce Elmer, TVA Fire and Life Safety, Inc., MI [U] Rep. The Home Depot Gary P. Fields, The Protectowire Company, Inc., MA [M] Robert A. Hall, R. A. Hall & Associates, NJ [SE] Robert L. Langer, Tyco Suppression Systems, WI [M] Rep. Fire Equipment Manufacturersí Association David B. Lederer, Detection Systems, Inc., NY [M] Loren L. Leimer, Hochiki America Corporation, CA [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Norbert W. Makowka, National Assn. of Fire Equipment Distributors, IL [IM] Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors Inc. Chris Marrion, Arup Fire, NY [SE] Nancy A. McCormick, Industrial Risk Insurers, OH [I] Rep. Industrial Risk Insurers Ronald K. Mengel, System Sensor, IL [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Noura Milardo, FM Global, MA [I] Ovid E. Morphew, Jr., Design/Systems Group, TX [IM] Rep. National Independent Fire Alarm Distributors Association Lynn B. Nielson, Henderson Fire Department, NV [E] Daniel J. OíConnor, Schirmer Engineering Corporation, IL [SE]

2 Ronald D. Ouimette, Vision Systems Inc., MA [M] Paul E. Patty, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] James C. Roberts, North Carolina Department of Insurance, NC [E] David L. Royse, Potter Electric Signal Company, MO [M] J. Brooks Semple, Smoke/Fire Risk Management Inc., VA [SE] Lawrence J. Wenzel, Hughes Associates, Inc., CT [SE] Report of the Committee on Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-PRO) J. Jeffrey Moore, Chair Hughes Association, Inc. [SE] Alternates Mark E. Agar, Fire Equipment Company Inc., MI [IM] (Alt. to N. W. Makowka) Darryl Thomas Brown, Performance Design Technologies, TN [SE] (Alt. to K. W. Dungan) Paul F. Crowley, FM Global, MA [I] (Alt to N. Milardo) Michael Earl Dillon, Dillon Consulting Engineers, Inc., CA [SE] (Alt. to R. A. Hall) Kenneth L. Gentile, Rolf Jensen and Associates, Inc. (Alt to M.H. Reiss) John Gokey, Tyco Suppression Systems, WI [M] (Alt. to R. L. Langer) Scott Grieb, Fire Concepts, Inc., IL [I] (Alt. to J. D. Dick) John A. Guetzke, Guetzke & Associates, Inc., WI [IM] (Alt. to O. E. Morphew) Michael A. Henke, Potter Electric Signal Company, MO [M] (Alt. to D. L. Royse) William K. Hopple, SimplexGrinnell, CA [M] (Alt. to R. K. Mengel) J. Jeffrey Moore, Hughes Associates, Inc., OH [SE] (Alt. to L. J. Wenzel) John L. Parssinen, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] (Alt. to P. E. Patty) Sean Pisoni, TVA, CA [U] (Alt. to B. Elmer) Walter F. Schuchard, Pauleyís Island, SC, [SE] (Alt. to J. B. Semple) Jerry Trotter, City of Henderson, NV [E] (Alt. to L. B. Nielson) James R. York, Siemens Fire Safety, NJ [M] (Alt to I. Ellner) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the installation and operation of initiating devices for signaling systems, including automatic fire detection devices, sprinkler waterflow detectors, manually activated fire alarm stations, supervisory signaling initiating devices, and guard s tour stations. Report of the Committee on Notification Appliances for Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-NAS) Robert P. Schifiliti, Chair R. P. Schifiliti Associates, Inc., MA [SE] Joe Achak, Fire Sentry Corporation, CA [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association David E. Becker, Fire Equipment Service Company, KY [IM] Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors Inc. Robert F. Bitter, Honeywell, MO [M] Thomas Carrie, Jr., Schirmer Engineering Corporation, IL [SE] Ferdinand DeVoss, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] Rein Haus, Wheelock, Inc., NJ [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association David O. Lowrey, Boulder Fire Department, CO [E] Navin D. Mehta, U.S. DOD Defense Logistic Agency, VA [U] Maurice M. Pilette, Mechanical Designs Limited, MA [SE] Jack Poole, Poole Consulting Services, Inc., KS [SE] Sam (Sat) Salwan, Environmental Systems Design Inc., IL [SE] James M. Shuster, Faraday, LLC, MI [M] Donald E. Sievers, D. E. Sievers & Associates, Limited, MD [SE] Rep. National Association of the Deaf Martin C. Smith, Alarm Tech Solutions, LLC, MD [IM] Craig Summers, Gentex Corporation, WA [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Alternates Bill Luttrell, Jr., Suntronix Special Systems, Inc., TX [M] (Alt. to C. Summers) John Pederson, System Sensor, IL [M] (Alt. to R. Haus) Robert M. Pikula, Reliable Fire Equipment Company, IL [IM] (Alt. to D. E. Becker) Scott Vandame, Schirmer Engineeering Corporation, VA [SE] (Alt. to T. Carrie) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the installation and operation of notification appliances for signaling systems. Fletcher MacGregor, Vice Chair Marsh USA, Inc., MI [I] Philip R. Barrett, World Electronics, Inc., FL [M] James F. Barth, FIREPRO Inc., MA [SE] James G. Bisker, U.S. Department of Energy, MD [U] David J. Burkhart, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Frank Carideo, Fire Control Instruments Inc., MA [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Shane M. Clary, Bay Alarm Company, CA [IM] Rep. California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. Harry M. Corson, IV, Siemens Fire Safety, NJ [M] John Craig, Jr., Safety Systems, Inc., MI [IM] Mickey L. Driggers, Kemper Insurance Companies, CO [I] Rep. Kemper Insurance Companies Robert W. Elliott, FM Global, MA [I] Richard D. Greene, Nampa Fire Department, ID [E] Kevin Greenwood, Fike Corporation, MO [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association Michael Hoffman, Springdale