2019 NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code

NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code 2019 edition establishes the mandatory requirements for the application, installation, location, performance, inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm and emergency signaling systems. This softcover reference covers system components, wiring methods, documentation requirements, and testing protocols across a wide range of commercial, industrial, and institutional applications. Material is organized to support code-compliant system design and efficient field verification, with indexed chapters and cross-references to reduce interpretation time during design and inspection phases.

Who Uses NFPA 72

The 2019 edition is the standard of reference for fire alarm engineers, electrical contractors, fire inspectors, authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) officials, and life safety professionals responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of fire alarm systems.

What's New in the 2019 Edition

The 2019 edition introduces significant structural and technical updates, including:

• Expanded scope to now address carbon monoxide protection, incorporating requirements previously contained in NFPA 720 into Chapter 17 for CO detectors, Chapter 14 for installation, testing, and maintenance, Chapter 29 for carbon monoxide alarms, and new Annex H.
• New testing requirements for energy storage systems (ESS).
• New requirements for high volume low speed (HVLS) fans and air-sampling smoke detectors.
• Major revisions to requirements for fire service access elevators and occupant evacuation elevators (OEE), coordinated with updates to ASME A17.1/CSA B44, with annex text added for clarification.
• Extensively revised requirements for occupant evacuation operation (OEO), coordinated with current best practices and field research.
• Revised Chapter 24 now includes requirements for stairway communications systems, elevator landing communications systems, and occupant evacuation elevator lobby communications systems, along with revised requirements for areas of refuge.
• Revised Chapter 14 now incorporates valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) battery requirements into inspection, testing, and maintenance protocols.
• Updated definitions reflecting current technologies, including renaming strobe and visible notification devices to visual notification appliances, recognizing the expanded use of LED products in fire alarm systems.

Stay compliant with the fire alarm and signaling standard relied on by life safety professionals across every building type and occupancy.

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