Chapter 9 Community Relations and Company Level Fire Inspectors Flashcards
The inclusion of people of different races or cultures in a group or organization
Diversity
What is the difference between sex and gender?
Sex is a biological fact, Gender refers to males and females culturally and socially defined roles and responsibilities based on characteristics attributed to each group
What is the first skill company officers need when dealing with irate citizens
Effective listening
What are the two purposes for Fire and Life safety inspections?
Ensuring fire and life safety codes are adhered to within public facilities
Provide the owner/occupant with safety education materials and information
Under common law and most statutory law, the existence of an emergency constitutes implied permission to enter. What are the 2 exceptions?
Military emergency responders on a military base
Members of industrial fire brigades on company property
Conditions that allow emergency responders and law enforcement officer to enter a structure without a warrant
Exigent circumstances
For exigent circumstance to apply one of these 3 conditions must be present
People may be in imminent danger
Evidence may face imminent destruction
A suspect may escape
What are the two major organizations that develop model building codes?
NFPA
ICC international code council
Amount of fuel present, expressed quantitatively in terms of weight of fuel per unit area. This may be available fuel (consumable fuel) or total fuel and is usually dry weight
Fuel load
Construction classifications are based upon…
Materials used in construction and upon hourly fire-resistance ratings of structural components
NFPA and IBC use classifications that are consistent with?
National fire incident reporting system NFIRS
In both classification systems structures are composed of what elements?
Structural frame Load-bearing walls, interior and exterior Exterior nonbearing walls and partitions Interior nonbearing walls and partitions Floor assemblies Roof assemblies
What construction type is commonly referred to as ordinary construction?
Type 3
Escape or evacuation
Egress
Which NFPA classification has primary fuel load composed of the structures contents because of the limited combustibility of the construction materials
Type 1
What NFPA type has characteristics of contents compose the primary fuel load and roofs are often flat, built up types that may contain combustible felt and roofing tar.
Type 2
Which NFPA type has heavy timber construction?
Type 4
What NFPA type is also called Fire-resistive construction?
Type 1
What is the typical max height of NFPA type 5?
6 stories
What is the hour fire ratings of IBC type 1a structure frame, floors and roofs
3 hour structure, 2 hour floor, and 1.5 hour roof
What is the IBC type 1b hour fire rating of structure frame, floor, and roofs
2 hour structure, 2 hours floor, and 1 hour roof
In IBC classifications which type is referred to as the 1 hour building?
Type 2
Which subtype of IBC type 2 construction requires approved noncombustible materials that may have no assigned fire resistance ratings
Type 2b
Which IBC type construction can be made of any material the code permits but exterior walls must have a 2 hour rating
Type 3
The purpose of any fire and life safety inspection is to?
leave the occupancy safer than before the inspection and the occupants more knowledgeable about protecting themselves and their property from fires
What is the first step in preparing for the fire and life safety inspection?
Gather information
During an inspection of an occupancy with a post indicator valve in what position should it be found?
Open
What are the 6 general inspection categories of a fire and life safety inspection?
Means of egress Housekeeping Processes Storage Waste management Fire protection
What is the single most important life safety item to be inspected?
Means of egress
The means of egress consists of three parts
Access to the exit
The exit itself
The exit discharge
The inspector should look for what in egress?
Obstructions Markings Lighting Door swing Hardware Stairwells
What are the majority of model codes relating to buildings and fire safety based on?
Occupancy type or use of the building or structure
Classifications given to structures by the model building code used in that jurisdiction based on the intended use for the structure.
Occupancy classification
Describes the use to which owners or tenants put buildings or portions of buildings
Occupancy classification
These are regulated by the various building and fire codes
Occupancy classification
How does NFPA 5000 and NFPA 1 further classify each individual occupancy
Relative fire hazard of its contents
What are the three contents hazard classifications
Low hazard
Ordinary hazard
High hazard
Describe the low hazard classification of NFPA 1 and 5000
Contents of such low combustibility that a self propagating fire cannot occur
Define ordinary hazard classification of NFPA 1 and 5000
Contents that are likely to burn with moderate rapidity or give off a considerable volume of smoke
Define high hazard classification of NFPA 1 and 5000
Contents that are likely to burn with extreme rapidity or from which explosions are likely
NFPA 704 is designed to alert to what hazards
Health
Flammability
Instability
Related Hazards (specifically oxidizers and water reactive materials)
What should company personnel look for in water supplies?
signs of rust or corrosion around valves and fittings and pressure readings of any gauges
How are public fire alarm systems classified?
Type A or Type B
Define Type A public fire alarm system
Alarm operator must manually retransmit alarms received from street boxes
Define Type B public fire alarm system
Alarms are automatically received from street boxes and automatically retransmitted to all fire stations in the jurisdiction
Where are standpipe and hose systems required?
Single story buildings
Large area buildings
each floor of structures that are taller than four stories
Industrial facilities
Define Class 1 standpipe hose system
intended for firefighters with valve controlled 2 1/2 inch outlets and do not have permanently attached hoses or nozzels
Define class 2 standpipe hose systems
intended for building occupants trained in their use. equipped with 1 1/2 hose and nozzel on valve outlet. not a substitute for fire department hoses and nozzels
Define Class 3 standpipe hose system
Combines features of 1 and 2. Must have both 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 outlet and to be used simultaneously
What must total flooding CO2 systems have?
Pre-discharge alarm
What are Halon systems equipped with that most other systems are not?
Abort switch
How can portable extinguishers be classified by means to expel agent?
Stored-pressure
Cartridge operated
Pump operated
What are the standard mounting heights of extingquishers
under 40 pounds top of extinguisher is not more than 5 feet above floor
over 40 pounds top of extinguisher is not more than 3.5 feet above floor
