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1 Second Revision No NFPA [ New Section after ] Bathtubs, bathtub-shower combinations, and nonemergency showers shall be provided with grab bars in accordance with the provisions of Submittal Date: Wed Jul 20 10:44:18 EDT 2016 Emergency showers are often found in industrial occupancies where the presence of hazardous materials or processes occur and standards already exist that address the construction and features required for emergency showers. The text supports the new provisions of Section and is consistent with changes made to NFPA 101.

2 Second Revision No NFPA [ New Section after ] Bathtubs, bathtub-shower combinations, and nonemergency showers shall be provided with grab bars in accordance with the provisions of Submittal Date: Wed Jul 20 10:46:47 EDT 2016 Emergency showers are often found in industrial occupancies where the presence of hazardous materials or processes occur and standards already exist that address the construction and features required for emergency showers. The text supports the new provisions of Section and is consistent with changes made to NFPA 101.

3 Second Revision No NFPA [ New Section after ] Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials (SFRM). In airport traffic control towers with an occupiable story greater than 75 ft (23 m) above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, the bond strength of SFRM installed shall be 430 psf (20.6 kn/m 2 ). Submittal Date: Mon Aug 01 11:18:29 EDT 2016 The proposed changes are included as the recommendation of the Technical on Industrial, Storage and Miscellaneous Occupancies. The details are proposed by the Airport Traffic Control Tower Fire Life Safety Task Group, and reflect the current approach to fire protection and life safety in high rise buildings in general, but are applied to airport traffic control towers (ATCT). The proposed changes relate to providing extra protection for the controllers and fire service and providing consistency with other building codes and standards. ATCTs create a unique hazard. ATCTs typically have a limited number of occupants. In addition, occupants must be awake and alert. The hazard associated with ATCTs is affected by the occupied levels being typically located at the top of the structure and the potential delay in evacuation because of the handoff of flights. Section is proposed to provide additional structural protection by increasing the minimum bond strengths for sprayed fire-resistant materials as recommended by NIST based on the WTC research performed (see recommendation 6 from the WTC Disaster Study Recommendations). This raises the minimum bond strength to 430 psf for all ATCTs with an occupiable story more than 75 ft above the lowest level of fire department access and puts the requirement in line with the IBC. The proposed requirement provides additional protection of the structural frame where delayed evacuations may be required. These requirements are common to high-rise buildings in jurisdictions adopting the International Building Code. ("air traffic control tower" will be updated to "airport traffic control tower" through the Correlating ) Public Comment No. 63-NFPA [New Section after ]

4 Second Revision No NFPA [ New Section after ] Construction of Inside Exit Stairs and Elevator Hoistway Enclosures. Enclosures for inside exit stairs and elevator hoistways in airport traffic control towers with an occupiable story greater than 75 ft (23 m) above the lowest level of fire department access shall comply with the following: (1) Soft Body Impact Classification Level 2 in accordance with ASTM C1629/C1629N, Standard Classification for Abuse- Resistant Nondecorated Interior Gypsum Panel Products and Fiber-Reinforced Cement Panels, shall be met or exceeded for wall assemblies constructed for inside exit stairs and elevator hoistways. (2) Wall assembly materials forming the exterior of the enclosure shall be in accordance with one of the following: (a) (b) (c) Hard Body Impact Classification Level 2 in accordance with ASTM C1629/C1629M shall be met or exceeded where a wall assembly includes at least two layers of impact-resistant construction board. Hard Body Impact Classification Level 3 in accordance with ASTM C1629/C1629M shall be met or exceeded where a wall assembly includes at least one layer of impact-resistant construction material. Hard Body Impact Classification Level 3 in accordance with ASTM C1629/C1629M shall be met or exceeded where a wall assembly is composed of multiple layers tested in tandem of any material. (3) The requirements of (1) and (2) shall not apply to concrete and masonry walls. (4) Where the impact resistance for Hard Body Impact Classification Level 3 in accordance with ASTM C1629/C1629M is met or exceeded, the wall assembly shall be permitted. Submittal Date: Mon Aug 01 11:18:52 EDT 2016 The proposed changes are included as the recommendation of the Technical on Industrial, Storage and Miscellaneous Occupancies. The details are proposed by the Airport Traffic Control Tower Fire Life Safety Task Group, and reflect the current approach to fire protection and life safety in high rise buildings in general, but are applied to airport traffic control towers (ATCT). The proposed changes relate to providing extra protection for the controllers and fire service and providing consistency with other building codes and standards. ATCTs create a unique hazard. ATCTs typically have a limited number of occupants. In addition, occupants must be awake and alert. The hazard associated with ATCTs is affected by the occupied levels being typically located at the top of the structure and the potential delay in evacuation because of the handoff of flights. Section is proposed to provide additional protection of vertical shafts used for travel of occupants and is recommended by NIST based on the WTC research performed (see recommendation 18 from the WTC Disaster Study Recommendations). Adding structural integrity criteria to these vertical shafts provides additional protection in an occupancy where delayed evacuations may be required. These requirements are common to high-rise buildings in New York City and jurisdictions adopting the International Building Code. ("air traffic control tower" will be updated to "airport traffic control tower" through the Correlating ) Public Comment No. 122-NFPA [New Section after ]

