Building Constuction Flashcards
TYPE II
+ (Non- Combustible or Limited Combustible)
- Fire Restance rating- Exterior & Interior load bearing walls & building materials
- Primary Hazard- (Contents), Structual support Failure, Type of Roof
- Roofs- Flat, Felt, Insulation, Tar (built up)
TYPE III
+(ORDINARY)
- Exterior Walls & Structual members Non Combustible or Limited Combustible
- Interior strucual members made of wood
- Primary Hazard- (Fire & Smoke Spreading through concealed spaces) (Fire Stops)
NFPA 220
Types of Building Construction
NFPA 80
Standard for Fire Doors & Other Opening Protectives
PARTITION WALL
NON- Load Bearing wall
Divedes two areas in a structure
TYPE I
+ (FIRE RESISTIVE) Structual integrity during a fire.
-Walls, Columns, Beams, Floors, Roof made of Non- Combustible or Limited combustible materials
- Primary Hazard-(Contents)
- Compartmentation- Reduces fire spread
- Compromised- Openings in partions, Improperly designed & Dampered HVAC
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TYPE V
+ (WOOD FRAME, LIGHT WEIGHT)
- Exterior, Bearing, Floors, Roofs & Supports made of wood
- Typical single family residence
- Must be alert for fire coming from doors & windows extending to the exterior of the structure.
PARTY WALL
Load bearing wall that supports two adjacent structures
(BTU)
British Thermal Unit
-Amount of heat required to raise 1 LB ir water 1 degree fahrenheit.
TPE IV
- (HEAVY TIMBER) minimum 8X8
Beans, Columns, Arches, Floors & Roofs made of solid or laminated wood with no concealed spaces.
- Old factories, Mills, Warehouses
- Today some Churches
*Primary Hazard- (Massice amounts of combustible contents presented by timbers & contents of building
(MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF HEAT & EXPOSURE PROTECTION)