ALARM 2.0 User Manual: Minimizing Compliance Costs of the Life Safety Code for Prisons.

摘要

ALARM, Alternative Life Safety Analysis for Retrofit Cost Minimization, is a software tool that helps prison facility managers and fire safety engineers achieve cost-effective compliance with the widely-used Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association. The latest version of the software (2.0) supports analysis of Detection and Correctional occupancies. Through a special provision of the code, ALARM implements a goal-oriented, or performance-based approach to code compliance. The user specifies the current safety level of the facility for each of 13 life safety parameters and then enters quantity and size data on each of the safety improvements to be explored. The software indicates whether the current safety level is in compliance with the code and, if not, quickly finds the least-cost compliance strategy and its estimated construction cost. The software takes into account the special conditions in the code that preclude finding solutions by hand.