Brown Bauhaus RA 9514 Part 1 Flashcards
The required minimum number of means of egress when the occupant load for any storey or portion of a building is more than 500 but not more than 1000
3
Fire classification involving energized electrical equipment
Class C
The required minimum width of any means of egress
915 mm
The minimum number of egress when the occupant load for any storey or portion thereof is more than 500 but not more than 1000
3
The required travel distance to an exit from any point in a building without an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system
46 meters
The egress capacity and occupant load of an assembly area of concentrated use without fixed seats such as auditoriums, churches, dance floor
0.65 sqm per person
The required egress capacity and occupant load of a standing room or waiting space
0.28 sqm per person
The required clearance of handrails between handrails and wall to which it is fastened
38 mm
The required minimum number of means of egress when the occupant load for any storey or portion of a building is more than 1000
4
The required minimum width of fire escape stairs
112 cm
Compression, storage, and dispersing equipment located outdoors shall be more than how many meters from the nearest public street or sidewalk line and at least how many meters from the nearest rail of any railroad mam track
3 meters, 15 meters
A type of exit between rooms, spaces, or areas within a building, which is not separated by an approved smoke partition
Common atmosphere exit
The required minimum headroom clearance of fire escape stairs
2.13 meters
The maximum travel distance to exits from any point in educational buildings without an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system
46 meters
An integrated system of underground or overhead piping or both connected to a source of an extinguishing agent or medium and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards which, when actuated by its automatic detecting device, suppresses fires within the area protected
Automatic fire suppression system
Fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, rubber, and plastics
Class A fires
Fires involving flammable liquids and gases
Class B fires
The maximum cross slope of new ramp construction
1:48
Fires involving combustible materials, such as sodium, magnesium, potassium, and other similar materials
Class D fires
Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats)
Class K fires
The required height of the handrails on stairs above the upper surface of the tread measured vertically to the top of the rail from a point on the tread
Not less than 76 cm nor more than 86.5 cm
A normally open device installed inside air duct systems automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire
Damper
A type of standpipe system in which the pipes are normally not filled with water. Water is introduced into the system thru fire service connections when needed.
Dry standpipe
Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder, or interfere with fire fighting operations and the safeguarding of life and property
Fire hazard
Any device intended for the protection of building or persons to include, but not limited to, built-in protection systems such as sprinklers and other automatic extinguishing systems, detectors for heat, smoke, and combustion products and other warning system components, personal protective equipment such as fire blankets, helmets, fire suits, gloves and other garments that may be put on or worn by persons to protect themselves during a fire
Fire protection and fire safety device
A wall designed to prevent the spread of fire, having a fire-resistance rating of not less than four (4) hours with sufficient structural stability to remain standing even if construction on either side collapses under fire conditions
Firewall
The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion
Fire
An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping system installed in a building, structure, or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or combustion products from a fire
Sprinkler system
A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made available to water outlets as needed
Standpipe system
A mechanical device consisting of linkages and horizontal bars across a door, which when pushed from the inside will cause the door to open and facilitate exit from the building, structure, or facility
Panic hardware
