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32、tion and Life Safety System Testing 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Commissioning and Integrated Testing. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 1, 2017, with an effectiv
33、e date of August 21, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 4 was approved as an American National Standard on August 21, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 4 The basis for NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, was Chapter 7 of th
34、e 2012 edition of NFPA 3, Recommended Practice for Commissioning of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems. This chapter addressed integrated system testing as part of the overall re protection and life safety system commissioning concept. Both the 2012 and 2015 editions of NFPA 3 were released as
35、recommended practices as opposed to standards, which meant that the concept of integrated system testing was not required but only described as a best practice. The Technical Committee on Commissioning and Integrated Testing determined that while commissioning re protection systems was not ready for
36、 standardization, there was an imminent need to create a standard for testing integrated re protection and life safety systems. The technical committee requested to separate the concepts of commissioning and integrated system testing into two documents: the rst, a recommended practice on commissioni
37、ng; and the second, a new standard, NFPA 4, addressing the integrated system testing portion. This restructuring and request for a new project was approved by the Standards Council in October 2011 and resulted in Chapter 7 of the 2012 edition of NFPA 3 being removed for the 2015 edition and being us
38、ed as the basis for NFPA 4. NFPA 4 is intended to address the testing of the performance of the interconnection between multiple re protection and life safety systems. Chapter 1 establishes the applicability of the standard and identies that the standard is applied similar to a design or installatio
39、n standard, from the perspective that the users should be directed to this standard by scoping provisions in a code, law, regulation, or contract document. NFPA 4 addresses the development of the integrated testing team and the coordination between the integrated testing agents (ITa) and test team.
40、The standard spells out the roles and responsibilities of the owner, the ITa, and the test team in general, as well as qualications for the ITa. The standard also provides protocol for both the initial integrated system test that would occur during the construction phase of a project prior to issuan
41、ce of the Certicate of Occupancy as well as the integrated system testing for existing buildings. Integrated system testing in existing buildings can be in the form of periodic integrated system testing or “trigger-based” testing. NFPA 4 provides the triggers for conducting these post-occupancy inte
42、grated system tests as well as the development for a frequency of periodic tests where they are deemed necessary. Finally, the standard addresses the development of the test plan and the test scenarios as well as the documentation of the test. Chapter 1 was reorganized to eliminate redundancy, place
43、 paragraphs in the appropriate section, and comply with the NFPA Manual of Style. Many of the other changes were made to bring the standard into compliance with the NFPA Manual of Style.INTEGRATED FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM TESTING 4-2 2018 Edition Technical Committee on Commissioning an
44、d Integrated Testing Maurice M. Pilette, Chair Mechanical Designs Ltd., MA SE Cecil Bilbo, Jr., Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology, Inc., IL SE Art Black, Carmel Fire Protection Associates, CA E Bruce H. Clarke, American International Group, Inc. (AIG), NC I Shane M. Clary, Bay Alarm Company, CA I
45、M Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company, IL I Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section Paul F. Dunphy, Jr., Harvard University, MA U Rep. Association of Higher Education Facilities Ofcers Douglas W. Fisher, Fisher Engineering, Inc., GA SE Lawrence W. Forshner, Bard, Rao + Athanas Consu
46、lting Engineers, LLC, MA SE David W. Frable, U.S. General Services Administration, IL U Kimberly A. Gruner, Fike Corporation, MO M Thomas P. Hammerberg, Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc., GA M Eli P. Howard, III, Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors Natl. Assn., VA IM John L. Hulett, West
47、ern States Fire Protection Company, CO M Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Robert J. James, UL LLC, IL RT John E. Kampmeyer, Sr., John E. Kampmeyer, P.E., PA SE William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Russell B. Leavitt, Telgian Corporation, AZ U Rep. The Home Depot David J. LeBlanc
48、, JENSEN HUGHES, MA SE Rep. JENSEN HUGHES Norbert W. Makowka, National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, IL IM Joe W. Noble, Noble Consulting Services, LLC, NV E Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Warren E. Olsen, Fire Safety Consultants, Inc., IL E Rep. Illinois Fire Inspectors
49、Association Pascal Pfeiffer, AXA Matrix Risk Consultants, France I Rep. European Fire Sprinkler Network Christian Pierson, U.S. Department of State, MD U Rodger Reiswig, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell, FL M Richard Jay Roberts, Honeywell Fire Safety, IL M Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Robert P. Schiliti, R. P. Schiliti Associates, Inc., MA SE Kenneth R. Schneider, UA - ITF, MO L Rep. United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry Michael J. Spaziani,
