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NFPA 4: Document Scope
The standard shall provide the minimum requirements for integrated testing of fire protection and life safety systems. These requirements include protocol for testing procedures, responsibilities for various parties, methods and documentation for verifying the operational readiness and sequence of integrated systems. The standard is designed to ensure that interconnected active and passive fire protection and life safety systems operate as intended. The standard shall not require integrated testing but shall provide minimum requirements for integrating testing where such testing is required by another code, standard, or design document or by an Authority Having Jurisdiction.
The standard shall not provide testing requirements, including test procedures or test frequencies, for individual systems.
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