• All departmental elements as delineated in the scope of DOE 420.1, "Facility Safety," and DOE 40.1, "Worker Protection Management for DOE and Contractor Employees," and their espective Contractor Requirements Documents (CRD).
• The purchase and lease, as well as the design and construction, of all DOE facilities erected, odified, or renovated after the effective date of this Standard.

Nothing in this Standard is intended to limit the application of other fire protection methods when unique situations or hazards warrant an alternate approach. The alternate approach hould provide a comparable level of safety to that achieved by conformance with this standard. Such alternate approaches should be approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), fter consultation with a qualified fire protection engineer.