Fire Code 2017

Question 1

For low density residential, what is the distance between hydrants in roads and fire lanes?

Answer 1

600 feet

Question 2

For high density residential and neighborhood commercial, what is the distance between hydrants in roads and fire lanes?

Answer 2

300 to 450 feet

Question 3

For industrial and commercial and high density industrial and commercial, what is the distance between hydrants in roads and fire lanes?

Answer 3

300 feet

Question 4

Low density residential, low density residential and neighborhood commercial, and industrial and commercial will have what type of hydrants?

Answer 4

2 1/2” x 4” double fire hydrant

Question 5

For industrial and commercial and high density industrial and commercial, what type of hydrant will these areas have?

Answer 5

4” x 4” double fire hydrant

Question 6

For low density residential, what is the required gpm from 3 adjacent fire hydrants flowing simultaneously?

Answer 6

2000 gpm

Question 7

For high density residential and neighborhood commercial, what is required gpm for 4 adjacent fire hydrants flowing simultaneously?

Answer 7

4000 gpm

Question 8

For industrial and commercial, what is the required gpm for 4 to 6 fire hydrants flowing simultaneously?

Answer 8

6000 to 9000 gpm

Question 9

For high density industrial and commercial, what is the required gpm to any block?

Answer 9

12,000 gpm

Question 10

For high density industrial and commercial, where local conditions indicate consideration must be given to simultaneous fires, an additional how many gpm will be required on top of the 12,000 gpm requirement?

Answer 10

2000 to 8000 gpm

Question 11

Every first story dwelling unit, first story guest room and all first story portions of any commercial or industrial building must be within how many feet of an approved fire hydrant?

Answer 11

300 feet

Question 12

Built up type 2 1/2” outlet hydrants (6” pipe surmounted by an angle valve) shall be used in areas having a static pressure of what psi or more?

Answer 12

210 psi

Question 13

All fire hydrants shall be of 2 1/2” x 4” or 4” x 4” configuration and must conform to the minimum standard of who for wet barrel hydrants?

Answer 13

American water works association

Question 14

Streets with raised median center dividers, excessive traffic loads, or more than how many feet in dedicated width require the installation of hydrants on both sides of streets?

Answer 14

80 feet

Question 15

Response distances of fire companies that if exceeded require the installation of what system?

Answer 15

Fire sprinkler system

Question 16

For low density residential, high density residential and neighborhood commercial, if response time exceeds how many miles for an engine and truck company, installation of fire sprinklers is required?

Answer 16

1 1/2 miles of engine

2 miles for truck

Question 17

For industrial and commercials areas, if response time exceeds how many miles for an engine and truck company, installation of fire sprinklers is required?

Answer 17

1 mile for engine

1 1/2 miles for truck

Question 18

For high density industrial and commercial areas, if response time exceeds how many miles for an engine and truck company, installation of fire sprinklers is required?

Answer 18

3/4 mile for engine

1 mile for truck

Question 19

Address numbers shall be what type of numbers or letters?

Answer 19

Arabic numbers or alphabetical letters

Question 20

For address numbers, each character shall not be less than how many inches high with a minimum stroke width of how many inches?

Answer 20

4” high, 1/2” width

Question 21

For addresses, the height in inches of any number or letter therein shall be the sum of how far of the distance in feet of the number from boundary property line to the street?

Answer 21

1/10 distance (feet to inches for size numbers)

Question 22

Who has the authority to prescribe a street address number larger in size that the dimensions and placement stated in the fire code?

Answer 22

Fire Chief

Question 23

Address identification shall be legible and placed in a position visible from where front the property?

Answer 23

Street or road

Question 24

For street and road signs, what type of signs shall be installed at each street intersection when construction of a new roadway allows passage by vehicles?

Answer 24

Temporary signs

Question 25

The fire code official is authorized to require what to be installed in an approved location where access to or within a structure or an area is restricted because of secure openings or where immediate access is necessary for life save or firefighting purposes?

Answer 25

Key box

Question 26

The key box shall be an approved type listen in accordance with what UL number and shall contain keys to gain necessary access as required by the fire code official?

Answer 26

UL 1037

Question 27

Key boxes for non standardized fire service elevator keys shall comply with section 506.1, the front cover shall be permanently labeled with what words?

Answer 27

“Fire department use only - elevator keys”

Question 28

Where shall the key box for the elevators be mounted?

Answer 28

At each elevator bank at lobby near lowest level of fire department access

Question 29

The key box for elevators shall be mounted how high above the finished floor to the right side of the elevator bank?

Answer 29

5 feet 6 inches

Question 30

Contents of the key box are limited to what keys?

Answer 30

Fire service elevator keys

Question 31

Additional elevator access tools, keys, and information pertinent to emergency planning or elevator access shall be permitted where authorized by who?

Answer 31

Fire code official

Question 32

In buildings with 2 or more elevators banks, a single key box shall be permitted to be used where such elevator banks are separated by not more than how many feet?

Answer 32

30 feet

Question 33

Additional key boxed shall be provided for each individual elevator or elevator bank separated by more than how many feet?