Fire Department, OH [E] Daniel J. Horon, CADgraphics, Incorporated, ND [M] Vic Humm, Vic Humm & Associates, TN [SE] W. Allen Johnson, Schirmer Engineering Corporation, IL [SE] Jim R. Kern, Kern Technical Services, TN [SE] Thomas E. Kuhta, Willis Co., NJ [I] Peter A. Larrimer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] Fred M. Leber, Leber/Rubes Inc., ON [SE] Stewart J. Levy, U.S. General Services Administration, DC [U] Irving Mande, Westport, CT [M] Scott T. Martorano, The Viking Corporation, NY [M] Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association James McFadden, AFA Protective Systems, Inc., NY [IM] Lawrence J. Shudak, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] David Stringfield, University of Minnesota, MN [E] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Ralph E. Transue, The RJA Group, Inc., IL [SE] Alternates Doanld D. Anderson, Fire-Lite Alarms Inc./Notifier, CT [M] (Voting Alt. to NEMA Rep.) Scott Barrett, World Electronics Inc., FL [M] (Alt. to P. R. Barrett) Paul M. Carroll, Central Signal Corporation/Sentinel Alarm Co., MA [M] (Alt. to F. Carideo) James D. Dick, Kemper Insurance Companies, WA [I] (Alt. to M. L. Driggers) Mark Dumais, Argonne National Laboratory-East, IL [U] (Alt. to J. G. Bisker) Jacob P. Hemke, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] (Alt. to D. J. Burkhart) Neil P. Lakomiak, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] (Alt. to L. J. Shudak) David J. LeBlanc, The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] (Alt. to R. E. Transue) Wayne D. Moore, Hughes Associates, Inc., RI [SE] (Alt. to J. J. Moore) Alan D. Moors, Siemens Cerberus Division, NJ [M] (Alt. to H. M. Corson) Harris M. Oliff, Security and Fire Enterprises, Inc., CA [IM] (Alt. to S. M. Clary) Philip K. Schoenheiter, FM Global, MA [I] (Alt. to R. W. Elliott) Yogesh B. Shah, Fire-Lite Alarms/Notifier, CT [M] (Alt. to K. Greenwood) Jeffrey G. Van Keuren, Edwards Systems Technology, FL [M] (Alt. to I. Mande) Frank L. Van Overmeiren, FP&C Consultants, Inc., IN [SE] (Alt. to V. Humm) Scott Vandame, Schirmer Engineeering Corporation, VA [SE] (Alt. to W. A. Johnson) Nonvoting Benjamin B. Aycock, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC (Member Emeritus) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the installation and operation of protected premises signaling systems, including their interconnection with initiating devices, notification appliances, and other related building control equipment, within the protected premises. 296

3 Report of the Committee on Public Fire Reporting Systems (SIG-PRS) Douglas M. Aiken, Chair Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid, NH [E] Rep. International Municipal Signal Association Report of the Committee on Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-SSS) Art Black, Chair Carmel Fire Department/Carmel Fire Protection Associates, CA [E] Jeffrey G. Knight, Secretary City of Newton Fire Department, MA [U] R. Bruce Allen, R. B. Allen Company, Inc., NH [IM] Sidney M. Earley, TLC Systems, MA [IM] Emerson B. Fisher, King-Fisher Company, IL [M] Robert E. Lapham, Signal Communications Corporation, MA [M] Dinesh K. Patel, U.S. Department of the Navy, CA [U] Max R. Schulman, Schulman Associates, Limited, CA [SE] Frank J. Tokarz, Monaco Enterprises, Inc., WA [M] Alternates John K. Guhl, California State Fire Marshal, CA [E] (Voting Alt. to IAFC Rep.) Nathaniel M. Johnson, City of Laconia Fire Department, NH [E] (Alt. to D. M. Aiken) Eugene A. Monaco, Monaco Enterprises, Inc., WA [M] (Alt. to F. J. Tokarz) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the proper configuration, performance, installation, and operation of public fire alarm reporting systems. The Committee scope shall be limited to systems that use parallel telephone, series telephone, coded, or code-voice networks which utilize wire and/or radio frequency (RF) technologies, to provide any combination of manual or auxiliary fire alarm service. Reporting of alarms by voice over the public switched telephone network utilizing the Universal Emergency Number 9-1-1, or any other telephone number that can be dialed, is outside the scope of this Committee. Report of the Committee on Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-HOU) Daniel T. Gottuk, Chair Hughes Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Walter F. Schuchard, Vice Chair Pauleyís Island, SC [SE] Daniel L. Andrus, Secretary Salt Lake City Fire Department, UT [E] H. Wayne Boyd, U.S. Safety & Engineering Corporation, CA [M] Rep. California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. Ronald M. Brave, Snow Country Development LLC, CO [U] Rep. National Association of Home Builders David E. Christian, Gentex Corporation, MI [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Manuelita E. David, Schirmer Engineering Corporation, CA [SE] S. Chester Jones, Bryan, TX [SE] Joseph L. Lynch, III, City of Irondale Fire Department, AL [E] Jeffrey L. Okun, Nuko Security, Inc., LA [IM] John R. Pacelli, Gentex Corporation, MI [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association John L. Parssinen, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] Larry Ratzlaff, Kidde Safety, IL [M] Alternates Gail M. Essen, Interactive Technologies, Inc. (ITI), MN [M] (Alt. to J. R. Pacelli) Paul E. Patty, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] (Alt. to J. L. Parssinen) J. Brooks Semple, Smoke/Fire Risk Management Inc., VA [SE] (Alt. to