UFC 3-600-01 Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities
Fire protection engineering criteria including sprinklers, alarms, egress, and special hazards.
What This Publication Covers
Scope, applicability, and the role of the Fire Protection Engineer on DoD projects.
Occupancy classification and egress per NFPA 101 with DoD amendments.
Sprinkler and standpipe requirements: where automatic sprinklers are mandatory for DoD facilities, design criteria per NFPA 13/14/20.
Fire alarm and mass notification systems per NFPA 72 and UFC 4-021-01.
Fire flow requirements, hydrants, and water supply reliability for installations.
U.S. government publication — public domain. Outline for orientation; the full text is in the PDF at USACE.
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