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NFPA 101® ® Life Safety Code 2021 Edition This edition of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, was prepared by the Technical Committees on Assembly Occupancies; Board and Care Facilities; Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment; Detention and Correctional Occupancies; Educational and Day-Care Occupancies; Fire Protection Features; Fundamentals; Health Care Occupancies; Industrial, Storage, and Miscellaneous Occupancies; Interior Finish and Contents; Means of Egress; Mercantile and Business Occupancies; and Residential Occupancies; released by the Correlating Committee on Safety to Life; and acted on by the NFPA membership during the 2020 NFPA Technical Meeting held June 8–29. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 11, 2020, with an effective date of August 31, 2020, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 101 was approved as an American National Standard on August 31, 2020. Origin and Development of NFPA 101 The Life Safety Code had its origin in the work of the Committee on Safety to Life of the National Fire Protection Association, which was appointed in 1913. In 1912, a pamphlet titled Exit Drills in Factories, Schools, Department Stores and Theaters was published following its presentation by the late Committee member R. H. Newbern at the 1911 Annual Meeting of the Association. Although the pamphlet’s publication antedated the organization of the committee, it was considered a committee publication. For the first few years of its existence, the Committee on Safety to Life devoted its attention to a study of the notable fires involving loss of life and to analyzing the causes of this loss of life. This work led to the preparation of standards for the construction of stairways, fire escapes, and other egress routes for fire drills in various occupancies, and for the construction and arrangement of exit facilities for factories, schools, and other occupancies. These reports were adopted by the National Fire Protection Association and published in pamphlet form as Outside Stairs for Fire Exits (1916) and Safeguarding Factory Workers from Fire (1918). These pamphlets served as a groundwork for the present Code. These pamphlets were widely circulated and put into general use. In 1921, the Committee on Safety to Life was enlarged to include representatives of certain interested groups not previously participating in the standard’s development. The committee then began to further develop and integrate previous committee publications to provide a comprehensive guide to exits and related features of life safety from fire in all classes of occupancy. Known as the Building Exits Code, various drafts were published, circulated, and discussed over a period of years, and the first edition of the Building Exits Code was published by the National Fire Protection Association in 1927. Thereafter, the committee continued its deliberations, adding new material on features not originally covered and revising various details in the light of fire experience and practical experience in the use of the Code. New editions were published in 1929, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, and 1946 to incorporate the amendments adopted by the National Fire Protection Association. National attention was focused on the importance of adequate exits and related fire safety features after the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire in Boston in 1942 in which 492 lives were lost. Public attention to exit matters was further stimulated by the series of hotel fires in 1946 (LaSalle, Chicago — 61 dead; Canfield, Dubuque — 19 dead; and Winecoff, Atlanta — 119 dead). The Building Exits Code, thereafter, was used to an increasing extent for regulatory purposes. However, the Code was not written in language suitable for adoption into law, because it had been drafted as a reference document and contained advisory provisions that were useful to building designers but inappropriate for legal use. This led to a decision by the committee to re-edit the entire Code, limiting the body of the text to requirements suitable for mandatory application and placing advisory and explanatory material in notes. The re-editing expanded Code provisions to cover additional occupancies and building features to produce a complete document. The Code expansion was carried 101, Life Safety Code, NFPA, and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-2 LIFE SAFETY CODE on concurrently with development of the 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1952 editions. The results were incorporated into the 1956 edition and further refined in subsequent editions dated 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1963. In 1955, NFPA 101B, on nursing homes, and NFPA 101C, on interior finish, were published. NFPA 101C was revised in 1956. These publications have since been withdrawn. In 1963, the Committee on Safety to Life was restructured to represent all interested factions and to include only those members with broad knowledge of fire matters. The committee served as a review and correlating committee for seven sectional committees whose personnel included members having a special knowledge and interest in various portions of the Code. Under the revised structure, the sectional committees, through the Committee on Safety to Life, prepared the 1966 edition of the Code, which was a complete revision of the 1963 edition. The Code title was changed from Building Exits Code to Code for Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures. The Code text was written in enforceable code language, and all explanatory notes were placed in an appendix. The Code was placed on a 3-year revision schedule, with new editions adopted in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1976. In 1977, the Committee on Safety to Life was reorganized as a technical committee, with an executive committee and standing subcommittees responsible for various chapters and sections. The 1981 edition contained major editorial changes, including reorganization within the occupancy chapters, to make them parallel to each other, and the splitting of requirements for new and existing buildings into separate chapters. Chapters on detention and correctional