Chapter 10 CO Flashcards
————— conducted to assist fire fighting operations should there ever be an incident at the building or facility
Preincident survey
————- inspections ensure that buildings are up to code therefore less likely to be at risk for fires or other emergencies.
Code enforcement inspections
Who’s ultimately responsible or ensuring buildings are inspected
The fire chief
———-describes general fire and life safety requirements that apply to all occupancy’s and detail exactly what is required for various processes in many different occupancy types
Model codes
———-is the single most important life safety item to be inspected
Means of egress
Any permanent or movable object the will reduce the width of the original exit
Obstruction
In occupancies that require them —- —— ——- must be displayed at various locations
Exit path maps
Rechargeable lights may be required for —— —-
Medical staff
Exit door usually sing in ——-
The direction of travel
Flammable gages, volatile liquids, pyrophoric materials
Flammability class 4
Ignites at ambient temperatures
Flammability class 3
Ignites when moderately heated
Flammability class 2
Must preheat to burn
Flammability class 1
Severe health hazard
Class 4
Serious health hazards
Class 3
Moderate health hazards
Class 2
Slight health hazard
Class 1
Minimal health hazards
Class 0
Capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at ambient conditions
Instability class 4
Capable of detonation or explosive decomposition with strong initiating source
Instability class 3
Violent chemical change possible at elevated temperatures or pressure
Instability class 2
Normally stable but becomes unstable with f heated
Instability class 1
Normally stable
Instability class 0
Gives a widely recognized method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, industrial,and other fixed storage facilities
NFPA 704
—- are designed of non bull labeling
Transportation labels
Designed for bulk transportation
Placards
Class 1
Explosive
Class 2
Gases
Class 3
Flammable liquids
Class 4
Flammable solids spontaneous combustion substances that emit flammable gases on contact with water
Class 5
Oxidizing substances and organic peroxide’s
Class 6
Toxic and infectious substances
Class 7
Radioactive materials
Class 8
Corrosive substances
Class 9
Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
Each fire detection system must meet the requirements of ———
NFPA 72 national fire alarm and signal code
Water supply system fire department personnel are to determine how well the system is———
Maintained
NFPA 20 requires fire pumps to be run for —— minutes per week
30
Standard for routine maintenance and testing of public fire alarm systems
NFPA 1221
Dry pipe sprinkler system that contains air under pressure as well as a secondary detection system
Preaction dry pipe system
Standard for dry chemical systems
NFPA 17
Potassium carbonate or potassium acetate
Wet chemical systems (K extinguisher)
Fluorine, chlorine, bromide,and iodine
Halogenated agents class B,C fires
Portable halon extinguisher
Halon 1211
Fixed systems for f halon
1301
Standard on clean agent fire extinguisher system defined as electricity nonconducting volatile or gaseous fire extinguishing agents that do not leave a residue upon evaporation
NFPA 2001
Halon replacement agent for 1301
FM-200
A blend of 3 naturally occurring gases nitrogen, argon,carbon dioxide that replaces halon
inergen
Standard for low medium and high expansion foam
NFPA 11
Standard for portable fire extinguisher
NFPA 10
Fire extinguisher with a gross weight of 40lbs or less must be mounted no higher then ——ft from the top
5’
Fire extinguisher weighing more than 40 lbs must except wheeled types)not be mounted more than —— ft from the floor
3 1/2 feet
The clearance from floor to extinguisher should not be less then —-“
4”
Standard for preincident planning
NFPA 1620
Life safety information is broken down into two topics
Protection and evaluation and protection of firefighters
Standard for smoke and heat venting
NFPA 204
Release heat and smoke to the outside from square or rectangular structures that penetrate a buildings roof
Monitors
Fire resistant half walls extended from the underside of the roof to limit the spread of heat and smoke
Curtain boards (draft curtain)
