Chapter 4 Flashcards
The insurance industry took the lead and prepared the National Building Code in ___.
1906
The National Fire Protections Association (NFPA), organized in ___.
1896
Three organizations came together in ___ to create a single set of codes - the International Code Council’s (ICC) International Building Code, the International Fire Code, and several other model codes.
1994
The NFPA and ICC update fire codes and building codes every ___ years.
3
___, Standard Test Method for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, which is used for testing and assigning hourly ratings to fire walls, columns, and floors.
ASTM E-119
___, Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, which tests the flame spread characteristics of interior finishes.
ASTM E-84
It has been said that ___ % of building codes deals with fire safety.
75%
NFPA 5000 uses the same general numerical designations for types of constructions. However, it uses an additional ___ digit numbering scheme to designate the subcategories of each type of construction related to the hourly rating of the structure.
three digit
In addition to the five types of building construction, building codes classify structures by their ___.
Occupancy types
There are three components of means of egress:
1.
2.
3.
The exit access
The exit
The exit discharge
The ___ is the actual path from any point in a building to a fire rate stairwell or outdoors.
Exit access
The ___ is the rated stairwell or exit passageway and the opening to the outside.
Exit
The ___ is simply from the outside door to a public way.
Exit discharge
Egress… rated stairwells, 1 hour for stairs up to ___ stories, and 2 hours for ___ or more stories.
up to 3 stories… 4 stories or more
An important provision of building and fire codes are limitations on travel distance, that is, how far an occupant must travel to get to a fire rated stairwell or exit. Generally, a maximum of ___ feet in a building without and automatic fire sprinkler.
200 feet
A ___ , a 2 hour fire rated wall typically running from exterior wall to exterior wall on an individual floor of a building.
Horizontal exit
Exterior emergency escape and rescue windows are required for all sleeping rooms in residential occupancies, and group “R” occupancies below the ___ floor for you to rescue trapped occupants.
Fourth floor
Exterior emergency escape and rescue windows must be a minimum of ___ in area, and a minimum of ___ in width and ___ in height.
5.7 square feet… 20” in width… 24” in height
The use of fixed ___ is prohibited by all model codes.
Fixed burglar bars
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, for new elevators is ___.
(ASME) A17.1
Safety Code for Elevator and Escalators, for old existing elevators is ___.
(ASME) A17.3
Two provisions for elevators in high-rise brought about by the World Trade Center disaster.
Occupant evacuation elevators and fire service access elevators.
Occupant evacuation elevators are intended for the self evacuation fo occupants in building more than ___ feet in height.
420 feet
Fire service access elevators are found in new building more than ___ feet in height.
120 feet