facilities were added, as well as new sections for ambulatory health care centers. The 1985 edition contained a new Chapter 21 on residential board and care occupancies with related Appendix F and Appendix G, a new Appendix D on alternative calculations for stair width, and Appendix E, a fire safety evaluation system (FSES) for detention and correctional facilities. The 1988 edition contained a major change in the method of determining egress capacity with the deletion of the traditional units of exit width and the substitution of a straight linear approach to calculating egress capacity. Appendix C through Appendix G were moved from NFPA 101 into a new document, NFPA 101M. The 1991 edition contained numerous new requirements for mandatory sprinklers in new health care facilities, hotels, apartment buildings, lodging and room houses, and board and care facilities, as well as mandatory sprinkler requirements for existing high-rise hotels and apartment buildings. The requirements for board and care facilities were split into two chapters, Chapter 22 for new construction and Chapter 23 for existing buildings. The 1994 edition contained new requirements for accessible means of egress, areas of refuge, and ramps, putting the Code in substantial agreement with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). The 1997 edition relocated the material on day care occupancies from Chapters 10 and 11 for new and existing educational occupancies to new Chapters 30 and 31. The operating features requirements, previously contained in Chapter 31, were interspersed throughout the Code, as applicable. The 2000 edition introduced a performance-based option via Section 4.4 and new Chapter 5. That edition also reformatted the Code for substantial compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style: (1) former Chapter 1, General, was split into Chapter 1, Administration, and Chapter 4, General; (2) the mandatory references list was moved from Chapter 33 to Chapter 2; (3) all definitions were moved into Chapter 3, and each defined term was numbered; (4) the paragraph numbering style that separated the chapter number from the section number using a hyphen was changed to the use of a decimal point as the separator; and (5) the appendixes were renamed annexes. Former Chapter 32 on special structures and high-rise buildings was moved to Chapter 11 to join the core chapters (i.e., the chapters that are not occupancy specific). The subject of interior finish, contents, and furnishings was moved from Section 6.5 into a separate new chapter, Chapter 10. The occupancy chapters, formerly Chapters 8 through 32, became Chapters 12 through 42, with some repositioning of chapters. For example, the daycare occupancies chapters were renumbered from Chapters 30/31 to Chapters 16/17, so as to be positioned immediately after the chapters for educational occupancies. The 2003 edition reformatted all exceptions into numbered or lettered paragraphs. Some reformatting of paragraphs with multiple requirements was done for additional compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style. The 2006 edition repositioned the inch-pound (US Customary) units to appear first, followed by the metric equivalent (SI) units in parentheses. New Chapter 43, Building Rehabilitation, was added to promote the adaptive reuse of existing buildings without sacrificing needed life safety. The 2009 edition added provisions to Chapter 7 for electrically controlled egress doors, horizontal-sliding doors serving an area with an occupant load of fewer than 10, elevator lobby access door locking, and door inspection and maintenance. The remoteness criteria of Chapter 7 were expanded to have applicability to all three portions of the means of egress — exit access, exit, and exit discharge. Extensive revisions were made throughout the Code to standardize the use of the terms stories in height, finished ground level, grade plane, basement, and level of exit discharge. Section 9.6 and the applicable occupancy chapters were 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT 101-3 revised to limit the use of public address systems for occupant alarm notification to large venue assembly occupancies and mercantile mall buildings, where the physical configuration, function, and human behavior present challenges with respect to effective occupant notification by standard means in accordance with NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm Code®. A subsection was added to Chapter 11 for special provisions applicable to air traffic control towers. The criteria for assembly stage proscenium opening fire curtains were deleted from Chapter 12 and replaced by a reference to the new fire curtain provisions of NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives. Provisions were added to Chapters 14 through 17 for the placement and use of alcohol-based hand-rub dispensers in educational and day-care occupancies. The provisions of Chapters 18 and 19 were expanded to address door locking where the needs of patients or clients require specialized protective measures for their safety and security in hospitals, nursing homes, and limited care facilities. Also, a limitation on common path of travel was added to Chapter 18 for new health care occupancies; the requirement for patient sleeping room windows was deleted for new and existing health care occupancies; and all existing high-rise health care occupancy buildings must be sprinklered within 12 years of the adoption of this edition of the Code. Numerous occupancy chapters were revised to require emergency plans in accordance with Section 4.8. Chapter 43 on building rehabilitation was revised to address issues not identified when the chapter was written for the 2003 edition and to delete redundancies. An adoptable annex was added for elevators for occupant evacuation prior to Phase I Emergency Recall Operations. Another adoptable annex was added for supplemental escape devices and systems. The 2012 edition expanded what had been the definitions of noncombustible material and limited-combustible material and moved the material to new subsections in Chapter 4. The material addressing elevators for occupant controlled evacuation, which had comprised Annex B, was moved to Chapter 7. A new section was added to Chapter 7 to