NFPA 101 Summary of Technical Changes: 2015 to 2018 T-11

FR/FCR/SR/SCR
Section Number Comments Reference
19.2.2.2.5.2 [door-locking Requirement added that hardware for new electric lock installations FR 3511
arrangements for special-needs comply with UL 294
patients]
19.2.2.2.11.1 [sliding doors] Provision revised to be applicable only to the special-purpose FR 3505
horizontally sliding accordion or folding door assembly addressed
in 7.2.1.14
19.2.3.4(2)(b) [corridor projections New provisions added detailing how filler material can be installed FR 3520
below a corridor projection that exceeds 4 in. (100 mm) so as not to SR 4013
be in violation of the ADA maximum 4 in. (100 mm) protrusion rule
19.2.3.4(6) and (7) [corridor New allowances for projections into corridor width to FR 3520
projections] accommodate emergency stair travel devices and self-retracting SR 4013
seating
19.3.2.7 Hazardous materials New requirement that hazardous materials storage or handling SR 4016
comply with protection requirements of new 8.7.3.1
19.3.4.4 Emergency control Text revised to address the more encompassing subject of FR 3006
functions “emergency control functions” rather than “fire safety functions”
19.3.7.1(1)(b) [smoke barriers] Hospital smoke compartment maximum size increased to 40,000 ft2 SCR 34
19.3.7.1(2) [smoke barriers] (3720 m2) where all rooms are single-patient rooms and are
protected by quick-response sprinklers; maximum 200 ft (61 m)
travel to door to adjacent smoke compartment
19.4.2.2 (high-rise buildings) Text added so 12-year time period does not start anew in FR 3518
jurisdictions that adopted 2015 edition before adopting 2018 edition
19.5.1.3 [utilities] New provision for maintenance and testing of essential electrical FR 3560
systems in accordance with NFPA 99
19.7.5.7.1 [linen and trash Criterion deleted that 32 gal (121 L) capacity not be exceeded FR 3513
receptacles] within any 64 ft2 (6 m2) area
19.7.10 Integrated fire protection New requirement for integrated fire protection systems testing in SR 4020
systems accordance with NFPA 4 via reference to 9.11.4
Chapter 20 New Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies
20.1.1.1.6 [application] Text revised to address the more encompassing subject of FR 3005
“emergency control functions” rather than “fire safety functions”
20.1.4.2 Special definitions Reference added to the new definition in 3.3.251 of self- FR 3554
20.1.4.2(2) Self-preservation preservation capability specific to health care and ambulatory
capability health care occupancies
20.2.2.2.6 and 20.2.2.2.7 New provisions (modeled after Chapters 18 and 19 for in-patient FR 3514
[door-locking arrangements health care) added to permit door locking as protective measures
for special-needs patients] for patients with special needs
20.2.4.2 and 20.2.4.3 [number New provisions added to require two exits on each floor and that FR 3562
of means of egress] everyone on the floor must have access to both exits (as formerly
required when Chapters 20 and 21 referenced Chapters 38 and 39)
20.3.2.8 Hazardous materials New requirement that hazardous materials storage or handling SR 4017
comply with protection requirements of new 8.7.3.1
20.3.7.2(3)(b)ii [smoke barriers] Ambulatory health care smoke compartment maximum size FR 3540
increased to 40,000 ft2 (3720 m2) where building is sprinklered
20.3.7.7 [smoke barrier Ambulatory health care occupancies exempted from new through- SR 4008
penetrations] penetration firestop systems provision of 8.5.6.5 and new joint
systems provision of 8.5.7.2

Life Safety Code Handbook 2018