scope:

This standard shall be concerned with life safety and protection of property.

This standard shall cover the selection, design, application, installation, location, performance, inspection, testing, and maintenance of fuel gas detection and warning equipment in buildings and structures.

This standard shall contain requirements for the selection, installation, operation, and maintenance of equipment that detects concentrations of fuel gases that could pose a life or property safety risk.

Purpose.

The purpose of this standard shall be to provide requirements for fuel gas detection and warning equipment intended to warn occupants of the presence of fuel gas in time to allow occupants to either escape or take other action and to summon aid where needed.

The requirements provided by this standard shall address the means of signal initiation, transmission, notification, and annunciation; the levels of performance; and the reliability of fuel gas detection and warning equipment.