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Brannigan's Building Construction For The Fire Service- 5th Edition > Chapter 13- Specific Occupancy Related Construction Hazards > Flashcards

Chapter 13- Specific Occupancy Related Construction Hazards Flashcards

1
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Exterior structural walls of garden apartments are made of various materials:

A
  • Solid masonry
  • Brick veneer over platform wood frame
  • Partially solid masonry, partially brick veneer on wood
  • Wood
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The usual height limit for these structures is __ stories, although __ stories is now becoming commonplace.

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3

4

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The __ of fixtures, __ __, and the __ supply due to interconnected voids make early collapse a real hazard in these structures.

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Weight
Structure cuts
Air

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Tenants of garden apartments should be advised to help themselves in four basic ways:

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  • Be fully insured for the value of all personal property.
  • Keep property of unique value in a bank vault.
  • Call the Fire department immediately if a fire or gas leak is suspected.
  • In a fire, evacuate immediately, even if the fire seems inconsequential.
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Space is generally limited when it comes to parking. The preincident plan review should address this problem, including calling for a minimum of __ feet of clear width, proper __ __, __ __ of curbs, and __.

A

20
Turning radii
Red striping
Signage

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It is the only construction material that does not yield heat when burned in pure oxygen.

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Gypsum

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7
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The fire wall should be extended straight out or in a __ or __ shape to cut off the fire.

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T

L

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There is probably no class of building in which good fire planning and training can pay off more than in __ __.

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Garden apartments

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9
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Today, building codes only require that atria connect a minimum of __ floors without a minimum size requirement.

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2

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Building codes specify numerous requirements for atria:

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  • Full sprinkler protection throughout the building (with the exception of the top of the atrium itself it is more than 55 feet above the floor).
  • A smoke control system.
  • Standby power for the building.
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Perhaps the most dangerous time for a place of worship, in terms of being vulnerable to a fire being initiated, is during __.

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Renovations

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Today, fire protection in malls includes complete:

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  • Sprinkler protection
  • Smoke control system.
  • Standpipe system
  • Emergency voice communications system
  • Standby power
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13
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One common trait of most factories is the __ __, which can pose a safety risk to fire fighters.

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Production equipment

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These hazards include large __ __, __ __, __ __, and heavy duty __ __ __.

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  • Moving parts
  • Confined spaces
  • Pressurized vessels
  • Energized electrical equipment
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In a modern office building, possibly __ % or more of the floor volume is located in the ceiling void.

A

25%

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16
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Some codes require doors to be unlocked for reentry on certain floors, typically no more than __ intervening floors between reentry floors.

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4

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Other codes require automatic release of locks upon a fire alarm system activation, manual release from the lobby command center, and telephones in the stairwells every __ floors.

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5

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18
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Under lapse conditions, smoke will move __ and __ from the fire.

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Up

Away

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The wind exerts a pressure on the __ side of the building and suction on the __.

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Windward

Leeward

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If the windows are out and the fire is on the __ side of the building, the suppression may be “a piece of cake.”

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Leeward

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21
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Given the same fire, the windows out, and the fire on the __ side of the building, it may be impossible to move into the fire floor.

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Windward

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22
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Stack effect is most significant in __ climates in the __ because of the great difference between the inside and outside temperatures.

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Cold

Wintertime

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23
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Under winter conditions, stack effect causes a movement of air from the floors into the __ __, __, __ and so on in the __ portion of the building.

A

Vertical shafts
Stairways
Elevators
Lower

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The greatest flow will be at the __ floor, with the flow gradually decreasing as the height of the floor above ground increases.

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1st

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At a point about __ to __ the building’s height, the flow is reduced to __; this is called the __ zone.

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1/3 to 1/2
0
Neutral

26
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Above the neutral zone, the flow __ and travels out to the __ from the __.

A

Reverses
Floors
Shafts

27
Q

In a sealed air conditioned building in the summertime, the stack effect is __ (and is often called a __ __ __).

A

Reversed

Reverse stack effect

28
Q

In such a case, the flow of air is __.

A

Downward

29
Q

To complement the smoke barriers, corridors are a minimum of __ feet wide to accommodate the size and width of rolling hospital beds.

A

8

30
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Hospital and nursing home staffs practice RACE:

A
  • R: Remove all people in immediate danger to safety.
  • A: Activate the manual pull station and have someone call 911.
  • C: Close doors to confine the spread of smoke and fire.
  • E: Extinguish the fire, if possible.
31
Q

Currently, there are five occupancy classifications of detention facilities, depending upon their level of restraint:

A
  • Use condition 1: Free movement is permitted within the building from smoke compartment to smoke compartment as well as to the exterior.
  • Use condition 2: Free movement is permitted within the building from smoke compartment to smoke compartment.
  • Use condition 3: Free movement is permitted within the building within a smoke compartment; movement to other areas is by remote control release.
  • Use condition 4: Free movement is permitted within an occupied space within a smoke compartment; movement to other areas of the smoke compartment or other smoke compartments is by remote control release.
  • Use condition 5: Free movement is restricted from the occupied space; manual release is necessary to allow movement from the occupied space to other areas of the smoke compartment or other smoke compartments.
32
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Schools often have some unique features. Their corridor widths are much larger than normal, __ feet in most cases.

