NFPA 101A Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety
Be prepared to confidently determine equivalencies and evaluate levels of safety.
NFPA 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, provides alternative approaches to life safety. This guide is essential for facility managers, inspectors, and code enforcers, and the methods contained in this guide can be used to help determine equivalency where used as part of the technical documentation submitted to the authority having jurisdiction.
NFPA 101A is intended to be used alongside NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, to facilitate equivalency requests using numerically based fire safety evaluation systems (FSESs). Each chapter presents a system for a different occupancy. Occupancies addressed include the following:
- Health care
- Residential board and care
- Detention and correctional
- Business
- Educational
The 2025 edition includes changes to several worksheets for the various fire safety evaluation systems to ensure equivalency is measured accurately against the requirements of the 2024 edition of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope. (Reserved)
1.2 Purpose. (Reserved)
1.3 Application.
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General.
2.2 NFPA Publications.
2.3 Other Publications.
2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections.
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General.
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions.
3.3 General Definitions.
Chapter 4 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Health Care Occupancies
4.1 General.
4.2 Procedure for Determining Equivalency.
4.3 Fire/Smoke Zone.
4.4 Maintenance.
4.5 Occupancy Risk (Worksheet 4.7.2).
4.6 Safety Parameters (Worksheet 4.7.6).
4.7 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire/Smoke Zones.
Chapter 5 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Detention and Correctional Occupancies
5.1 General.
5.2 Procedure for Determining Equivalency.
5.3 Maintenance.
5.4 Safety Parameters (Worksheet 5.5.3).
5.5 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety.
Chapter 6 Evacuation Capability Determination for Board and Care Occupancies
6.1 General.
6.2 Procedure for Determining Evacuation Capability.
6.3 Rating Residents.
6.4 Rating Residents Using Worksheets 6.8.1 through 6.8.4.
6.5 Rating the Staff Shift (Worksheets 6.8.5 through 6.8.11).
6.6 Rating the Facility (Worksheet 6.8.9).
6.7 Determining Evacuation Capability (Worksheet 6.8.10).
6.8 Worksheets for Rating Residents.
Chapter 7 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Board and Care Occupancies
7.1 General.
7.2 Glossary for Fire Safety Evaluation Worksheet for a Small Facility.
7.3 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety for a Small Facility.
7.4 Glossary for Fire Safety Evaluation Worksheet for a Large Facility.
7.5 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety in a Large Facility.
7.6 Glossary for Fire Safety Evaluation Worksheet for an Apartment Building with Board and Care Occupancies.
7.7 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety in an Apartment Building with Board and Care Occupancies.
Chapter 8 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Business Occupancies
8.1 General.
8.2 Procedure for Determining Equivalency.
8.3 Glossary for Fire Safety Evaluation Worksheet for Business Occupancies.
8.4 Maintenance.
8.5 Safety Parameters (Worksheet 8.6.2).
8.6 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety in Business Occupancies.
Chapter 9 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Educational Occupancies
9.1 General.
9.2 Procedure for Determining Equivalency.
9.3 Glossary for Fire Safety Evaluation Worksheet for Educational Occupancies.
9.4 Maintenance.
9.5 Safety Parameters (Worksheet 9.6.2).
9.6 Worksheets for Evaluating Fire Safety in Educational Occupancies.
Annex A Explanatory Material
Annex B Informational References
2025 (9781455931545)
2022 (9781455927906)
2019 (9781455920129)
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| Description | Be prepared to confidently determine equivalencies and evaluate levels of safety. NFPA 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, provides alternative approaches to life safety. This guide is essential for facility managers, inspectors, and code enforcers, and the methods contained in this guide can be used to help determine equivalency where used as part of the technical documentation submitted to the authority having jurisdiction. NFPA 101A is intended to be used alongside NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, to facilitate equivalency requests using numerically based fire safety evaluation systems (FSESs). Each chapter presents a system for a different occupancy. Occupancies addressed include the following:
The 2025 edition includes changes to several worksheets for the various fire safety evaluation systems to ensure equivalency is measured accurately against the requirements of the 2024 edition of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®. Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope. (Reserved) Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 2.1 General. Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General. Chapter 4 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Health Care Occupancies 4.1 General. Chapter 5 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Detention and Correctional Occupancies 5.1 General. Chapter 6 Evacuation Capability Determination for Board and Care Occupancies 6.1 General. Chapter 7 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Board and Care Occupancies 7.1 General. Chapter 8 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Business Occupancies 8.1 General. Chapter 9 Fire Safety Evaluation System for Educational Occupancies 9.1 General. Annex A Explanatory Material 2025 (9781455931545) 2022 (9781455927906) 2019 (9781455920129) |
