Fire Apparatus Access Roads

Question 1

The fire apparatus access road shall comply with the requirements of this section and shall extend to within ___ of all portions of the facility and all portions of the exterior walls of the first story of the building as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the building or facility.

Answer 1

150 feet

Question 2

Fire lane shall have a minimum clear roadway width of ____ when no parking is allowed on either side.

Answer 2

20 feet

Question 3

Those portions of a fire lane which must accommodate the operation of Fire Department aerial ladder apparatus shall have a minimum clear roadway width of ____ when no parking is allowed on either side.

Answer 3

28 feet

Question 4

Where parallel parking is allowed on either side of a fire lane, the roadway width shall be increase ____ for each parking lane.

Answer 4

8 feet

Question 5

Where access requires accommodation of FD apparatus, overhead clearance shall not be less than ___.

Answer 5

14 feet

Question 6

Fire apparatus access roads shall have an unobstructed width of not less than ___ exclusive of shoulders.

Answer 6

20 feet

Question 7

Fire apparatus access roads shall have unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than ___

Answer 7

13’ 6”

Question 8

Antenna wire shall be not less than ___ above a fire road or fire break.

Answer 8

16 feet