NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2003, Handbook

Support your projects with the illustrated advice in NFPA's 2003 Life Safety Code Handbook!

NFPA investigations into fatal fires invariably turn up Life Safety Code® violations. Building safety professionals can remain in compliance and avoid these violations with the new fully illustrated Life Safety Code Handbook!

NFPA's Handbook contains over 1,000 pages of explanations, examples, and art that augment the 2003 Code text, and is an indispensable tool for interpreting and applying today's LSC. Unlike the Code, the Handbook presents rules for “new” and “existing” construction side by side. Written by the same staff specialists who help develop requirements, it effectively provides an “insider” view of how the 2003 Code works.

NFPA's Handbook is. Find the details you need to know about:

• Means of Egress: Apply critical concepts about features necessary for “prompt escape” from any occupancy, with the Handbook's clear explanations and detailed graphics.
• Features of Fire Protection: Enhance your understanding of compartmentation through use of fire barriers, protection of vertical openings, and subdivision of building space through the use of smoke barriers.
• Performance-Based Option: Gain helpful insights into the Code's recently added performance-based design option. The Handbook is especially essential for engineers and AHJs! (Approx. 1,000 pp., 2003)

The Life Safety Code Handbook also contains:

• The latest commentary, examples, solutions, and tips from the NFPA life safety specialists, shown directly beneath the complete requirements from the 2003 edition of NFPA 101.
• More than 400 two-color graphics and informative photographs that illustrate Code concepts so you can apply provisions without errors or delays.