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the Adobe Acrobat Reader and then open or download the forms. Shared Documents: The Strobe Project Looking for information on the application of strobe lights for occupant notification in large volume spaces such as big-box stores, departments stores and warehouses? Click here. It's Not Your Father's Fire Alarm Code Anymore Presentation at the 2007 AFAA Annual Breakfast during the NFPA World Safety Congress and Exhibition. Discusses the history of fire alarm codes and standards and the possible future for signaling system standards. Understanding 15/75 cd Strobes This short paper discusses the origin and performance of strobes that are rated as 15/75 cd. The paper also points out issues with NFPA 72 strobe tables versus the performance based methodology in the code. NFPA 72, 2002 Notification Appliances, Chapter 7, Changes, Handouts from the National Fire Protection Association's World Fire Safety Congress and Exposition, May 21, 2002. The presentation highlighted major changes going from the 1999 edition of NFPA 72 to the 2002 edition. Understanding Supervision of Fire Protection Systems What is Supervision? The building and fire protection communities have adopted the word supervision to mean the oversight of fire protection systems. What is supervision? How does supervision contribute to fire protection goals? What are the goals of supervision? What are the requirements for supervision of fire protection systems? How is supervision achieved? This is a draft paper and has not peer reviewed as of this posting. Intelligibility – Selected Bibliography Compiled January 2002. Thanks, in part, to William Keezer, WJ Keezer Associates, Inc. Sherborn, MA
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Detection Modeling, The Research – Application Gap” Slides and notes for presentation at the
12th International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection, AUBE ’01, 28 March
2001, by Robert P. Schifiliti, P.E. “Understanding Speech Intelligibility and the Fire Alarm Code”, by Kenneth Jacob, Chief Engineer, Bose ® Professional Systems, May 2001. Sample Fire Alarm System Calculations A set of examples showing ways to calculate loop resistance, wire size, voltage drop and battery capacity. Note: These calculation methods have not been updated for U.L.'s latest revisions that include "regulated" and "special application" power supplies. Audibility and Audible Signaling, Selected Bibliography. To Leave or Not to Leave: That is the Question! Slides and notes for presentation at the National Fire Protection Association's World Fire Safety Congress and Exposition, May 16, 2000. To Leave or Not to Leave: That is the Question! Outline/handout for presentation at the National Fire Protection Association's World Fire Safety Congress and Exposition, May 16, 2000. Complex Ceilings - NFPA 72 Smoke Detector Spacing A short set of slides and notes regarding the evolution of smoke detector spacing requirements from 1993 to 1999. Elevator Fire Safety Discussion of elevator fire safety and the coordination of related codes and standards. This paper has not been updated to reflect minor changes in methods. However, it serves to show how several different codes and standards are carefully coordinated to reach the desired goal. Restricted Documents: None posted at this time. Contact Information
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