Ch28 Fire and Life Safety Inspections Flashcards
A form of audience/spectator accommodation in which no seating, other than a floor or ground surface, is provided for the audience to gather and observe a performance
Festival seating
Funds spent on a _______ __________ approach can significantly reduce the funds required for emergency responses and restoration of facilities and services following an emergency
Proactive preventive
A condition, substance, or device that can directly cause an injury or loss
Hazard
The likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard
Risk
Risk reduction model that groups community risk into two broad categories: natural and man-made risks
All-Hazards Risk Reduction Model
The total sum of all natural and human-caused risks that a community may suffer
Community Risk
Four steps of assessing the community or neighborhood risk
- Identify the risks
- Describe the people affected by the risk
- Describe the cause of the risk
- Prioritize the risks
Hazards that are caused by the perceived careless actions of individuals or groups
Behavioral Hazards
Hazards resulting from actions that are meant to cause property destruction of life loss
Intentional Hazards
Hazards consisting of incidents that are generally out of the control of humans
Natural Hazards
Potential hazards indicated by the structure or its occupancy use
Occupancy Related Hazards
Two programs in which single-family dwellings may be included for the purpose of fire inspections
- Voluntary home inspection program
- Physical survey of all residential neighborhoods in the response area
Two purposes for fire inspections
- To ensure that fire and life safety code requirements are adhered to within publicly accessible facilities
- To provide the owner/occupant with safety education materials and information
Conditions that allow emergency responders and law enforcement officers to enter a structure without a warrant
Exigent Circumstances
When fire inspections may be required (4)
- Annually
- When a Certificate of Occupancy has been requested by a new occupant
- After substantial renovation to the structure
- After repairs are made following a fire
The single most important life safety item to be inspected
Means of egress from the building
A continuous and unobstructed way of travel from any point in a building or structure to a public way
Means of Egress
Three parts of a means of egress
- Exit access
- The exit
- Exit discharge
A way out of a building or structure that does not conform to the strict definition of means of egress but does provide an alternate way out
Means of Escape
That portion of a means of egress that leads to an exit
Exit Access
That portion of a means of egress that is separated from all other spaces of the building or structure by construction or equipment as required to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge
Exit
Way of passage from one building to an area of refuge in another building on approximately the same level, or a way of passage through or around a fire barrier to an area of refuge on approximately the same level in the same building that affords safety from fire and smoke originating from the area of incidence and areas communicating therewith
Horizontal Exit
The lowest story or the story with the smallest elevation change needed to reach grade
Level of exit discharge
A street, alley, or other similar parcel of land essentially open to the outside air deeded, dedicated, or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use and having a clear width and height of not less that 3m (10ft)
Public Way
