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Alternative Approaches to Life Safety

Art ShawA Shaw & Associates, LLCashaw@arthurshaw.com

Who has used this Standard?

NFPA 101A

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Where Did You Learn About this

Document?

Guide onAlternative Approaches

to Life Safety

The Official Title

1.3.1 This guide consists of anumber of alternativeapproaches to life safety.

1.3.2 This edition of NFPA 101Acontains alternative approachesthat are tied to NFPA 101, LifeSafety Code ….. As a methodthat can be used to assist theAHJ in determining equivalentcompliance with variouschapters of the code.

Application

1.3.3 The methoddescribed in this guideis an index method.Index methods are atype of qualitative riskassessment. …..

Application

The Fire Safety Evaluation System(FSES) is a measuring system. Itcomparers the level of safety provided byan arrangement of safeguards that differfrom those specified in NFPA 101, LifeSafety Code, to the level of safetyprovided in a building that conformsexactly with the details of the code.

“FSES”Fire Safety

Evaluation System

We will examine an actual case with the permission of the facility. The name of the facility has been

removed.

Actual Case

Someone like myself.

An Architect

An Engineer

Who Can Conduct an FSES?

Questions?