From: Twin Generators Deliver Backup Power to a Growing Hospital
NFPA Code Requirements
NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems, 2002 edition, the most recent version of the National Fire Protection Association's code applicable to acute-care hospitals, requires Community Hospital in Watervliet, MI, to maintain a backup power system for these applications:
- Life safety, including fire alarms, emergency lighting, and ingress and egress
- Critical care, including the emergency electrical outlets for operating rooms, medicine dispensing, and other critical-care areas
- Fire pump, a standby pump that supplies water to teh sprinkler system in case of an utility-power failure
The backup system must be able to assume these loads within 10 seconds of an utility-power outage.
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November-December 2004
From: Twin Generators Deliver Backup Power to a Growing Hospital
NFPA Code Requirements
NFPA 110: Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems, 2002 edition, the most recent version of the National Fire Protection Association's code applicable to acute-care hospitals, requires Community Hospital in Watervliet, MI, to maintain a backup power system for these applications:
- Life safety, including fire alarms, emergency lighting, and ingress and egress
- Critical care, including the emergency electrical outlets for operating rooms, medicine dispensing, and other critical-care areas
- Fire pump, a standby pump that supplies water to teh sprinkler system in case of an utility-power failure
The backup system must be able to assume these loads within 10 seconds of an utility-power outage.