Sprinkler Requirements of the Residential Chapters of NFPA 101
Online Training
Member: $50.00
Non-Member: $100.00Your price
NFPA 101, The Life Safety Code, has been around since 1913 and is, as the title suggests, dedicated to safety to life. Fire Sprinklers are certainly a vital part of any methodology to provide safe buildings. The life safety aspect is certainly of great importance in residential occupancies. We all deserve to be safe in the places we live, and sleep and the fire sprinkler provisions of the code are crucial.
The residential chapters consist of: Chapters 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31 and deal with One- and Two-Family Homes, Lodging or Rooming Houses, New and existing Hotels and Dormitories, and New and Existing Apartment Buildings.
This seminar will highlight the requirements of these chapters as it relates to our industry, the fire sprinkler industry and is important for all of us in the fire protection community.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the layout of NFPA 101.
- Locate and evaluate the sprinkler system requirements in the residential chapters of NFPA 101.
- Understand the fire sprinkler provisions of NFPA 101.
- Evaluate the fire sprinkler provisions of NFPA 101 and how they relate to the requirements of NFPA 13, NFPA 13R and NFPA 13R.
Ref: NFPA 101 (2021)
Contact hours: 1.0