New NFPA Journal looks at NFPA 72 and low-frequency alarms for sleeping areas

In his new column in the January/February issue of NFPA Journal, Wayne Moore of Hughes Associates provides a key example of why it is important for all stakeholders in a fire alarm system to learn how to navigate NFPA 72Ò, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. The 2010 edition of NFPA 72 included a requirement that snuck up on some contractors, according to Moore. The code states, “effective January 1, 2014, where audible appliances are provided to produce signals for sleeping areas, they shall produce ta low-frequency alarm signal that complies with the following: (1) The alarm signal shall be...