1. The “requirements for audible and visual notification appliances for all types of systems” can be found in _____________.
2. An ambient sound level greater than _____ dBA shall require the use of a visual notification appliance(s).
3. The combined ambient and all operating notification appliance sound pressure levels shall not exceed ________ dBA.
4. Table __________ is new for the 2019 edition of the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code derived from OSHA 29 CFR 1910.5 regarding permissible occupational noise exposures.
5. Requirements in the 2019 edition of NFPA 72 include the requirements for CO detectors and systems that came from the ______________ , which has been withdrawn.
6. Audible appliances that are installed in sleeping areas shall have a sound level of at least ____________ dB above the average ambient sound level.
7. Audible appliances that are installed in sleeping areas shall have a sound level of at least ____________ dB above the maximum sound level having a duration of at least 60 seconds.
8. Audible appliances in sleeping areas designed to wake sleeping occupants shall produce a low frequency signal the has a frequency of ____________.
9. According to the table, Room Spacing for Wall-Mounted Visual Notification Appliances, the minimum required light output [effective intensity (cd)] for a room of 15.2 x 15.2 m utilizing a single appliance is _____________.
10. According to the table, Room Spacing for Wall-Mounted Visual Notification Appliances, a room that is 9.14 x 9.14 m ____________ to have four visual notification appliances.
Roy Pollack, CPP, SET, holds Level IV certification in the field of fire alarms from NICET.
He is currently a director of training and compliance for Comcast/Xfinity Home and may be reached at
sdmtechtips@bnpmedia.com.
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