W. F. Schuchard) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the performance, installation, operation, and use of single- and multiple-station alarms and household alarm systems for fire warning. Charles Erichsen, Secretary ADT Security Services, Inc., FL [M] Geoffrey Aus, Menlo Park Fire Protection District, CA [E] Robert Bitton, Supreme Security Systems, Inc., NJ [IM] Rep. Central Station Alarm Association Edward R. Bonifas, Alarm Detection Systems, Inc., IL [IM] Thomas C. Brown, The RJA Group, Inc., VA [SE] Robert F. Buckley, Signal Communications Corporation, MA [M] Scot Colby, Bayou Security Systems, Inc., LA [IM] Rep. National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Paul F. Crowley, FM Global, MA [I] E. Tom Duckworth, Insurance Services Office, Inc., TX [I] Patrick M. Egan, Select Security, Inc., PA [IM] Louis T. Fiore, L. T. Fiore, Inc., NJ [SE] Harvey M. Fox, Keltron Corporation, MA [M] R. Bruce Fraser, SimplexGrinnell, MA [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Jeffrey Heidelberg, Kemper Insurance Companies, TX [I] Rep. Kemper Insurance Companies Richard Kleinman, AFA Protective Systems Inc., NY [IM] Eugene A. Monaco, Monaco Enterprises, Inc., WA [M] Edward P. Reid, E. P. Reid & Associates, NJ [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Jeffrey R. Roberts, Industrial Risk Insurers, MS [I] Rep. Industrial Risk Insurers Kim L. Sayre, Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation, IN [U] Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section Steven A. Schmit, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] Robert V. Scholes, Firemanís Fund Insurance Co., CA [I] James H. Smith, Central Alarm Systems, TX [IM] Sean P. Titus, Fike Corporation, MO [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Associates David A. Wescott, Instant Signal & Alarm Co., Inc., MA [IM] Rep. Professional Alarm Services Organizations of North America Alternates Joe Achak, Fire Sentry Corporation, CA [M] (Alt. to S. P. Titus) J. Robert Boyer, Edwards Systems Technology, Inc., NJ [M] (Alt. to E. P. Reid) Noura Milardo, FM Global, MA [I] (Alt. to P. F. Crowley) Isaac I. Papier, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., IL [RT] (Alt. to S. A. Schmit) Frank J. Tokarz, Monaco Enterprises, Inc., WA [M] (Alt. to E. A. Monaco) Richard A. Wheeler, Central Alarm Systems, TX [IM] (Alt. to J. H. Smith) Dennis R. Yanek, ADT Security Systems, NJ [M] (Alt. to C. Erichsen) Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the installation and operation of off-premises signaling systems, including the signal-receiving facility and the communications between the protected premises and the off-premises signal-receiving facility. Report of the Committee on Testing and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-TMS) Timothy M. Soverino, Chair Nantucket Fire Department, MA [E] Mark L. Rochholz, Secretary Schirmer Engineering Corporation, IL [SE] Brooks H. Baker, III, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL [U] Rep. American Society for Healthcare Engineering Charles H. Berry, Baltimore VA Medical Center, MD [U] Jeffrey R. Brooks, SimplexGrinnell, MA [M] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Robert E. Butchko, Siemens Fire Safety, NJ [M] Charles M. Cope, Industrial Risk Insurers, NC [I] 297

4 Rep. Industrial Risk Insurers Scott D. Corrin, University of California-Riverside, CA [U] Larry R. Dischert, ADT Security Services, Inc., FL [M] Scott R. Edwards, GENTEX Corporation, MI [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Randy P. Edwards, The RJA Group, Inc., MA [SE] David L. Foster, Insurance Services Office, Inc., NJ [I] Elaine B. Gall, Virginia State Fire Marshals Office, VA [E] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Scott Grieb, Fire Concepts, Inc., IL [I] Rep. Kemper Insurance Companies John F. Gudmundson, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., CA [RT] William E. Johannsen, AFA Protective Systems, Inc., NJ [IM] Robert H. Kelly, Fire Defense Equipment Company Inc., MI [IM] J. David Kerr, Plano Fire Department, TX [E] Rep. NFPA Fire Service Section David E. Kipley, Duke Engineering & Services, IL [U] Rep. Edison Electric Institute Chuck Koval, General Services Administration, WA [U] Gene A. LaValle, Interlogix, GA [M] Michael J. Reeser, Santa Rosa Fire Equipment Service Inc., CA [M] Rep. California Automatic Fire Alarm Association Inc. Jeffrey L. Robinson, Westinghouse Savannah River Corporation, SC [U] George E. Seymour, Fire Protection Service, Inc., TX [IM] Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, Inc. Frank L. Van Overmeiren, FP&C Consultants, Inc., IN [SE] Alternates Merton W. Bunker, Jr., Rolf Jensen & Associates, VA [SE] (Alt. to R. P. Edwards) Gaylon Claiborne, Master Protection Corp. DBA FireMaster, CA [M] (Voting Alt. to FSSA Rep.) Todd Gustafson, Fire Control Instruments, Inc., MO [M] (Alt. to S. R. Edwards) Thomas P. Hammerberg, Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc., FL [M] (Alt. to J. R. Brooks) Jeffrey Heidelberg, Kemper Insurance Companies, TX [I] ( Alt. to S. Grieb) Vic Humm, Vic Humm & Associates, TN [SE] (Alt. to F. L. Van Overmeiren) Peter A. Larrimer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] (Alt. to C. H. Berry) Joseph B. McCullough, ADT Security Services, Inc., CO [M] (Alt. to L. R. Dischert) Robert Trexler McGinnis, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., SC [U] (Alt. to J. L. Robinson) Bahman Mostafazadeh, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., CA [RT] (Alt. to J. F. Gudmundson) Dale Woodin, American Society for Healthcare Engineering, IL [U] (Alt. to B. H. Baker) This Report has been submitted to letter ballot of the individual Technical Committees. The results of the balloting, after circulation of any negative votes, can be found in the report. This Report has also been submitted to letter ballot of the Technical Correlating Committee on Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property, which consists of 13 voting members; of whom 12 voted affirmatively, and 1 abstained (Sievers). Mr. Sievers abstained stating: I vote abstain because I did not participate in any of the discussions and therefore felt it would not be appropriate for me to vote one way or the other. Mr. Smith voted Affirmatively stating: Proposal Verification of Compliant Installation is not in compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style. The opening words of , where required... do not represent a mandatory requirement. NFPA Manual of Style states that ìall nonmandatory or informational text shall appear either in Annex A or as a separate annex. NFPA Manual of Style further states that ìwhere a sentence in a code or standard does not contain a mandatory requirement, it shall be rewritten to include a mandatory requirement or that sentence shall be moved to the annex or deleted. Staff Liaison: Lee F. Richardson Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the proper testing and maintenance of signaling systems, their components, and the interface equipment. These lists represent the membership at the time each Committee was balloted on the text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the front of this book. The Report of the Committee on Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property is presented for adoption: The Reports were prepared by the: Technical Correlating Committee on Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property (SIG-AAC) Technical Committee on Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-FUN) Technical Committee on Initiating Devices for Fire Alarm Systems (SIG- IDS) Technical Committee on Notification Appliances for Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-NAS) Technical Committee on Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems (SIG- PRO) Technical Committee on Public Fire Reporting Systems (SIG-PRS) Technical Committee on Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-HOU) Technical Committee on Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-SSS) Technical Committee on Testing and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems (SIG-TMS) 298

5 (Log #118) 72-1-(Chapter 1 (2002 ed. Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 4)) : Accept TCC NOTE: The Technical Correlating Committee advises that Chapter Scope (Application) statements are the responsibility of the Technical Correlating Committee and the Technical Correlating Committee accepts the Committee Action as modified by the action on Comment The Technical Correlating Committee directs that Section of the Recommendation of Proposal 72-1h be revised to reflect the actions taken by Proposal and Proposal 72-5 as well as by Comment Revise Section to read as follows: { } Fire alarm systems shall be classified as follows: (1) Household fire alarm systems (2) Protected premises fire alarm systems (3) Supervising station fire alarm systems a. Central station fire alarm systems b. Remote supervising station fire alarm systems c. Proprietary supervising station systems (4) Public Fire Reporting Systems a. Auxiliary fire alarm systems - Local energy type b. Auxiliary fire alarm systems - Shunt type The Technical Correlating Committee is unwilling to make it perfectly clear that systems at the protected premises, with the exception of any remote signaling transmitters and connections thereto, are expressly outside the Scope of Chapter 5 and/or Chapter 6. The work load of developing requirements has been divided among Technical Committees. However, fire alarm systems are applied in the field holistically. Such application, on occasion, may require very close coordination between the requirements of the several chapters that constitute the National Fire Alarm Code. It the responsibility of the Technical Correlating Committee to make certain that such coordination takes place in a professional and technically accurate manner. To this end, the Technical Correlating Committee desires to foster a spirit of cooperation between the Technical Committees. COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h RECOMMENDATION: It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this Proposal be reconsidered to correlate with the action taken by the Technical Committee on Public Fire reporting Systems on Proposal This action shall be considered by the Committee as a Public Comment. The Technical Correlating Committee advises that Chapter Scopes (Application) statements are the responsibility of the Technical Correlating Committee and the Technical Correlating Committee rejects the text proposed for Section 1.1. The Technical Correlating Committee directs that section 1.1 be rewritten to correlate with the Technical Correlating Committee NOTE on Proposal 72-2 and Proposal This action shall be considered by the Committee as a Public Comment. The Technical Correlating Committee advises that Chapter Scopes (Application) statements are the responsibility of the Technical Correlating Committee and the Technical Correlating Committee accepts the Committee Action concerning Section 4.1. Projects. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The question of whether or not auxiliary fire alarms are systems or connections comes down to a question of jurisdiction. The Fundamentals Committee feels that the demarcation between protected premises systems and any kind of remote monitoring arrangement is clearly defined in Fig , and that there are basically two types of remote monitoring arrangements (supervising station or municipal signaling) the requirements for which are found in Chapters 5 and 6, respectively. The Fundamentals committee defers to the other chapters with respect to whether they want to call their respective jurisdictions connections or systems, but requests that the Technical Correlating Committee make it perfectly clear that systems at the protected premises, with the exception of any remote signaling transmitters and connections thereto, are expressly outside the Scope of Chapter 5 and/or Chapter 6. The Technical Correlating Committee should refer to the committee action on Comment 72-4(Log #43) regarding the Chapter Scope. COMMENT ON AFFIRMATIVE: KIRBY: I agree that the decision whether to call it a connection or a system resides somewhere other than the Fundamentals Technical Committee. However, if it were the prerogative of Fundamentals, I would vigorously argue that it is a connection. An auxiliary system is a throwback to the time when the shunt loop of a shunt type master box was installed to close contact devices within a building and the system truly was auxiliary to the 100-mil municipal system. If this is the intent of a definition of an auxiliary system, it should say so. If the system within the protected premises is connected to the 100-mil municipal alarm system via a local energy master box, as is the case 99.9% of the time, the term connection is more appropriate. (Log #162) 72-2-(Chapter 1 [2002 ed Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4]) : Reject COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal. SUBSTANTIATION: A. The committee action on this proposal does not comply with the Rules Governing Committee Projects because the revised text contains numerous changes that go far beyond the manual of style justification for the proposal. B. Combining changes resulting from public proposals with wholesale manual of style changes pursuant to a committee proposal makes it very difficult to track all of the changes that have been made, and nearly impossible to verify that those changes comply with the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. C. The manual of style proposals from each technical committee should be stand-alone proposals which can be reviewed to verify that the only thing that has changed is the style; not the requirements. D. Correlation of accepted manual of style proposal - presumably editorial revisions - with other changes initiated via public proposals should be handled by the Technical Correlating Committee or NFPA staff. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The committee disagrees with the submitter s substantiation for the following reasons: The Committee Action does comply with NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects. The changes in the proposal that go beyond NFPA Manual of Style revisions are either specifically identified in the recommendation of the proposal or are identified* by reference to other proposals acted upon individually. Theses changes are supported in the substantiation of Proposal 72-1h or in the individual proposals. The combination of changes resulting from public proposals with changes made for the Manual of Style was directed by the Technical Correlating Committee in order to provide a complete text in the new style showing all changes in the proper context. This was done to enhance the usability and simplify the review of this material for both the committee and the public. Text that is based on changes made by public proposals has been identified by a bold reference to the public proposal number. The correlation of several proposals into the final document, especially with such broad changes in style and format, can often be difficult because of potentially conflicting or unclear committee actions. Showing all changes in their proper context offers a complete text that has been reviewed by the committee and has had opportunity for public review and comment. *(Add the use of legislative text where used). The committee recommends that the printing of the 2002 edition of the Code indicate code changes through the use of vertical lines in the margin and a cross-reference table. COMMENT ON AFFIRMATIVE: KIRBY: I am voting to affirm the committee s action so as to not throw out the baby with the bath water. The submitter is, in my judgment, correct; there have been many changes rolled into this one proposal by the technical committee. In the future, it would be far easier to deal with multiple changes if they were separated into individual proposals, not lumped into one. 299