A

6

33
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Taxpayers generally have the following characteristics:

A
  • They most often are of ordinary (Type 3) construction, usually with brick bearing walls and wood joist roof members.
  • They commonly are one story in height, although two story variety can be found in many jurisdictions with apartments on the second and third floor.
  • Depending on the region, many taxpayers can have full or partial basements.
  • They usually are limited to approximately 6-10 small stores (or other commercial establishments).
  • They most often have common cockloft or attic spaces.
34
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Strip malls have the following characteristics:

A
  • They may be of noncombustible, ordinary, or even wood frame construction (Types 2, 3, and 5 construction).
  • When of noncombustible construction, strip malls have exterior walls of concrete block or concrete tilt walls with steel bar joist roof members and a metal deck supporting a built up roof.
  • Contemporary ordinary construction strip malls use concrete block for exterior walls and solid wood joists or lightweight trusses to support a wood roof deck.
  • Older ordinary construction strip malls may have large bowstring trusses.
  • Some smaller strip malls may be built entirely of wood frame construction.
  • Nearly all strip malls are one story, although a two story strip mall occasionally may be encountered.
  • Based on region, strip malls may or may not have basements.
  • They usually are larger than the taxpayers and may have as many as 15-20 small stores and a large anchor store or two.
  • Strip malls usually have greater store depth than taxpayers. Strip mall anchor stores, such as supermarkets, may be more than 150 feet deep.
  • They most often have common cockloft or attic spaces.
35
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__ fire spread throughout the strip mall is probably the greatest concern.

A

Lateral

36
Q

A strip mall with steel bar joists and a built up roof can be subject to a __ __ fire.

A

Metal deck

37
Q

Stages have a much more extensive fire protection requirements than platforms. Specifically, they must have:

A
  • Fire resistant proscenium curtain
  • Flame resistant scenery
  • Heat vents over the stage
  • 2 hour rated separations between the stage and appurtenant rooms (dressing rooms, property rooms, etc.).
  • Sprinkler protection over the stage and accessory rooms
  • Special stage exits
  • Class 2 standpipe with 1.5 inch hose and nozzle.
38
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Building codes define underground buildings as having an occupied level at least __ feet below the level of exit discharge.

A

30

39
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The code calls for the underground building to be provided with:

A
  • Automatic sprinklers
  • Standpipe
  • Emergency power
  • Fire alarm system
  • Public address system
  • Smoke management system
  • Smokeproof enclosures
40
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When the occupied level is more than __ feet below the level of exit discharge, a __ __ that splits the floor level roughly in half and that runs vertically up through all underground levels, must be provided.

A

60

Smoke barrier

41
Q

The solid __ __ parapeted through the roof is the most dependable fire barrier in a warehouse.

A

Masonry wall

42
Q

Note that fire codes call for fire fighter access doors every __ feet in a high piled stock warehouse.

A

100

43
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Large stores (often called department stores) attached to the mall that have all of their required exits independent of the mall.

A

Anchor stores

44
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A large open space within a structure connecting two or more floors

A

Atria

45
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Brick and mortar filling between studs utilized as a makeshift fire barrier.

A

Brick nogging

46
Q

The deterioration of a product by heating to high temperatures.

A

Calcination

47
Q

Smoke that falls downward.

A

Cold smoke

48
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A building or portion of a building within which hazardous materials are allowed to be stored, dispensed, used, or handled in quantities not exceeding the maximum allowable quantities.

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Control area

49
Q

A type of fast response sprinkler capable of providing fire suppression of specific high challenge fire hazards.

A

Early suppression/fast response (ESFR)

50
Q

Hallways, corridors, passages or tunnels used as exit components and separated from other parts of the building in accordance with NFPA 101: Life Safety Code.

A

Exit passageway

51
Q

Easily disintegrated.

A

Friable

52
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Required in most codes, this statement lists the materials, hazards, and quantities of hazardous material products within a building.

A

Hazardous materials inventory statement (HMIS)

53
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Required in most codes, this plan explains how hazardous materials are to be stored and safely used within a building.

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Hazardous materials management plan (HMMP)

54
Q

A layer of air that is warmer than the air below.

A

Inversion layer

55
Q

The condition in which the atmospheric temperature is constantly decreasing as height increases.

A

Lapse

56
Q

A plan in which low height partitions create cubicles for personal space; essentially on large open room.

A

Open office plan

57
Q

A material that is applied to a substrate and is designed to protect it from thermal effects.

A

Passive fire protection

58
Q

In reference to atmospheric conditions, the layer of air warmer than the air below it.

A

Pause

59
Q

Found on a stage, it is the large ornamental opening and wall that separates the audience from the stage.

A

Proscenium arch and wall

60
Q

Gas that ignites in air without the introduction of an ignition source.

A

Pyrophoric gas

61
Q

A completely vertical stair with a width that is not more than 24 inches wide.

A

Ship’s ladder

62
Q

Heavy weights installed high up in a building that are adjusted by computers to counter wind induced oscillations.

A

Tuned mass dampers

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