5 Second Revision No NFPA [ Sections , , , ] Means of Egress. Global SR * Number of Means of Egress. Air traffic control towersairport traffic control towers shall be permitted to have a single exit, provided that all the following conditions are met in addition to the requirements of : (1) Each level of air traffic control towersairport traffic control towers, served by a single exit, shall be subject to a calculated occupant load of 15 or fewer persons. (2) A fire alarm system shall be provided in accordance with Section Smoke detection shall be provided throughout air traffic control towersairport traffic control towers to meet the requirements of partial coverage, as defined in of NFPA 72, and shall include coverage of all of the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Observation level Means of egress All equipment rooms Incidental accessory uses Accessible utility shafts (3) The requirements of (5) (5) shall not apply. (4) Rooms or spaces used for the storage, processing, or use of combustible supplies shall be permitted in quantities deemed acceptable by the authority having jurisdiction. (5) Smokeproof exit enclosures shall be provided in accordance with Remoteness. Where an air traffic control tower airport traffic control tower is equipped throughout with an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 55.3, the minimum separation distance between two exits, or exit accesses, measured in accordance with shall be not less than one-fourth of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the building or area to be served Accessible Means of Egress. Accessible means of egress shall not be required to serve the observation level and the floor immediately below the observation level in air traffic control towers airport traffic control towers Egress for Occupant Load. Means of egress for air traffic control towers airport traffic control towers shall be provided for the occupant load, as determined in accordance with Areas Excluded from Occupant Load. Shafts, stairs, and spaces and floors not subject to human occupancy shall be excluded from consideration in determining the total calculated occupant load of the tower, as required by (1) and (1) Single Means of Egress. A single means of egress shall be permitted from the observation level of an air traffic control towerairport traffic control tower to an exit, as permitted by Smokeproof Enclosures. Smokeproof exit enclosures complying with shall be provided for all air traffic control tower airport traffic control tower exit enclosures Discharge from Exits Air traffic control towers Airport traffic control towers shall comply with the requirements of , except as permitted by Protection. Global SR-4004 Global SR-4004

6 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems. Air traffic control towersairport traffic control towers shall be provided with a fire alarm system in accordance with Section Smoke detection shall be provided throughout the air traffic control towerairport traffic control tower to meet the requirements for partial coverage, as defined in of NFPA 72, and shall include coverage of all of the following: (1) All equipment rooms (2) Observation level (3) Outside each opening into exit enclosures (4) Along the single means of egress permitted from observation levels in (5) Outside each opening into the single means of egress permitted from observation levels in Extinguishing Requirements. Air traffic control towers Airport traffic control towers shall be protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section Standpipe Requirements. New air traffic control towers airport traffic control towers where the floor of the observation level is greater than 30 ft (9.1 m) above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access shall be protected throughout with a Class I standpipe system in accordance with Section Class I standpipes shall be permitted to be manual standpipes, as defined in NFPA 14, where the authority having jurisdiction has been determined to have sufficient capabilities to supply the system Prohibited Uses. Sleeping areas shall be prohibited in air traffic control towersairport traffic control towers Emergency Command Center An emergency command center shall be provided in a location approved by the fire department where the floor of an occupiable story is greater than 75 ft (23 m) above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Emergency command center is shall be permitted to be located in the air traffic control tower airport traffic control tower or an adjacent contiguous building where building functions are interdependent. Global SR-4004