6 (Log #323) 72-3-(Chapter 1 [2002 Ed (New)]) : Reject SUBMITTER: Robert McGinnis, Barnwell, SC COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h RECOMMENDATION: Add the old Alarm Verification from of the 1999 Edition. SUBSTANTIATION: This is commonly used. I believe it was deleted by mistake and should be listed with presignal and positive alarm. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: This material is outside of the scope of the Chapter 1 Committee. NEGATIVE: 1 GAUVIN: I do not agree with the committee statement that the material is outside the scope of the Chapter 1 Committee. The title of Section 4.3 is System Functions. It describes how system features are intended to operate such as Presignal, Positive Alarm Sequence, etc. The committee may have incorrectly based their comment on the assumption that alarm verification is a function of the initiating device, and therefore, this would belong to the Technical Committee on Initiating Devices for Fire Alarm Systems? In fact, in addressable analog systems the alarm verification is typically a function of the control panel. Therefore, the submitter was correct in recommending alarm verification be included in Section 4.3. (Log #135) 72-5-(1-2.2) : Accept COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-2 RECOMMENDATION: Relocate the text from the original proposal, as modified by the technical committee in the ROP, to new section SUBSTANTIATION: A. As noted by the Technical Correlating Committee, the Technical Committee inappropriately placed this test in the Scope section of the standard. B. The intent of this proposal is to make the intended application of the standard clear to users; not to modify the scope. (Log #64) 72-6-(1-2.4 (New) ) : Reject COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-8 RECOMMENDATION: Add new Section and new Appendix paragraph A as follows: *1-2.4 Interpretation Failure of the code to explicitly allow, or to establish specific requirements for, any particular approach, arrangement, method or technology that achieves the performance objectives of this code shall not be interpreted as a prohibition thereof. A The code intends to encourage innovative approaches and new technologies, within the limitations of the required performance. SUBSTANTIATION: This proposal has been modified from the ROP text, pursuant to the committee discussion, to eliminate the implication that anything that is not prohibited should necessarily be allowed. While the committee clearly does not intend to ban innovation and/or new technologies by omission, it was pointed out that blanket acceptance of anything that s not 300 explicitly prohibited is going too far. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The intent of the submitter is already covered by the material in sections and in Proposal 72-1h. The committee is rejecting the comment in order to make it clear that it does not agree with the language in Proposal (Log #270) 72-7-(1-3.1 [2002 Ed ]) : Accept in Part SUBMITTER: Daniel T. Gottuk, Hughes Associates, Inc. COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h RECOMMENDATION: Revise text to read as follows: Change item (1) of to include single-and multiple-station alarms as follows: Fire alarm systems shall be classified as follows: (1) Single-and multiple-station alarms and household fire warning alarm systems. SUBSTANTIATION: The change more accurately reflects the division of systems that are addressed by the different chapters within 72. The household chapter is now Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems. in Part The committee does not accept the addition of the wording: Single-and multiple-station alarms and, and accepts the remainder of the comment. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: Single-and multiple-station alarms do not constitute fire alarm systems. (Log #289) 72-8-(1-3.1 [2002 Ed ]) : Accept SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h RECOMMENDATION: Revise to read ad follows: Change to Accept in Principle with the following change: (1) Household fire warning alarm systems. SUBSTANTIATION: The proper term is household fire alarm systems. This is substantiated by Chapter 1 accepting a new definition for this in Proposal 72-39, as well as Chapter 8 accepting Proposal which uses this term in the title. (Log #1) Committee: SIG-HOU 72-9-(1-4 Area, Living) : Reject SUBMITTER: Peter A. Larrimer, Pittsburgh, PA COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-11 RECOMMENDATION: Delete the definition or rework it to take out closets, bathrooms etc. SUBSTANTIATION: If this definition is left as is, Chapter 8 will require smoke alarms in closets, bathrooms etc. in hotels and motels ( ) and I don t believe that was ever the intent of the Life Safety Code from where the requirement was extracted. Although a storage room may be an occupiable space, I don t believe it is a normally occupied space. Please note that the Life Safety Code pulled that definition into the LSC in the 2000 edition (extraction policy) and have yet to rework the requirements in the LSC chapter. The 1997 edition of the LSC did not intend smoke alarms in bathrooms and closets and I don t believe that the 2000 edition consciously made the change either. The Life Safety Code even has an annex note that cautions placing smoke alarms too close to the bathrooms and kitchens, while this definition actually requires that the same areas be protected. Does the committee wish to extract from NFPA 101 a definitiion that would essentially pull in an errant requirement? COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The committee has reviewed the submitter s request and the definition already excludes the areas of concern. NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #43) 72-4-(1-2.2) : Accept COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-4 RECOMMENDATION: Relocate the text from the original proposal, as modified by the technical committee in the ROP, to new section SUBSTANTIATION: A. As noted by the Technical Correlating Committee, the Technical Committee inappropriately placed this text in the Scope section of the standard. B. The intent of this proposal is to make the intended application of the standard clear to users; not to modify the scope.

