1. NFPA
Prelim-ROC Level

2. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012)Processing Schedule
TCC ROC Meeting Dec 13-15, 2011 Tampa
ROC Posted February 24, 2012
NITMAMs Due April 6, 2012
NITMAMs Posted May 4, 2012
Annual Meeting June 11-14, 2012 Las Vegas
Council Issuance August 9, 2012

3. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues General
New Chapter 7 Documentation – correlation issues !!
Chapter 10 Fundamentals – major reorganization
Chapter 12 Circuits and Pathways – expanded
Added material from Chapter 10 and 23
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance – Inspection and testing tables reorganized
Chapter 24 Emergency Communications Systems – some reorganization
Subjects such as risk analysis moved to 24.3 General
Layers defined for MNS-ECS

4. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012)Issues Chapter 1 Administration
New allowance to perform fire risk analysis for evaluation of impact of fire on systems and components where specifically permitted by the code – ROP 2a and ROC 4

5. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 3 Definitions New definitions
Accessible (from NEC) – ROP 14
Impairment – ROC 16 (FUN) ROC 17 (TMS)
Emergency Impairment
Planned Impairment
System Installer & System Designer – ROP 46
Unwanted Alarm (not the result of a potentially hazardous condition) – ROC 22 (FUN)
Malicious Alarm
Nuisance Alarm
Unintentional Alarm
Unknown Alarm

6. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 3 Definitions New definitions
Condition, Signal, Response – ROC 26 (FUN)
Alarm
Pre-alarm
Supervisory
Trouble
Normal (condition only)
CO (signal only)
Delinquency (signal only)
Fire Alarm (signal only)
Guards Tour (signal only)
Restoration (signal only)

7. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 3 Definitions New definitions
Deficiency (a condition that interferes with the service or reliability for which the system or equipment was intended – ROC 33a (TMS)
Critical and noncritical deficiency proposed and deleted
Manufacturer’s Published Instructions – ROP 13a
Occupiable (a room or enclosed space designed for human occupancy) –ROP 41
Occupiable Area (occupied by people on a regular basis)

8. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 7 Documentation 7.1 Application
7.2 Minimum Documentation
7.3 Chapter Specific Additional Documentation
7.4 Chapter Specific Additional Drawings
7.5 Record Documentation
7.6 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Documentation
7.7 Records, Record Retention, Record Maintenance
7.8 Forms

9. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 10 Fundamentals
Protection of FACU (no change) – ROP 134, 134b, ROC 105,
Record of Completion (multipart) – ROP 152
System Record of Completion
ECS Supplement
Power Supplement
NAC Power Panel Supplement
Interconnected Systems Supplement
Deviations Supplement
( Simplified form-main page with inserts/ supplements as needed)
Manual Alarm Initiation – ROP 128
Must be via manual fire alarm box or be key operated, or be in a locked cabinet or be protected to prevent inadvertent activation (IAFC)

10. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 10 Fundamentals
Personnel Qualification (New categories) – ROP 86a
Inspection Personnel
Testing Personnel
Maintenance Personnel
Programming Personnel
Branch Circuit (not dedicated or individual) – ROP 93a, ROC 69
Signal Priority (added pre-alarm and CO alarm) – ROP 107a, ROC 81
Distinctive Signal (added pre-alarm and CO alarm) – ROP 108a, ROC 81

11. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 10 Fundamentals
New Detection and Signaling of Conditions – ROP 107b
Abnormal Condition
Alarm Condition
Pre-Alarm Condition
Supervisory Condition
Trouble Condition
Normal Condition
New Responses requirements – ROC 61a
Alarm
Pre-Alarm
Supervisory
Trouble

12. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 12 Circuits and Pathways
Monitoring for Integrity (moved from Chapter 10 to Chapter 12) – ROP 77, 140a
Circuit performance (Class A routing, IDC, NAC, SLC moved from Chapter 23 to Chapter 12 – ROP 166, 289

13. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 12 Circuits and Pathways
New Shared Pathway Designations – ROC 160
See FACU shared communication requirements
Level 0 – life safety and non-life safety not require to be segregated or prioritized
Level 1 – life safety and non-life safety not require to be segregated but must be prioritized
Level 2 – life safety and non-life safety must be segregated
Level 3 – must use dedicated equipment for life safety

14. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
New Purpose Section – ROP 175
Details the purpose for:
Initial and reacceptance inspection
Initial and reacceptance testing
Periodic inspection
Periodic testing
Updated Responsibility Section ROP 177
Addresses delegation of responsibility to occupant if not the property owner

15. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
New Test Plan Section – ROP 179
Requirement to provide a test plan for systems with emergency control functions, releasing systems or interfaced equipment
Updated Responsibility Section ROP 177
Addresses delegation of responsibility to occupant if not the property owner

16. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
Inspection and Testing Tables – major reorganization
Table Visual Inspection (added inspection method) – ROP 180
Table Test Method (added test frequency) – ROP 187b
Both tables (items renumbered to be consistent between tables)
Table Test Frequency (deleted)
Methods now specified by instruction rather than requirement
Footnotes restored (instead of reference to Annex A)

17. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
Inspection and Testing Tables – major reorganization
General update and clarification of several test methods
New test method “Other Transmission Technologies
Consolidation of battery testing requirements
Update of emergency control function and equipment interface methods
Subject to NFPA Standards Council directive
Deleted 10 year replacement of smoke alarms – ROC 195
Contested by SIG-HOU

18. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
Revised Inspection and Testing Form – ROP 229a, ROC 200b
Inspection and Testing (system)
Notification Appliance form
Initiating Device form
MNS form
ECS form
Interconnected system form
Interfaced component form

19. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 17 Initiating Devices
Revised Remote Indicator (not just air handling) – ROP 233
Revised and (total coverage above ceiling space and return air) – ROP 234, 242
Clarify (smooth ceiling spacing vs 0.7 selected spacing) ROP 237
Reorganize/revise (manually actuated alarm initiating devices) – ROP 249a
Manual fire alarm boxes versus other pull stations

20. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 17 Initiating Devices
New provisions to address single and double acting manual fire alarm boxes and protective covers – ROP 250
New B.4.10 Effects of HVAC Systems – ROC 432

21. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 18 Notification Appliances
Emergency evacuation signal (not just for evacuation) – ROP 257, ROC 433
(exclusive use) deleted
revised to include relocation
Intelligibility – ROP 260, 260a, 266c
Relocated Areas/ADS not required to have intelligibility
Clarify Intelligibility not required to measured qualitatively

22. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 18 Notification Appliances
New (areas that require audible appliances) – ROP 265, ROC 229, 230
Designer must specify rooms and spaced that require and do not require audible notification
All occupiable areas unless exempted
Document sound pressure levels required for each area
Submit documented levels for AHJ review and approval if required
Update of 520 Hz signal – ROC 231

23. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 18 Notification Appliances
New – (areas that require visible appliances) – ROC 238
Designer must specify rooms and spaced that require and do not require visible notification
Locations per governing laws, codes or standard
Submit documentation of CD levels for AHJ review and approval if required
Textual and Graphical Visible Appliances – ROP 418a
Relocation of textual appliance requirements from
Additional of graphical display requirements
Character height table modified to allow lower mounting of graphical display – 40 inches & smaller character size

24. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 18 Notification Appliances
A low frequency audible – ROC 437
Details of harmonics replaced with appropriate harmonics
A (Delete reference to Annex E) – ROC 439a
Annex E (NEMA SB 30)– Deleted ROC 457

25. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 21 Emergency Control Function Interfaces
Elevator Recall
removed errant reference to “heat detectors used for elevator shutdown – ROP 279
New to address the installation of initiating devices in the elevator hoistway for elevator recall (including elevator pit) – ROC 245
Elevator Shutdown
Clarifies shutdown provisions – especially with heat detectors – modifies elevator operation – ROC 259

26. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 21 Emergency Control Function Interfaces
Fire Service Access Elevators (updated) – ROC 261
Elevators for Occupant Evacuation (major update)– ROP 284, ROC 264
Addresses evacuation modes (total and partial)
Addresses initiation mechanism (devices)
Addresses means of floor identification
Addresses voice messages and coordination with EVACs
Coordinated with changes for ASME A17.1
Electrically locked doors – ROP 287, ROC 265
Clarification and coordination with model codes

27. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 23 Protected Premises FAS
Combination Systems (23.8.4) – ROP 395
(4) - all equipment listed as compatible with FAS equipment or an interface listed as compatible with FAS equipment - ROP 395
Updated (CO transmitted to a FAS) – ROP 308
Must be indicated as CO signal – exception for supervisory signal
Occupant response per building emergency response plan
Signal Initiation – Duct Smoke Detectors – ROP 311
Coordination with Chapter 21 HVAC requirements
Power circuit coordination with (power supplied over a separate circuit
Reset capability

28. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 23 Protected Premises FAS
Suppression system – no software disconnects ( ) – ROP 333
Performance of SLCs – ROP 293, ROC 269a
No single fault can cause the loss of more than 50 addressable devices – new

29. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 24 Emergency Communications Systems
New Microphone Use (24.3.2) – ROP 351
Posted instructions
New Design Documentation (24.3.8) – ROP 381
Updated Listing Requirements (24.3.9) – ROP 370, 371
UL 2572 Mass Notification Systems
Risk Analysis for NMS ( ) – ROP 377, ROC 317
Relocated to “General” section
Modifications and additional guidance

30. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 24 Emergency Communications Systems
Add new section and Annex material to read as follows:
Emergency communications used for mass notification shall be categorized into layers and take in to consideration type of audience and reach as follows:
(1) Layer 1 relates to means of notification of occupants by systems/equipment installed inside a building and controlled only by authorized users (In-Building ECS)
(2) Layer 2 relates to means of notification of occupants on the exterior of a building and controlled only by authorized users (Wide-Area MNS)
(3) Layer 3 relates to means of notification of personnel through individual measures (Distributed Recipient MNS)
(4) Layer 4 relates to means of notification of personnel by public measures (Broadcast Radio, TV, etc.)

31. NFPA (A2012) Issues
Chapter 24 Emergency Communications Systems
Voice Message Content (24.4.1) – ROP 353a
Relocated to general section of one-way communications
Additional resource referenced provided Annex H
Controls for live voice instructions ( (3)) – ROP 362
Live voice instruction to cancel previous recorded message

32. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 26 Supervising Stations
New (Signal Content) – ROP 460
Where required, signals must be point ID or zone
New (Restoral Signals) – ROP 465
Automatic reporting of restoral signals
New (Alarm Verification) – ROC 348
Includes pre-verification notification (IAFC)

33. NFPA 72-2013 (A2012) Issues Chapter 26 Supervising Stations
Communications Methods – ROP 483
DACTs
Second channel not telephone ( (A))
6 hour testing ( (B))
Other Technologies
Single communications path – 60 minutes supervision ( )
Multiple communication paths – 6 hours ( )
Secondary power updated ( )