address normally unoccupied building service equipment support areas. The Chapter 8 table addressing minimum fire protection ratings for opening protectives was expanded. Provisions for carbon monoxide detection were added to Chapter 9. Requirements for carbon monoxide detection were added to some of the occupancy chapters. The health care occupancies provisions were modified to permit the health care setting to be made more homelike. The 2015 edition included new provisions in Chapter 4 detailing the code requirements hierarchy to be applied where a provision in one chapter conflicts with a provision in another chapter. Means of egress provisions were revised or added relative to rooms opening directly onto an exit enclosure, door opening threshold height for spaces not normally occupied, door encroachment on egress width, existing door frames without labels, security access turnstiles, handrail orientation on flaring-width stairs, horizontal exit stacking, horizontal exit exterior wall extensions, elevators in towers, occupant evacuation elevators, and occupant load factors for ambulatory health care and concentrated business use. Atrium walls are permitted to serve as part of the separation for creating separated occupancies on a story-by-story basis. The provisions for the inspection of door assemblies were revised so that fire-rated doors are addressed in Chapter 8 and non-rated egress doors in Chapter 7. The Chapter 8 table addressing minimum fire protection rating for opening protectives was again expanded. Provisions for alcohol- based hand-rub dispensers were added to Chapter 8 so they can be referenced by the occupancy chapters. The high-rise building provisions of Chapter 11 were expanded to include remote video monitoring of exit stair enclosures. The assembly occupancy life safety evaluation provisions were expanded. The day care and residential board and care occupancy provisions were revised to permit more than one floor level to be considered the level of exit discharge. The health care occupancy provisions were further revised to permit facilities to be made more home-like, including a reduction in nursing home minimum corridor width and the clarification of permitted smoke alarm placement for kitchens that are open to the corridor. Health care occupancy doors subject to locking are permitted to be disguised with murals. Smoke barriers are permitted to be omitted on a non–health care floor below a health care floor. The ambulatory health care occupancy chapters were rewritten to be self-contained, removing the need to reference the business occupancy chapters. The 2018 edition expanded the Code’s scope to include hazardous materials emergencies, injuries from falls, and emergency communications. In Chapter 4, a reference was added to NFPA 241 for construction, alteration, and demolition operations, and new requirements for fire-retardant-treated wood. In Chapter 7, the terms electrically controlled egress door assemblies, delayed- egress locking systems, and access-controlled egress door assemblies were revised to door hardware release of electrically locked egress door assemblies, delayed-egress electrical locking systems, and sensor-release of electrical locking systems, respectively. New Chapter 7 criteria was added that permits occupant load to be reduced to available egress capacity as was previously permitted only for building rehabilitation. In Chapter 8, wall marking and identification provisions for fire barriers, smoke barriers, and smoke partitions were added. Opening protective requirements were substantially revised and reorganized. A reference to NFPA 4 was added to Chapter 9 for integrated fire protection and life safety system testing and new provisions for risk analyses for mass notification systems. In Chapter 10, the interior finish requirements for expanded vinyl wall coverings and textile wall and ceiling coverings were revised, and new provisions for laminated products and facings or wood veneers were added. In Chapter 11, the provisions for airport traffic control towers were revised, and the emergency lighting and standby power requirements for high- rise buildings were reorganized. Animal housing facilities were added as special structures. Carbon-monoxide detection requirements for new assembly occupancies were added to Chapter 12. In Chapters 14–17, 38, and 39, criteria for door locking to prevent unwanted entry in educational, day-care, and business occupancies were added. The sprinkler requirement threshold for new educational occupancies in Chapter 14 was revised. Health care corridor projection allowances in Chapters 18 and 19 were modified to correlate with accessibility standards and to permit the installation of emergency stair travel devices and self-retracting seats. New provisions were added to permit health care and ambulatory health care smoke compartments up to 40,000 ft2 (3720 m2) in area. In Chapters 20 and 21, door locking provisions for patient special needs in ambulatory health care occupancies were revised. In Chapter 24, criteria for bathtub and shower grab bars were added and then 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-4 LIFE SAFETY CODE referenced by numerous occupancy chapters. Attic protection requirements were added to Chapters 28 and 30 for certain new hotels and dormitories and apartment buildings. In Chapter 32, carbon-monoxide detection requirements for new residential board and care occupancies were added. Mall terminology was revised in Chapters 36 and 37, and new provisions were added to differentiate between open and enclosed mall concourses. In Chapters 38 and 39, a reference to NFPA 99 for medical gases in business occupancies was added. A new Annex C was added to provide guidance on several NFPA hazardous materials standards. Selected key revisions in the 2021 edition include: allowance for a second door lock/latch releasing motion on existing educational and day care occupancy classroom doors to accommodate lockdown events; mandatory sprinklers in new day care occupancies with more than 12 clients; modified sprinkler requirements for existing high-rise buildings containing ambulatory health care, business, industrial, or apartment building occupancies; modified construction limits for existing nursing homes; clarification that