7 (Log #290a) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Area, Living) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-11 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Technical Committee has the responsibility to address installation requirements for these areas. See Committee Action on Comment (Log #272). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #290b) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Building, Apartment) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-18 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Technical Committee has the responsibility to address installation requirements for this occupancy. See Committee Action on Comment (Log #272). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #66) Committee: SIG-PRS (1-4 Auxiliary Fire Alarm System, Parallel Telephone Type) : Accept COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-13 RECOMMENDATION: The Technical Correlating Committee directs that the Committee clarify the Committee Action on this Proposal. If this type of connection is no longer included in the code, all references to it need to be deleted. For example Table and Table This action shall be considered by the Committee as a Public Comment. Projects. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Committee has clarified its position as requested by the Technical Correlating Committee. Parallel telephone type auxiliary fire alarm systems are no longer used and the table references have been deleted. Refer to the committee action on a (Log #CC4). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:10 AFFIRMATIVE: 9 NOT RETURNED: 1 Fisher (Log #280) Committee: SIG-SSS (1-4 Certification) : Reject SUBMITTER: Brad Shipp, NBFAA COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-19a RECOMMENDATION: Modify definition of Certification to read as follows: Certification. A systematic program that uses randomly selected followup inspections of the certificated systems installed under the program that allows the listing organization to verify that a fire alarm system complies with all the requirements of this code. A system installed under such a program is identified by the issuance of a certificate or approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction to meet the minimum requirements of the standard and is 301 designated as a certificated system. SUBSTANTIATION: The long standing, well accepted and reasonable right of the Authority Having Jurisdiction to define what is acceptable or Certified should not be eliminated. As the local official with responsibility for verifying code compliance in the local jurisdiction, the Authority Having Jurisdiction is uniquely qualified to make this judgment. There should be no confusion about the fact that the local Authority Having Jurisdiction has the authority to accept that a system or company meets the requirements of the code. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The committee agrees with the submitter that the AHJ has the right to define what is acceptable. However, certification and approval are two different concepts and certification has been a proven method to ensure code compliance. Certification is a unique process by which a listing organization verifies continuing compliance with the minimum requirements of this Code. NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:25 AFFIRMATIVE: 23 NOT RETURNED: 2 Egan & Sayre (Log #252) (1-4 Control Unit [2002 ed. 3-3]) : Reject SUBMITTER: Robert McGinnis, Barnwell, SC COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-1h & RECOMMENDATION: Delete definition of control unit. Control Unit. A system component that monitors inputs and controls outputs through various types of circuits. SUBSTANTIATION: This definition was previously replaced by Fire Alarm Control Unit. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The term control unit is not limited to use exclusively as a fire alarm control unit. (Log #290c) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Day-Care Home) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-24 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Technical Committee has the responsibility to address installation requirements for this occupancy. See Committee Action on Comment (Log #272). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #290d) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Dormitory) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-25 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Technical Committee has the responsibility to address installation requirements for this occupancy. See Committee Action on Comment (Log #272). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave

