CHAPTER SUMMARY

Chapter Summary: Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment

Chapter summary: Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment

Although life safety codes deal mainly with hazards in buildings, they also cover other emergencies that are similar to fire and are applied to vehicles, vessels and other transports since these objects are treated as buildings for life safety purposes. The Life Safety Code is coordinated with other building codes and standards such as electrical (National Electric Code NFPA70), fuel-gas, mechanical, plumbing, energy, and residential. Normally, the Life Safety Code is used by architects and designers of vehicles and vessels. Since the Life Safety Code is ...