NFPA 720-2015 PDF Download

The 2015 edition of NFPA 720, titled "Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection and Warning Equipment," provides guidelines for the manufacture, installation, inspection, and maintenance of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment. The standard aims to ensure that CO equipment is effective and reliable, benefiting both the public and personnel involved.

Some key changes in the 2015 edition include new personnel qualifications specifically for CO systems to ensure capable personnel, revised requirements for audible CO alarm signals to provide manufacturers with greater flexibility, reformatted inspection and testing tables aligned with NFPA 72 to improve usability, an extended secondary power supply standby capacity of 24 hours for CO alarms and Household CO Systems, revised provisions for distinctive alarm signals for CO, fire, and other alarms, and guidelines for emergency responders in the form of Annex C.