DEFINITIONS

Question 1

Combustible

Answer 1

Material that will ignite and burn (flame or glow); undergoes process in air at pressures and temperatures that occur during fire

Question 2

Fire Assembly

Answer 2

Assembly of fire door, fire window, or fire damper (includes required anchorage, frames, sills, and hardware)

Question 3

Fire Barrier

Answer 3

Fire-resistance-rated vertical or horizontal assembly of materials designed to restrict the spread of fire where openings are protected

Question 4

Fire Partition

Answer 4

Fire-resistive component to separate dwelling units in R-2 construction, guest rooms in R-1, & tenant spaces in covered mall buildings; used as corridor walls. Required to have minimum of 1 hr fire protection rated construction, except in certain circumstances. Similar to fire barriers, but not as strict.

Question 5

Fire-Protection Rating

Answer 5

Period of time an opening assembly (door or window) can confine a fire or maintain its integrity, when tested with NFPA 252, ANSI/UL 10B, or ANSI/ UL 10C for doors, and NFPA 257 for windows. Assembly that requires a fire protection rating must withstand fire exposure and thermal shock as would an assembly that required a fire-resistance rating, but it need not withstand heat transmission as walls, columns, and floors do.

Question 6

Fire-Rated Glazing

Answer 6

Glazing with either a fire-protection rating or a fire-resistance rating

Question 7

Fire Rating

Answer 7

See fire-protection rating

Question 8

Fire Resistance

Answer 8

property of a material or assembly to withstand or resist the spread of fire or give protection from it

Question 9

Fire-resistance Rating

Answer 9

Period of time a building component (wall, floor, roof, beam, or column) can confine a fire or maintain its structural integrity (or both) when tested with ASRM E119, Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials. Different from Fire Rating

Question 10

Fire-Resistive Construction

Answer 10

Same as fire resistance

Question 11

Fire Retardant

Answer 11

Modifier with defined compound terms such as flame-retardant treatment

Question 12

Flame Retardant

Answer 12

Ability to withstand flame impingement or give protection from it. Applies to individual materials as well as combinations of components when tested to NFPA 701, Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Propagation of Textures and Films

Question 13

Flame Spread

Answer 13

Propagation of flame over a surface

Question 14

Flame-Spread Index

Answer 14

Numerical Value assigned to a material tested in accordance with ASTM E84 Standard Test Methods for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials

Question 15

Flammble

Answer 15

Capable of burning with a flame and subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion

Question 16

Noncombustible

Answer 16

material that will not ignite and burn with subjected to a fire. Only if tested with ASTM E136, Standard Test Method for Behavior of Materials in a Vertical Tube Furnace at 750 degrees C, or if it has a structural base of noncombustible material with a surfacing not more than 1/8” thick that has a flame-spread index no greater than 50

Question 17

Trim

Answer 17

Picture molds, chair rails, baseboards, handrails, door and window frames, and similar decorative or protective materials used in fixed applications