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:: Features

• Over 1,000 pages of explanations, examples, and art!
• Loaded with extra facts that augment the 2003 NFPA 101 text, the Handbook is indispensable for interpreting and applying this edition of the Life Safety Code.
• Unlike the Code, the Handbook presents rules for "new" and "existing" construction side by side. It's worth buying for this feature alone!
• Commentary, examples, solutions, and tips from NFPA life safety specialists are shown directly beneath the complete requirements from the 2003 edition of NFPA 101.
• More than 400 two-color graphics and informative photographs illustrate Code concepts so you apply provisions without errors or delays.
• Find the details you need to know about: Means of Egress
• Apply this Code edition's revised criteria for illumination levels for stairs and increased clearance between new handrails and walls.
• Features of Fire Protection: Enhance your understanding of analytical methods for determining the fire resistance of building assemblies.
• Assembly Occupancies: Gain helpful insight on added provisions for dead-end corridors, exemptions for cooking equipment, new interior floor finish rules, and an added section for airport loading walkways.
• NFPA's information-packed 2003 Life Safety Code Handbook provides the comprehensive, authoritative assistance you need to ensure life safety in new, existing, and renovated structures