The 2009 NFPA 101: Life Safety Code incorporates the latest research, technological advances, and industry developments to provide the most advanced rules for sprinklers, alarms, egress, emergency lighting, smoke barriers, special hazard protection--the complete range of construction, protection, and occupancy features that impact lives every day. This edition now includes:

·          New evacuation strategies and technologies facilitate faster movement of more people in an emergency

·          Additional sprinkler mandates for all existing high-rise health care occupancies and all new apartment buildings

·          New requirement for inspection of door openings

·          New criteria for remoteness of exit accesses and exit discharges

·          New rule for 2-way communication systems in areas of refuge even where the building is sprinklered

·          Health care occupancy door locking for patient protective needs