7 The emergency command center shall contain the following: (1) Fire department two-way telephone communication service panels and controls (2) Fire detection and fire alarm system control unit and annunciator (3) Elevator floor location and operation annunciators (4) Elevator fire recall switch in accordance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (5) Controls and annunciators for systems supporting smokeproof enclosures (6) Sprinkler valve and waterflow annunciators (7) Emergency generator status indicators (8) Schematic building plans indicating typical floor plan and detailing the building core, means of egress, fire protection systems, fire-fighting equipment and fire department access as well as the location of fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, smoke barriers, and smoke partitions (9) Fire pump status indicators (10) Telephone for fire department use with controlled access to the public telephone system (11) An approved Building Information Card that contains, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) General building information that includes: property name, address, the number of floors in the building (above and below grade), use and occupancy classification (for mixed uses, identify the different types of occupancies on each floor), estimated building population (i.e., day, night, weekend) (b) Building emergency contact information that includes a list of the building's emergency contacts (e.g., building manager, building engineer) and their respective work phone numbers, cell phone numbers, addresses (c) Building construction information that includes the type of building construction (e.g., floors, walls, columns, and roof assembly) (d) Exit stair information that includes: the number of exit stairs in the building, each exit stair designation and floors served, location where each exit stair discharges, exit stairs that are pressurized, exit stairs provided with emergency lighting, each exit stair that allows re-entry, exit stairs providing roof access; elevator information that includes: the number of elevator banks, elevator bank designation, elevator car numbers and respective floors that they serve, location of elevator machine rooms, location of sky lobby, location of freight elevator banks (e) Building services and system information that includes location of mechanical rooms, location of building management system, location and capacity of all fuel oil tanks, location of emergency generator, location of natural gas service (f) Fire protection system information that includes locations of standpipes, location of fire pump room, location of fire department connections, floors protected by automatic sprinklers, location of different types of sprinkler systems installed (e.g., dry, wet, preaction) (g) Hazardous material information that includes location of hazardous material and quantity of hazardous material (12) Worktable Submittal Date: Mon Aug 01 10:55:46 EDT 2016 The changes shown in this revision are in response to the request of the Correlating via Public Comment No. 32. The committee did not make the change as requested in item 1 and retains the phrase "means of egress." Using the phrase "means of egress" provides the necessary guidance to designers and reviews when evaluating the design of airport traffic control towers. The requirement intended that detection be provided in all areas of means of egress to help ensure adequate protection for these structures that often have only one way out. In addition, occupants of the ATCT may have their egress delayed due to equipment shutdown and procedures and the detection provides the early response needed to account for delayed response/egress. A request will be brought forth to the NFPA 5000 Correlating to update the term "air traffic control tower" to "airport traffic control tower" throughout the document which correlates with changes made to NFPA 101 during the First Draft. Public Comment No. 32-NFPA [Section No ]

8 Second Revision No NFPA [ Section No ] Emergency Action Plans and Fire Drills All air traffic control towers shall have written copies of an emergency action plan as required by Section Fire drills shall be conducted such that all employees participate at least once annually in accordance with Section Employees of air traffic control towers shall be instructed at least annually in the emergency action plan The emergency action plan shall be updated at least annually. Submittal Date: Mon Aug 01 11:16:06 EDT 2016 : Provisions for emergency plans and fire drills are outside the scope of NFPA 5000.

9 Second Revision No NFPA [ Section No ] Common Path of Travel For other than industrial and storage occupancies, the The common path of travel from areas required to comply with Protection Level 1 through Protection Level 5 shall not exceed the distance given in Table Table Table Common Path of Travel Distance Limits Protection Level Distance ft m In industrial and storage occupancies, for other than rooms or spaces that do not exceed 200 ft 2 (18.6 m 2 ), have an occupant load not exceeding three persons, and have a travel distance to the room door not exceeding 25 ft (7.6 m), means of egress shall be arranged so that there is no common path of travel. Submittal Date: Wed Jul 20 11:39:07 EDT 2016 The revised text is in response to Correlating request and noted ballot comment. The new language correlates the common path of travel requirements with those as prescribed in NFPA 101 for high hazard storage and industrial occupancies. Public Comment No. 33-NFPA [New Section after ]

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