Fire Code Flashcards
What is the required fire resistance rating for doors in an interior space according to the Fire Code?
1 hour (to be verified)
A normally open device installed inside air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.
Damper
The time duration that a material or construction can withstand the effect of a standard fire test.
Fire Resistance Rating
Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard
Abatement (note: different from abutment)
A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.
Fire Trap
Minimum required width of a stairway in a high-rise building
1200mm
The duly designated head of the City or Municipal Fire Station including those designated as “Officer-in Charge” or in an “Acting” capacity. This shall also apply to highly urbanized Cities and Stations whereby its approved organization the head is the District Fire Marshal or Station Commander as the case maybe.
City/Municipal Fire Marshal
The degree to which a substance is able to damage an exposed organism.
Toxicity
Liquid waste generated by human activities that use water and/or those water that come from residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, industrial, agricultural and other facilities, similar occupancies and related activities.
Waste Water
Liquid waste generated by treatment plants, housekeeping, operation and maintenance, and laboratory activities, including but not limited to washing, flushing, and cleaning activities.
Used Water
Refers to the design and installation of walls, barriers, doors, windows, vents, means of egress and other elements integral to and incorporated into a building or structure.
Fire Safety Constructions
A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.
Fire Door
Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.
Combustible, flammable or inflammable
Any piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
Jumper
It is a form that contains data and information regarding the properties of a particular substance.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
The maximum number of persons that may be allowed to occupy a particular building, structure, or facility, or portions thereof.
Occupant Load
Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with fire fighting operations and the safeguarding of life and property.
Fire Hazard
A practice drill for the orderly and safe evacuation of occupants in the buildings.
Fire Exit Drill
Passageway from one building to another or through or around a wall in approximately the same floor level.
Horizontal Exit
Any building or structure where fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any purpose.
Public Assembly Building
Automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the spread of fire.
Self-closing Doors
An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or combustion products from a fire.
Sprinkler System
Min. fire resistance rating of a firewall, with sufficient structural stability to remain standing even if construction on either side collapses under fire conditions.
4 hrs.
A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.
Vestibule
Any device intended for the protection of bldgs. or persons to include but not limited to sprinklers, heat detectors, or smoke alarms.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device
The use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical systems.
Overloading
A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, include a system by which water is made available to the outlets as needed.
Standpipe system
The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
Fire
Maximum height between landings
3.66m (or 144in.)
Any compound or mixture which when applied properly improves the resistivity or fire resistance quality of fabrics and other materials.
Flame Retardant
The characteristic of a material on how easily it will burn or ignite, causing fire or combustion.
Flammability
The time in which flame will spread over the surface of a burning material.
Flame Spread Rating
Fire Code: riser height min. __ & max. __
100mm and 180mm
Fire Code: min. tread depth
280mm
The portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept opened and unobstructed at all times for the expedient conduct of firefighting operations.
Fire Lane
Maximum allowable travel distance to reach a fire exit from any point in an interior space.
45 meters
Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such as cotton, wastepaper, kapok, etc.
Combustible Fiber
A vertical panel of non-combustible materials attached to and extending below the bottom chord of roof trusses. To divide the underside of the roof into separate compartments so that heat and smoke will be directed upwards to a roof vent.
Curtain Board
Continuous passageway for the transmission of air.
Duct System
Signal produced by a device or system to warn the occupants of the building or fire fighting elements of the presence of fire to enable them to undertake immediate action to save life and property and to suppress fire.
Fire Alarm
Minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture in air.
Flash Point
A box where fire hoses, valves and other equipment are stored and arranged for firefighting.
Hose Box
