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| What percent of codes deals with fire and life safety? |
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| What do fire codes focus on first? |
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| What three things do fire codes focus on? |
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| Prevention, Early Detection, and Suppression |
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| What three areas do interior fire codes focus on? |
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| protecting occupants, allow time to evacuate and access for firefighters and equipment |
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| What is the ultimate goal of fire-related codes? |
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| to limit the spread of fire and prevent flashover |
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| Do fire codes only focus on fire protection? |
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| no, they also have provisions dealing with smoke protection |
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| What two factors can make smoke just as deadly as fire? |
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| how quickly it can travel and the toxicity |
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| the combustible materials inside a building that can feed and sustain a fire |
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| What specific things in a building are considered fuel loads? |
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| interior finishes and furniture |
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| What do passive systems focus on? |
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| prohibiting and containing fires |
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| What are passive systems sometimes referred to as? |
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| What type of fire safety system are fire and smoke barriers and partitions? |
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| What is an example of a fire and smoke barrier? |
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| What type of fire safety system are horizontal assemblies? |
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| What type of fire safety system are opening protectives? |
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| What type of fire safety system are through-penetration protectives? |
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| What type of fire safety system are finishes and furniture? |
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| What is an example of a horizontal assembly? |
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| What is an example of an opening protective? |
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| What is an example of a through-penetration protective? |
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| firestops, draftstops, dampers |
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| What are the four categories of fire safety systems? |
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| passive, active and exiting |
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| What is an active fire safety system? |
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| a system that must be activated in order to work against fire |
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| A detection system is what type of fire safety system? |
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| What type of fire safety system are extinguishing and suppression systems? |
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| What type of fire safety system are emergency lighting? |
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| What are exiting systems? |
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| systems that assist and direct occupants to a place of safety |
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| What is an example of a detection system? |
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| detectors, fire alarms, communication systems |
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| What is an example of an extinguishing and suppressing system? |
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| fire extinguishers, fire hoses, sprinkler system |
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| A means of egress system is what kind of fire safety system? |
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| What are examples of means of egress? |
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| corridors, exits, stairs, ramps.. |
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| What type of exiting system is one that includes signage and audible and visual communication? |
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| exit communication system |
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| A balance of what is necessary for the safest building? |
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| active and passive systems |
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| What are the 4 main categories of fire safety? |
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| prevention systems, detection systems, suppression/extinguishing systems, and exiting systems |
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| What components make up "The Fire Triangle"? |
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| What is an example of a fire fuel? |
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| cellulose, plastics and polymers, combustible liquids (oils, solvents) |
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| What is a "Conflagration"? |
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| large, all consuming fire |
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| rapid combustion, slightly slower than the speed of sound |
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| combustion at a speed greater than the speed of sound |
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| simultaneous ignition or explosion occurring during a fire when all combustibles are heated to ignition point |
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| What happens before fire/heat/gases reach occupants? |
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| How do codes restrict the materials used in a building? |
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| assemblies must be tested and rated |
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| Codes require what to aid fire safety? |
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| What is fire and smoke protection based on? |
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| Do a few codes, many codes or all codes specify building materials and assemblies? |
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| T/F: ADA plays a very large role in fire protection. |
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| What does ADA require for fire safety? |
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| fire doors/rated stairwells |
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| What is "Assembly Construction"? |
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| # of building materials used together making structural element |
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| What is "Assembly, fire rated"? |
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| an entire rated assembly, ex: door, fire window including all hardware, anchorage, frames. etc |
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| What is "Compartmentation"? |
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| creating confined areas w/in a building for area of refuge |
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| What is a "Fire Barrier"? |
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| a continuous rated fire assembly that restricts the spread of fire (floors, walls, doors) |
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| assembly/material to prevent/retard the spread of fire and smoke |
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| connecting link of low-melt alloy that melts are predetermined temperature (door closures, sprinkler head) |
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| What fire barrier has the highest fire rating? |
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| What is a "Fire Separation Wall"? |
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| walls that have been added/changed during interior project (tenant separation, corridor walls, vertical shafts) |
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| How are floor/ceiling assemblies determined? |
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| construction type/occupancy classification |
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| What do fire walls provide? |
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| continuous fire protection- foundation to roof and exterior walls |
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| When are fire walls planned and rated? |
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| What is the rating of fire walls affected by? |
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| construction and occupancy classification |
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| What is the typical rating for fire walls? |
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| What is the typical rating for room separations? |
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| 1-2 hours depending on contents |
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| What is included in Floor/Ceiling Assemblies? |
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| Everything from the bottom of ceiling material to the top of floor/ceiling above |
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| What are "Occupancy Separation Walls"? |
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| separate tenants of differing occupancy types or different uses within 1 type of occupancy |
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| What rating is given to occupancy separation walls? |
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| What rating is given to tenant separation walls? |
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| What rating is given to corridor walls? |
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| What rating is given to vertical shaft openings for a building 1-3 stories? |
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| What rating is given to vertical shaft openings in a building with 4 or more stories? |
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| What features are required in an elevator for fire safety? |
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| ventilation, smoke detectors and standby power |
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| What is "Buoyancy" in regards to smoke? |
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| when smoke travels with rising temperatures |
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| What is "Expansion" in regards to smoke? |
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| when the smoke travels after gases expand and create pressure which drives the smoke out |
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| What is a "Stack Effect" in regards to smoke? |
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| warm air rises and cold air falls in a vertical shaft so the smoke move upwards quickly in such a space |
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| How can wind effect smoke travel? |
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| wind is pulled into the building and will force the smoke to other areas/floors |
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| What parts of a fire door make up the entire assembly? |
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| How are the parts of a fire door- door, frame, hardware, closure, sill/lintel- tested and rated? |
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