8 (Log #291) (1-4 Evacuation Signaling Zone) : Accept SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-31a RECOMMENDATION: Revise to read as follows: Continue to accept with the following editorial change: 1-4* Evacuation Signaling Zone. A discrete area of a building... (Remainder as is). A.1.4 Evacuation Signaling Zone. Evacuation signaling zones can be as small as... (Remainder as is). SUBSTANTIATION: This is a simple editorial repair to an acceptable proposal. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: This action should be referred to the Fundamentals Committee. (Log #200) (1-4 Fire Alarm Circuit Integrity (CI) Cable) : Reject SUBMITTER: Vince Baclawski, Bill Hopple, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)/Rep. NEMA/CAFAA COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-32 RECOMMENDATION: Change to Accept. SUBSTANTIATION: We disagree with the committee action and suggest adding the definition by extraction, which is an acceptable action in the Manual of Style. It is acceptable to have a definition in multiple locations, especially if it s extracted. An Authority doing a fire alarm system final acceptance would not have to have an NEC with him/her to discern what - CI cable is intended for. We believe this is helpful information and should be included in NFPA 72. The term is used several places within NFPA 72. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: In accordance with the wiring requirements for fire alarm systems are covered in the National Electrical Code. Section of the NEC contains a definition of Circuit Integrity (CI) cable and it is not necessary to repeat this definition in NFPA 72. NEGATIVE: 1 CLARY: While there may be a definition for CI Cable within NFPA 70, I do not see that it is duplication to also have the definition within NFPA 72, The National Fire Alarm Code. Why must we always send the designer hopping from one NFPA Standard to another in order for them to obtain a design answer? (1-4 Fire Alarm Circuit Integrity (CI) Cable ) : Reject SUBMITTER: Edward Walton, Draka USA COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-32 RECOMMENDATION: Accept proposal (Log #264) 302 SUBSTANTIATION: Accept in this code to clarify the distinction between the three basic methods of providing 2-hour fire protection (Circuit Integrity (CI) Cable, a 2-hour rated cable system, routing the cable through a 2-hour rated enclosure) and eliminate the mistaken belief that CI cable is the same as a 2-hour fire rated system. Including this definition in this code will emphasize the fact that only CI cable can be marked as CI Cable and be installed per the National Electrical Code WITHOUT the need for conduit, special connectors or special fire barriers. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: See committee action and statement on Comment (Log #200). NEGATIVE: 1 CLARY: While there may be a definition for CI Cable within NFPA 70, I do not see that it is duplication to also have the definiton within NFPA 72, The National Fire Alarm Code. Why must we always send the designer hopping from one NFPA Standard to another in order for them to obtain a design answer? (Log #201) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Fire Warning Equipment) : Reject SUBMITTER: Vince Baclawski, Bill Hopple, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)/Rep. NEMA/CAFAA COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-33a RECOMMENDATION: Accept in Principle by changing the term to Household Fire Warning Equipment. SUBSTANTIATION: The term Fire Warning Equipment is too broad and will result in persons arguing that the testing criteria for household fire alarm systems should be in Chapter 11 instead of Chapter 10, because of Chapter 11 anonymity. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The committee has reviewed the submitter s request and rejected the comment because the substantiation is no longer applicable. The Technical Committee has received direction from the Technical Correlating Committee to move all testing and maintenance requirements to Chapter 10. NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #290e) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Guest Room) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-35 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: The Technical Committee has the responsibility to address installation requirements for this occupancy. See Committee Action on Comment (Log #272). NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:13 AFFIRMATIVE: 12 NOT RETURNED: 1 Brave (Log #67) (1-4 Evacuation Signaling Zone) : Accept COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-31a RECOMMENDATION: It was the action of the Technical Correlating Committee that this Proposal be referred to the Technical Committee on Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems for correlation. This action shall be considered by the Committee as a Public Comment. Projects. Add a title to the definition as follows: Evacuation Signaling Zone. COMMITTEE STATEMENT: To comply with the direction of the Technical Correlating Committee. (Log #290f) Committee: SIG-HOU (1-4 Guest Suite) : Reject SUBMITTER: Bill Hopple, SimplexGrinnell COMMENT ON PROPOSAL NO:72-36 RECOMMENDATION: Reject the proposal to add this definition. SUBSTANTIATION: All of these definitions are extracted from NFPA LS-101. There is little or no need for them to be transcribed into NFPA 72 just to create a single-source document. I believe that these definitions as well as the extracted text they refer to in Chapter 11 are unnecessary in NFPA 72, especially if it is to be considered adoptable by states who adopt other building codes. I have submitted a separate comment to delete the extracted material from Chapter 11 as well. If the committee agrees with this substantiation, they will need to take both actions for consistency.