scope:

Project leaders, architects, and engineers must use this UFC when designing facilities to resist aggressor forced entry. Technical information considered generally known to professional designers, architects, or engineers or readily available in existing technical references has not been included.

Designs to resist forced entry must be based on protecting specific assets, the applicable asset values, threat severity, and level of protection, which will be provided to designers as part of the design criteria developed during the security engineering planning and preliminary design phases.

Purpose.

The purpose of this document is to present engineering guidelines and cost-effective designs to protect assets in fixed facilities against a forced entry and providing egress in compliance with NFPA 101.