Life Safety Code
Getting people out of the building alive.
NFPA 101 is the document that decides whether a building needs a fire alarm system in the first place, and it does that by asking two questions: what is this building used for, and how do people get out of it?
6 lessons · 24 challenge questions · about 1 hours · Core
Structure verified against the 2012 and 2021 editions.
What you will be able to do
- Classify an occupancy and understand why the classification changes everything downstream
- Read the new-versus-existing chapter structure without getting lost
- Explain means of egress in the three parts the code actually uses
- Find where NFPA 101 hands off to NFPA 72
Course outline
How the Life Safety Code is built
- New versus existing, and why chapters come in pairs
- Occupancy classification
Means of egress
- Exit access, exit, and exit discharge
- Travel distance, common path, and dead ends
Where 101 meets 72
- Detection, alarm, and communications
- Renovations and change of occupancy