UFC 4-021-01
18 DECEMBER 2002
CHAPTER 3
IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES BASED ON BUILDING TYPE
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INTRODUCTION. The approach used to implement mass notification should
vary with the type of building and its use. This chapter provides examples of appropriate
types of mass notification systems for many buildings used by DOD components.
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CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS. Various alternatives are available for
classifying buildings; e.g., the Historical Air Force Construction Cost Handbook identifies
123 separate facility types, and Department of the Army Pamphlet (DA Pam) 415-28,
Guide to Army Real Property Category Codes, provides another system. UFC 4-010-01
identifies a number of building and structure types and uses, with three building types
(inhabited, billeting, and primary gathering) of predominant importance. NFPA 101, Life
Safety Code, identifies 12 basic facility classifications based on occupancy type. These
NFPA occupancy types are used in this chapter to illustrate appropriate mass
notification systems.
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IMPLEMENTATION EXAMPLES. Table 3-1 provides examples of mass
notification systems appropriate for implementation in buildings as classified by the
NFPA 101 occupancy type. For consistency with DOD terminology, "Facility Type" is
used in Table 3-1 as a heading in place of "Occupancy Type."
Table 3-1. Mass Notification System Implementation Examples
Facility Type
Common Building Names
Implementation Considerations
Use individual building systems.
Assembly
Theaters, gymnasiums,
conference centers, clubs
Providing acceptable
Educational
intelligibility in all areas of the
Schools, school-age
Health care
building covered by the mass
facilities, youth centers
(except in non-
notification system is a major
Hospital public areas,
ambulatory patient
design consideration.
waiting rooms, staff
treatment areas)
Consider interfacing to existing
offices, support areas
Ambulatory health
building public address systems
Medical and dental clinics
care
if available.
Consider a telephone alerting
Day care
system to notify only
Child development center
administrators in lieu of an
Health care (non-
Hospital patient rooms,
individual building system.
ambulatory patient
surgery suites, out-patient
treatment areas)
Use of an individual building
surgery clinics
system with limited speaker
Detention and
Brig, prison
placements in the building
correctional
would also be appropriate
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