Building Constuction Flashcards

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TYPE II

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+ (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)
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TYPE III

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+(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)
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NFPA 220

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Types of Building Construction

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NFPA 80

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Standard for Fire Doors & Other Opening Protectives

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PARTITION WALL

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NON- Load Bearing wall

Divedes two areas in a structure

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TYPE I

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+ (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

Launch a interior attack with confidence

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TYPE V

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+ (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.
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PARTY WALL

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Load bearing wall that supports two adjacent structures

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(BTU)

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British Thermal Unit

-Amount of heat required to raise 1 LB ir water 1 degree fahrenheit.

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TPE IV

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  • (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)

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