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Code Required Integrated Testing per NFPA 4 and What You Need to Know

The 2018 Edition of NFPA4, Standard for Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, provides the process, methods, and documents for integrated testing of fire protection and life safety systems. Various codes, including the International Building Code, International Fire Code, NFPA 1, and NFPA 101, have adopted NFPA 4, and certain occupancies now mandate NFPA 4 end-to-end integrated system testing and documentation. The speaker focuses on the new NFPA 4 adoption in Building and Fire Codes when NFPA 4 is required. Learn who's involved, how this new process interfaces with commissioning providers, the steps in the integrated testing related to fire protection and life safety systems, and interfaces to other systems, including BMS, lighting control, audio/visual, etc. Learn about the new Integrated Testing Agent (ITA), who is responsible for reviewing, documenting, and testing the needed integration between fire protection and life safety systems across various systems. What are their qualifications and responsibilities, and how do they coordinate and interface with the overall full building commissioning team? Finally, the speaker discusses common misconceptions, misunderstandings, and standardized terminology of commissioning and integrated testing of fire protection and life safety systems.

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