non-required fire doors are not subject to the inspection requirements of NFPA 80; provisions for temporary barriers to separate areas under construction in health care and ambulatory health care occupancies; updated criteria for special amusement buildings; mandatory sprinkler requirement for new bars and restaurants with an occupant load of 50 or more; minimum requirement for fire department two-way communication signal strength in all new buildings; carbon monoxide detection requirement for existing hotels and dormitories; low-frequency fire alarm notification signals in new hotel, dormitory, and apartment building sleeping rooms per NFPA 72; and provisions for burglar bars/grates on means of escape windows in residential occupancies. To the User The following comments are offered to assist in the use of the Life Safety Code. Additional help on using the Life Safety Code can be obtained by attending one of the seminars NFPA conducts on the Life Safety Code or by using the Life Safety Code Handbook available from NFPA. Further information on these seminars is available through the NFPA Division of Continuing Education. Essentially, the Code comprises four major parts. The first part consists of Chapters 1 through 4, Chapters 6 through 11, and Chapter 43; these are often referred to as the base chapters or fundamental chapters. The second part is Chapter 5, which details the performance-based option. The next part consists of Chapters 12 through 42, which are the occupancy chapters. The fourth and last part consists of Annex A through Annex D, which contain useful additional information. A thorough understanding of Chapters 1 through 4, Chapters 6 through 11, and Chapter 43 is necessary to use the Code effectively, because these chapters provide the building blocks on which the requirements of the occupancy chapters are based. Note that many of the provisions of Chapters 1 through 4 and Chapters 6 through 11 are mandatory for all occupancies. Some provisions are mandated only when referenced by a specific occupancy, while others are exempted for specific occupancies. Often, in one of the base chapters, especially in Chapter 7, the phrase “where permitted by Chapters 11 through 43” appears. In this case, that provision can be used only where specifically permitted by an occupancy chapter. For example, the provisions of 7.2.1.6.1 on delayed-egress electrical locking systems are permitted only when permitted by Chapters 11 through 43. Permission to use delayed-egress electrical locking systems is normally found in the “____.2.2” subsection of each occupancy chapter. For example, 12.2.2.2.5 specifically permits the use of delayed-egress electrical locking systems in new assembly occupancies. If this permission is not found in an occupancy chapter, delayed-egress electrical locking systems cannot be used. Similar types of restricted permission are found for such items as security grilles, double-cylinder locks, revolving doors, and so forth. In other locations in the base chapters, the wording “unless prohibited by Chapters 11 through 43” is used. In this case, the provision is permitted in all occupancies, unless specifically prohibited by an occupancy chapter. Metric units of measurement in this Code are in accordance with the modernized metric system known as the International System of Units (SI). The unit liter, which is outside of but recognized by SI, is commonly used and is therefore used in this Code. In this Code, inch-pound units for measurements are followed by an equivalent in SI units, as noted in 1.5.2. The inch- pound value and the SI value are each acceptable for use as primary units for satisfying the requirements of this Code. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 101-5 Correlating Committee on Safety to Life (SAF-AAC) Wayne G. Chip Carson, Chair Carson Associates, Inc., VA [SE] Gregory E. Harrington, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Kenneth E. Bush, Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, MD [E] James R. Quiter, Arup, CA [SE] Stanley C. Harbuck, School of Building Inspection, MA [C] Rodger Reiswig, Johnson Controls, FL [M] Rep. American Public Health Association Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Howard Hopper, UL LLC, CA [RT] Eric R. Rosenbaum, JENSEN HUGHES, IL [U] Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI [M] Rep. American Health Care Association Jeffrey A. Lucas, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, FL [E] Jon Taluba, Greenwood Sales, NH [M] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Alternates Sharon S. Gilyeat, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Maria B. Marks, Siemens Industry, Inc., MD [M] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to Rodger Reiswig) Mark Hopkins, National Fire Sprinkler Association, MD [M] Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services, Canada [C] (Alt. to Jeffrey M. Hugo) (Alt. to Stanley C. Harbuck) Robert J. James, UL LLC, IL [RT] Jeffrey S. Tubbs, Arup, MA [SE] (Alt. to Howard Hopper) (Alt. to James R. Quiter) Dale L. Lyman, Greeley Fire Department, CO [U] (Voting Alt.) Rep. International Association of Fire Chiefs Nonvoting David S. Collins, The Preview Group, Inc., OH [SE] James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT [SE] Rep. TC on Means of Egress Rep. TC on Residential Occupancies Nicholas A. Dawe, Cobb County Fire Marshal’s Office, GA [E] Matthew J. Mertens, North Shore Fire Department, WI [E] Rep. TC on Interior Finish & Contents Rep. TC on Educational & Day-Care Occupancies John F. Devlin, JENSEN HUGHES, MD [SE] Wayne D. Moore, JENSEN HUGHES, RI [SE] Rep. TC on Fire Protection Features Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Randy Gaw, DET-CORR Fire Safety Consulting, Canada [SE] Amy J. Murdock, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Rep. TC on Detention & Correctional Occupancies Rep. TC on Mercantile & Business Occupancies Raymond A. Grill, Arup, DC [SE] John A. Rickard, P3 Consulting, TX [SE] Rep. TC on Building Service & Fire Protection Equipment Rep. TC on Board & Care Facilities Chris Jelenewicz, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, MD [SE] Carl D. Wren, City of Austin, TX [E] Rep. TC on Fundamentals Rep. TC on Industrial, Storage, & Miscellaneous Occupancies William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Shane M. Clary, Bay Alarm Company, CA [IM] Rep. TC on Health Care Occupancies Rep. Signaling Systems Correlating Committee Josh Lambert, University of Texas at Austin, TX [U] (Alt. to Nonvoting Member) Rep. TC on Assembly Occupancies Peter A. Larrimer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] Rep. TC on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety Gregory E. Harrington, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the protection of human life from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences and for the nonemergency and emergency movement of people. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-6 LIFE SAFETY CODE Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies (SAF-AXM) Josh Lambert, Chair University of Texas at Austin, TX [U] Gregory E. Harrington, AdministrativeSecretary National Fire Protection Association, MA George D. Bushey, Ewing Cole, PA [SE] Kevin D. Morin, Code Consultants, Inc., NY [U] Eric Center, Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue, FL [E] Rep. National Association of Theatre Owners Rep. Florida Fire Marshals & Inspectors Association Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services, Canada [SE] William Conner, Bill Conner Associates LLC, NY [SE] Ryan Lee Peterson, Wayne Auto Fire Sprinklers, FL [M] Rep. American Society of Theater Consultants Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Nils Deacon, Mutual Service Office, Inc., NJ [I] Vincent Quinterno, Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office, RI [E] Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M] Ed Roether, Ed Roether Consulting LLC, KS [SE] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Adam Rogers, Smithsonian Institution, DC [U] Max L. Gandy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, UT Karl G. Ruling, Entertainment Services & Technology Association, [U] NY [U] Donald G. Goosman, Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc., IL [SE] Rep. US Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. Harold C. Hansen, Venue Management Consultants Group, LLC, Steven J. Scandaliato, SDG, LLC, TX [IM] IL [SE] Rep. American Fire Sprinkler Association Mark A. Herrera, International Association of Venue Managers, TX Charles J. Schweitzer, City of Lincoln, NE [E] [U] Philip R. Sherman, Philip R. Sherman, PE, NH [SE] Stephen C Hesson, Gainesville Fire Rescue, FL [E] Jeffrey Shirey, University of Maryland - Office of the Fire Marshal, Rep. International Fire Marshals Association MD [E] David W. Hollinger, Drexel University, PA [U] Elbert R. Thomas, Jr., New Orleans Fire Department, LA [E] Jonathan Humble, American Iron and Steel Institute, CT [M] Jeffrey S. Tubbs, Arup, MA [SE] Kenneth F. Keberle, Arena Americas, AZ [U] Alternates Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL [M] David Kurasz, New Jersey Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board, NJ [M] (Alt. to Jonathan Humble) (Alt. to Ryan Lee Peterson) Gene Boecker, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [U] Julie A. Little, Office of State Fire Marshal, LA [E] (Alt. to Kevin D. Morin) (Alt. to Elbert R. Thomas, Jr.) David Cook, Ralph Gerdes Consultants, LLC, IN [SE] Jason A. Lupa, Siemens Industry, Inc., NJ [M] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to Daniel P. Finnegan) Robert D. Fiedler, City of Lincoln, NE [E] Van Hoover Patterson, State Of Florida NE Region Jacksonville (Alt. to Charles J. Schweitzer) Office, FL [E] Jerrold S. Gorrell, Theatre Safety Programs, AZ [U] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to Karl G. Ruling) Janet A. Washburn, Bonita Springs Fire Control District, FL [E] Shawn M. Hanson, Greater Naples Fire Rescue District, FL [E] (Alt. to Stephen C Hesson) (Alt. to Eric Center) Toby J. White, Arup, MA [SE] Christopher M. Jenkins, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Alt. to Jeffrey S. Tubbs) UT [U] (Alt. to Max L. Gandy) Gregory E. Harrington, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the nonemergency and emergency movement of people in assembly occupancies, tents, and membrane structures. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 101-7 Technical Committee on Board and Care Facilities (SAF-BCF) John A. Rickard, Chair P3 Consulting, TX [SE] Tracy Vecchiarelli, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Scott D. Allen, LifeServices Management Corporation, PA [U] Henry Kowalenko, Illinois Department of Public Health, IL [E] Roland A. Asp, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MD [M] Peter A. Larrimer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] Chad E. Beebe, ASHE - AHA, WA [U] Mark Larson, Mark Larson And Associates LLC, ID [U] Tracey D. Bellamy, Telgian Corporation, GA [SE] Rep. National Disability Rights Network Harry L. Bradley, Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, MD [E] Randy S. McDermott, US Department of Health & Human Services, Rep. International Fire Marshals Association TX [E] Richard L. Day, Michigan State Fire Marshal's Office, MI [E] David E. Mills, UL LLC, IL [RT] Rebekah L. Eaddy, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Gayanne Coral Pacholzuk, Kelowna Fire Department, Canada [E] TX [E] Carter J. Rierson, Best Defense Fire Protection, WI [IM] Martin J. Farraher, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M] Heather Roth, New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Control, NY [E] Nicholas E. Gabriele, JENSEN HUGHES, CT [SE] Terry Schultz, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Steven Heaney, Brandywine Senior Living, NJ [U] Joshua Talley, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Rep. American Health Care Association Jon Taluba, Greenwood Sales, NH [M] Adam C. Jones, Buechel Fire Protection District, KY [E] Yunyong Pock Utiskul, Exponent, Inc., MD [SE] Alternates Kerry M. Bell, UL LLC, IL [RT] Kaitlin McGillvray, Code Consultants, Inc., NY [SE] (Alt. to David E. Mills) (Alt. to Anne M. Guglielmo) Robert J. Dobberstein, JENSEN HUGHES, NY [SE] Pamela Reno, Telgian, OH [SE] (Alt. to Nicholas E. Gabriele) (Alt. to Tracey D. Bellamy) Kurtis Grant, US Department of Health & Human Services, GA [E] Stephen G. Rood, Legrand North America, NY [M] (Alt. to Randy S. McDermott) (Alt. to Martin J. Farraher) Kevin Knippa, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, TX Dennis L. Schmitt, Illinois Department of Public Health, IL [E] [E] (Alt. to Henry Kowalenko) (Alt. to Rebekah L. Eaddy) Terry L. Victor, Johnson Controls, MD [M] Henry Kowalenko, Illinois Department of Public Health, IL [E] (Alt. to Roland A. Asp) (Alt. to Dennis L. Schmitt) Fred Worley, Fred Worley Architect, TX [SE] James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT [SE] (Alt. to John A. Rickard) (Alt. to Joshua Talley) Tracy Vecchiarelli, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the emergency movement of people in residential board and care facilities. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-8 LIFE SAFETY CODE Technical Committee on Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment(SAF-BSF) Raymond A. Grill, Chair Arup, DC [SE] Tracy Vecchiarelli, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Jodi S Balido, Dominion Energy Services Inc, VA [U] Richard L. Klinker, Klinker & Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Rep. Edison Electric Institute Peter A. Larrimer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] Harry L. Bradley, Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, MD [E] Daniel J. Lazarz, EYP Architecture & Engineering, MA [SE] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Scott E. Panowitz, BFPE International, MD [M] Kevin L. Brinkman, National Elevator Industry, Inc., IL [M] Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc. Ray F. Reed, Highrise Fire Consultants, TX [L] Pat D. Brock, Oklahoma State University, OK [SE] Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters Flora F. Chen, Hayward Fire Department, California, CA [E] Rodger Reiswig, Johnson Controls, FL [M] Stephen E. Dale, Cincinnati Insurance Company, OH [I] Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, IL [M] Bryan Dempsey, Vivint, TX [IM] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Rep. Electronic Security Association Kurt A. Ruchala, JENSEN HUGHES, MA [SE] Paul M. Donga, Boston Fire Department, MA [E] Lawrence J. Shudak, UL LLC, IL [RT] Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI [M] Michael R. Szmanda, Certification & Training Corporation, MN Claude O. Hutton, Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office, VA [E] [IM] Joseph M. Jardin, Fire Department City of New York, NY [C] Todd W. Warner, Brooks Equipment Company, Inc., MT [M] Rep. NFPA Fire Service Section Rep. Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association Michael Kellett, State of Connecticut, CT [E] Carl D. Wren, City of Austin, TX [E] Rep. Connecticut State Fire Marshal/Connecticut Fire Marshals David M. Wyatt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-Battelle, WA Association [U] David A. Killian, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, CA [U] Alternates Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M] Roy C. Kimball, Brooks Equipment Company, Inc., NC [M] (Alt. to Richard Jay Roberts) (Alt. to Todd W. Warner) Greg Gottlieb, Hauppauge Fire District, NY [C] Peter Leszczak, US Department of Veterans Affairs, CT [U] (Alt. to Joseph M. Jardin) (Alt. to Peter A. Larrimer) Claudia Hagood, Klinker and Associates, Inc., MD [E] Marc Mueller, Thyssenkrupp Elevator, TN [M] (Alt. to Richard L. Klinker) (Alt. to Kevin L. Brinkman) Mark Hopkins, National Fire Sprinkler Association, MD [M] Joseph J. Watson, JENSEN HUGHES, RI [SE] (Alt. to Jeffrey M. Hugo) (Alt. to Kurt A. Ruchala) Bryan Lawrence Hoskins, Oklahoma State University, OK [SE] Kristian White, Space Age Electronics, Inc., MA [M] (Alt. to Pat D. Brock) (Voting Alt.) Ignatius Kapalczynski, Simsbury Fire District, CT [E] Justin Yates, Cincinnati Insurance Company, AR [I] (Alt. to Michael Kellett) (Alt. to Stephen E. Dale) Tracy Vecchiarelli, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the application of fire protection systems including detection, alarm, and suppression, and the life safety impact of various building systems. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 101-9 Technical Committee on Detention and Correctional Occupancies(SAF-DET) Randy Gaw, Chair DET-CORR Fire Safety Consulting, Canada [SE] Jen Sisco, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Clay P. Aler, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Troy A. Lumley, South McCreary Fire & Rescue, KY [E] Tracy Bollig, American Fire Sprinkler Corporation, KS [M] Van Hoover Patterson, State Of Florida NE Region Jacksonville Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Office, FL [E] Peter J. Collins, US Department of Justice, DC [U] Robert R. Perry, Robert Perry Associates Inc., IL [M] Michael DiMascio, Arup, MA [SE] Jack Poole, Poole Fire Protection, Inc., KS [SE] Nolan T Griffiths, Massachusetts Department of Correction (MA Terry Schultz, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] DOC), MA [U] James A. Stapleton, Jr., Habersham Metal Products Company, GA Rick Heffernan, SDi, NJ [M] [M] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Rep. National Assn. of Architectural Metal Manufacturers John Kelly, Washington DC Fire & EMS Department, MD [E] Garrick Youngberg, Siemens, OR [M] Michael Kruszelnicki, Correctional Service of Canada, Canada [E] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Alternates Kina Campbell, Koffel Associates, MD [SE] Joseph Plati, Code Consultants, Inc., NY [SE] (Alt. to Clay P. Aler) (Alt. to Terry Schultz) Julian Castaneda, US Department of Justice, DC [U] Andrew W. Poole, Poole Fire Protection, Inc., KS [SE] (Alt. to Peter J. Collins) (Alt. to Jack Poole) Laura Frye, Door And Hardware Institute, VA [M] Rodger Reiswig, Johnson Controls, FL [M] (Alt. to Roslyn Shender) (Alt. to Rick Heffernan) James Lewis, American Fire Sprinkler Corporation, KS [M] Ryan Sandler, Honeywell, CA [M] (Alt. to Tracy Bollig) (Alt. to Garrick Youngberg) Nonvoting Reginald D. Jackson, US Department of Labor, DC [E] Jen Sisco, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the emergency movement of people in detention and correctional occupancies. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-10 LIFE SAFETY CODE Technical Committee on Educational and Day-Care Occupancies (SAF-END) Matthew J. Mertens, Chair North Shore Fire Department, WI [E] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Kristin Bigda, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Mohammed Alsulaiti, State of Qatar Ministry of Interior-Qatar Civil Rosa Lazebnik, Primera Engineers, IL [SE] Defense, Qatar [E] Alfred J. Longhitano, Alfred J. Longhitano, P.E., LLC, NY [SE] Dorn J Beddow, Lee County School District (LCSD), FL [U] Maria B. Marks, Siemens Industry, Inc., MD [M] Scott J. Blaser, Florida School Boards Association, FL [U] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Samuel S. Dannaway, Coffman Engineers/S. S. Dannaway Richard E. Merck, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, MD Associates, Inc., HI [SE] [E] Richard L. Day, Michigan State Fire Marshal's Office, MI [E] Michael Naber, JENSEN HUGHES, CO [M] Richard M. DiMisa, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Jason D. Ellis, University of Kentucky, KY [U] Kurt A. Roeper, ASSA ABLOY, CT [M] Rep. Steel Door Institute Keith S. Frangiamore, Fire Safety Consultants, Inc., IL [SE] Michael L. Savage, Sr., Marion County Building Safety, FL [E] Max L. Gandy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, UT [U] Michael L. Sinsigalli, West Hartford Fire Department, CT [E] Jeffrey L. Haidacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA [U] Catherine L. Stashak, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, IL [E] Raymond N. Hansen, US Department of the Air Force, FL [U] Rep. Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal Howard Hopper, UL LLC, CA [RT] Aleksy L. Szachnowicz, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD Terrence J. Julka, J. F. Ahern Company, WI [M] [U] Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Alternates Clay P. Aler, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Larry D. Rietz, JENSEN HUGHES, CO [M] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to Michael Naber) Judy Biddle, US Department of the Air Force, FL [U] Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, IL [M] (Alt. to Raymond N. Hansen) (Alt. to Maria B. Marks) Brandon Ernest, University of Kentucky, KY [U] Karl Wiegand, Globe Fire Sprinkler Corporation, MI [M] (Alt. to Jason D. Ellis) (Alt. to Terrence J. Julka) Thomas R. Janicak, Ceco Door Products, IL [M] (Alt. to Kurt A. Roeper) Christopher M. Jenkins, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, UT [U] (Alt. to Max L. Gandy) Kristin Bigda, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on protection of human life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, and on the emergency movement of people in educational occupancies and day-care occupancies. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 101-11 Technical Committee on Fire Protection Features (SAF-FIR) John F. Devlin, Chair JENSEN HUGHES, MD [SE] Rep. JENSEN HUGHES Jen Sisco, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Eddie Dewayne Alday, Agency for Health Care Administration, FL Adam C. Jones, Buechel Fire Protection District, KY [E] [E] William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [M] Gregory J. Cahanin, Cahanin Fire & Code Consulting, FL [U] Rep. Glazing Industry Code Committee Rep. Louisiana State Firemen's Association William J. McHugh, Jr., Firestop Contractors International Nicholas A. Dawe, Cobb County Fire Marshal’s Office, GA [E] Association, IL [IM] Jeffry T. Dudley, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Rep. Firestop Contractors International Association Kennedy Space Center (NASA), FL [U] Jeramie W. Morris, Dow Corning Corporation, MI [M] Edward S. Goldhammer, Hilti, CA [M] Dennis A. Richardson, American Wood Council, CA [M] Joseph Graupmann, AECOM Technology, VA [SE] Kurt A. Roeper, ASSA ABLOY, CT [M] Jack A. Gump, Consolidated Nuclear Security, TN [U] Rep. Steel Door Institute William J. Hall, Portland Cement Association, VA [M] Gregory K. Shino, NV5/JBA Consulting Engineers, NV [SE] Joseph Patrick Higgins, US Department of the Navy, FL [E] Catherine L. Stashak, Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, IL [E] Howard Hopper, UL LLC, CA [RT] Rep. Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI [M] Nathan B. Wittasek, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), CA [SE] Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Alexander Frederick Zivnuska, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Jonathan Humble, American Iron and Steel Institute, CT [M] Waymon Jackson, University of Texas at Austin, TX [U] Alternates Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL [M] Josh Lambert, University of Texas at Austin, TX [U] (Alt. to Jonathan Humble) (Alt. to Waymon Jackson) David Cook, Ralph Gerdes Consultants, LLC, IN [SE] Chris Moran, JENSEN HUGHES, MD [SE] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to John F. Devlin) Erin N. Crowley, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Raymond C. O’Brocki, American Wood Council, MD [M] (Alt. to Alexander Frederick Zivnuska) (Alt. to Dennis A. Richardson) Timmy Dee, Consolidated Nuclear Security Y-12, LLC, TN [U] Lennon A. Peake, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [M] (Alt. to Jack A. Gump) (Alt. to William E. Koffel) Jennifer Klein Gould, Marshall A. Klein And Associates, Inc., VA Erne Rodriguez, Jr., Wiginton Fire Protection Engineering, Inc., FL [SE] [M] (Voting Alt.) (Alt. to Jeffrey M. Hugo) Shane Hatmaker, AECOM Technology, DC [SE] Richard N. Walke, UL LLC, IL [RT] (Alt. to Joseph Graupmann) (Alt. to Howard Hopper) Thomas R. Janicak, Ceco Door Products, IL [M] (Alt. to Kurt A. Roeper) Nonvoting Michael Earl Dillon, Dillon Consulting Engineers, Inc., CA [SE] Rep. TC on Air Conditioning Jen Sisco, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on construction compartmentation, including the performance of assemblies, openings, and penetrations, as related to the protection of life and property from fire and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  101-12 LIFE SAFETY CODE Technical Committee on Fundamentals (SAF-FUN) Chris Jelenewicz, Chair Society of Fire Protection Engineers, MD [SE] Gregory E. Harrington, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Nasser Ahmed Al Zeyara, Qatar Civil Defense, Qatar [E] David P. Klein, US Department of Veterans Affairs, DC [U] Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL [M] Rep. US Department of Veterans Affairs Wayne G. Chip Carson, Carson Associates, Inc., VA [SE] Scott T. Laramee, AON Property Risk, CA [I] Amy Y. Cheng, Clark County Department of Development Services, James K. Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc., CT [SE] NV [E] Ricardo Murga, US Department of Health & Human Services, MT Daniel P. Finnegan, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M] [E] Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Milosh T. Puchovsky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA [SE] David W. Frable, US General Services Administration, IL [U] Rodger Reiswig, Johnson Controls, FL [M] Rep. US General Services Administration Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Norman E. Groner, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY [SE] Jon G. Roberts, UL LLC, OK [RT] Stanley C. Harbuck, School of Building Inspection, MA [C] Michael Schmeida, Gypsum Association, OH [M] Rep. American Public Health Association David P. Tyree, American Wood Council, CO [M] Mark Hopkins, National Fire Sprinkler Association, MD [M] Joshua Vann, MB Healthcare, NJ [U] Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association David J. Jacoby, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, NY [SE] Alternates Sharon S. Gilyeat, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] James M. Mundy, Jr., Asset Protection Associates, Ltd., NY [M] (Alt. to James K. Lathrop) (Alt. to Rodger Reiswig) Jeffrey M. Hugo, National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., MI [M] Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services, Canada [C] (Alt. to Mark Hopkins) (Alt. to Stanley C. Harbuck) Jonathan Humble, American Iron and Steel Institute, CT [M] Victoria B. Valentine, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), (Alt. to Farid Alfawakhiri) PA [SE] Matthew M. Hunter, American Wood Council, PA [M] (Alt. to Chris Jelenewicz) (Alt. to David P. Tyree) Mike West, Siemens, OR [M] Bruce E. Johnson, UL LLC, NY [RT] (Alt. to Daniel P. Finnegan) (Alt. to Jon G. Roberts) Nonvoting Pichaya Chantranuwat, Fusion Consultants Co. Ltd/Thailand, Thailand [SE] Gregory E. Harrington, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the basic goals, objectives, performance requirements, and definitions for protection of human life and property from fire, earthquake, flood, wind, and other circumstances capable of producing similar consequences, on the nonemergency and emergency movement of people, and on high-rise buildings. 2021 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS Markit under license with NFPA  COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 101-13 Technical Committee on Health Care Occupancies (SAF-HEA) William E. Koffel, Chair Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] Gregory E. Harrington, Administrative Secretary National Fire Protection Association, MA Kenneth E. Bush, Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, MD [E] Herman McKenzie, The Joint Commission - SIG, IL [E] Rep. International Fire Marshals Association James Merrill II, US Department of Health & Human Services, MD Wayne G. Chip Carson, Carson Associates, Inc., VA [SE] [E] Michael A. Crowley, JENSEN HUGHES, TX [SE] Rep. US Dept. of Health & Human Services/CMS Rep. JENSEN HUGHES James S. Peterkin, TLC Engineering, PA [U] Luke Cummings, Mayo Clinic, MN [U] Rep. NFPA Health Care Section Samuel S. Dannaway, Coffman Engineers/S. S. Dannaway Ben Pethe, Health Care Consultant, FL [SE] Associates, Inc., HI [SE] G. Brian Prediger, US Army Corps of Engineers, VA [U] Rep. American Society of Safety Professionals John A. Rickard, P3 Consulting, TX [SE] Matthew W. Davy, Arup, MA [SE] Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, IL [M] Joseph M. DeRosier, University of Michigan, MI [U] Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Alice L. Epstein, CNA Insurance, CO [I] Kurt A. Roeper, ASSA ABLOY, CT [M] Martin J. Farraher, Siemens Industry, Inc., IL [M] Rep. Builders Hardware Manufacturers Assn/Steel Door Institute Gary Furdell, State of Florida, FL [E] Terry Schultz, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Robert J. Harmeyer, MSKTD & Associates, IN [SE] Rep. American Institute of Architects Steven G. Spaanbroek, MSL Healthcare Partners, IL [U] Rep. American Society for Healthcare Engineering Donald W. Harris, California Office of Health Planning & Development, CA [E] Neil Stinnett, Indiana University Health, IN [U] Richard M. Horeis, HDR Architecture, Inc., NE [SE] Joshua Vann, MB Healthcare, NJ [U] David P. Klein, US Department of Veterans Affairs, DC [U] Terry L. Victor, Johnson Controls, MD [M] Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Kevin Knippa, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, TX [E] Michael D. Widdekind, Zurich Services Corporation, MD [I] Henry Kowalenko, Illinois Department of Public Health, IL [E] Alternates Chad E. Beebe, ASHE - AHA, WA [U] Bret M. Martin, CNA Insurance, NC [I] (Alt. to Steven G. Spaanbroek) (Alt. to Alice L. Epstein) Bruce D. Brooks, Noelker and Hull Associates, Inc., VA [SE] Lennon A. Peake, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD [SE] (Alt. to Robert J. Harmeyer) (Alt. to William E. Koffel) David A. Dagenais, Partners/Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, NH [U] Ajay V. Prasad, JENSEN HUGHES, MD [SE] (Alt. to James S. Peterkin) (Alt. to Michael A. Crowley) Rebekah L. Eaddy, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Dennis L. Schmitt, Illinois Department of Public Health, IL [E] TX [E] (Alt. to Henry Kowalenko) (Alt. to Kevin Knippa) Deborah L. Shaner, Shaner Life Safety, CO [M] Joshua W. Elvove, Aurora, CO [SE] (Alt. to Richard Jay Roberts) (Alt. to Samuel S. Dannaway) Wesley Springer, Siemens Industry, Inc., FL [M] Michael T. Greco, Oliver Fire Protection & Security, PA [M] (Alt. to Martin J. Farraher) (Alt. to Terry L. Victor) James R. Stuckey, Agency For Health Care Administration, FL [E] Philip J. Hoge, US Army Corps of Engineers, VA [U] (Alt. to Gary Furdell) (Alt. to G. Brian Prediger) Kenneth Sun, US Public Health Service, CO [E] Adrian Hal Key, P3 Consulting, TX [SE] (Alt. to James Merrill II) (Alt. to John A. Rickard) Alexander Frederick Zivnuska, Code Consultants, Inc., MO [SE] Peter A. Larrimer, US Department of Veterans Affairs, PA [U] (Alt. to Terry Schultz)