NFPA 76 Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities
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1.1* Scope. This standard provides requirements for fire protection of telecommunications facilities where telecommunications services such as telephone (landline, wireless) transmission, data transmission, internet transmission, voice-over internet protocol (VoIP) transmission, and video transmission are rendered to the public.
1.1.1 Telecommunications facilities include signal-processing equipment areas, cable entrance facility areas, power areas, main distribution frame areas, standby engine areas, technical support areas, administrative areas, and building services and support areas occupied by a telecommunications service provider.
1.1.2* This standard specifically excludes telecommunications facilities with less than 46.5 m2 (500 ft2) of signal-processing equipment areas.
Safeguard the public telecommunications network by applying the state-of-the-art requirements in the 2009 NFPA 76!
Today, society and the economy are more dependent than ever on the telecommunications network for emergency communications, security, and transfer of electronic data, so protecting the public network from threats is essential. The 2009 NFPA 76 Standard for the Fire Protection of Telecommunications Facilities provides the latest requirements for fire protection of facilities providing telephone, data, wireless, internet, and video services to the public -- plus the most up-to-date requirements for life safety issues.
This vital document includes both performance-based and prescriptive options for
· Telecommunications equipment spaces
· Cable entrance facilities
· Power areas and battery spaces
· Main distribution frames
· Standby engine areas
· Technical support areas
· Administrative areas
· Building services and support areas within large and small facilities
Among the changes in the 2009 edition of NFPA 76
· Whereas the 2005 edition specifically excluded telecommunications facilities with less than 46.5 m2 (500 ft2) of signal-processing equipment areas, the 2009 edition only excludes the prescriptive-based approach of Chapter 6 for such facilities. The guidance and requirement of all chapters and annexes other than Chapter 6 do apply.
· Clarifications were made regarding requirements for new wire, cable, and signal-processing telecommunications equipment.
(Softbound, 57 pp., 2009)
