NFPA 101: Life Safety Code, 2006 Edition

NFPA 101: Life Safety Code addresses those construction, protection and occupancy features necessary to minimize danger to life from the effects of fire, including smoke, heat and toxic gases created during a fire. The Code establishes minimum criteria for the design of egress facilities so as to allow prompt escape of occupants from buildings or, where desirable, into safe areas within buildings. The Code addresses other considerations that are essential to life safety in recognition of the fact that life safety is more than a matter of egress, including protective features and systems, building services, operating features and maintenance activities.