Answer 33

30 feet

Question 34

The exception to key boxes located in the lobby area is a single key box located adjacent to what or the non standard fire service elevator key shall be permitted to be secured in a key box used for other purposes and located in accordance with an existing key box system in the jurisdiction approved by fire code officials?

Answer 34

Fire command center

Question 35

Who is responsible for maintaining fire lanes?

Answer 35

Any person owning or having control of any facility, structure, group of structures or premises

Question 36

Approved fire apparatus access roads shall be provided for every facility, building or portion of a building contrasted or moved into the jurisdiction and shall extend to within how many feet of the building?

Answer 36

150 feet

Question 37

The fire code official is authorized to require more than how many fire apparatus access roads based on potential for impairment of a single road?

Answer 37

More than 1

Question 38

Buildings structures more than 150 feet from the edge of the roadway of an approved street, an approved what shall be provided so that such portion is within 150 feet of the edge?

Answer 38

Fire lane

Question 39

When required access is provided by an improved street, fire lane or combination of both which results in a dead end in excess of how many feet, at least 1 additional ingress-egress roadway shall be provided?

Answer 39

700 feet

Question 40

Fire lanes shall have a minimum clear roadway width of how many feet when no parking is allowed on either side?

Answer 40

20 feet

Question 41

Portions of a fire lane which must accommodate operation of aerial ladder trucks shall have a minimum clear roadway width of how many feet when no parking is allowed on either side?

Answer 41

28 feet

Question 42

Portions of a fire lane of how many feet on either side of a private fire hydrant shall have a minimum clear roadway width of 28 feet?

Answer 42

30 feet

Question 43

No parking shall be permitted within portions of the roadway which are within how many feet of and on the same side of the roadway as a private fire hydrant?

Answer 43

30 feet

Question 44

Where parking is allowed on only 1 side of a required fire lane, parking shall be in on what side of the roadway as the hydrants?

Answer 44

Same side

Question 45

Where parallel parking is allowed on either side of a fire lane, the roadway shall be increased by how many feet for each parking lane?

Answer 45

8 feet

Question 46

Where access required accommodation of fire department apparatus, overhead clearance shall not be less than how many feet?

Answer 46

14 feet

Question 47

Fire lanes shall be paved to who’s standards for public alleys?

Answer 47

City engineers

Question 48

Fire apparatus access roads shall have an unobstructed width of not less than how many feet, exclusive of shoulders, except for approaches security gates?

Answer 48

20 feet

Question 49

Fire apparatus access roads shall have a vertical clearance of not less than how many feet?

Answer 49

13 feet 6 inches

Question 50

Dead end fire apparatus access roads in excess of how many feet shall be provided with an approved area for turning around fire apparatus?

Answer 50

150 feet

Question 51

For antennas wires on a fire road or fire break, they shall not be less than how many feet tall?

Answer 51

16 feet

Question 52

Per the California building code group 1-3 occupancies, occupancies having occupied floors located more than 75 feet above the lowest level of fire department access shall provide what for fire department operations?

Answer 52

Fire command center

Question 53

The locations and accessibility of the fire command center shall be approved by who?

Answer 53

Fire Chief

Question 54

The entrance to the fire command center shall be undergoes by a sign reading, “fire control room or fire command center” in letters not less than how many inches in height?

Answer 54

1” and 1 1/2”

Question 55

The fire control room shall be separated from the remainder of the building by not less than what hour rated fire barrier?

Answer 55

1 hour

Question 56

The fire control room shall not be less than how many square feet in area with a minimum dimension of 10 feet?

Answer 56

200 square feet

Question 57

Storage unrelated to operation of the fire control room shall be what?

Answer 57

Prohibited

Question 58

The fire control room shall comply with what NFPA standard?

Answer 58

NFPA 72

Question 59

Guy wires, rods, and aerial antenna masts may be attached to a roof structure having a slope of less than how many degrees provided there is a full clearance of 7 feet or more between the roof and said obstruction?

Answer 59

30 degrees

Question 60

Guy wire or rods required to support aerial or antenna masts may be attached to a roof structure a lateral distance from the mass not to exceed what height of the mast?

Answer 60

1/6

Question 61

Fire hydrant flow and spacing is based on what use?

Answer 61

Land use

Question 62

For sprinkler systems with less than 300 heads how many spare heads should be provided?

Answer 62

6

Question 63

For sprinkler systems with 301 to 1000 heads, how many spare heads should be provided?

Answer 63

12

Question 64

For sprinkler systems with over 1000 heads, how many spare heads should be provided?

Answer 64

24

Question 65

Obstructions on building roof, parapet walls and wall openings shall comply to specifications determined by who?

Answer 65

Fire Chief

Question 66

Passageways along roofs lines such as fences shall be every 50 feet with and opening of how many feet wide and have at least 7 feet of overhead clearance?

Answer 66

3 feet

Question 67

Who shall determine and approve the maximum occupant load permitted for any assembly occupancy?

Answer 67

Fire Chief

Question 68

Door handles, pulls, latched, and other operating devices on doors shall be installed at a minimum height of 34 inches and maximum height of how many inches?

Answer 68

48 inches

Question 69

Locks used only for security purposes and not used for normal operation are permitted at what height?

Answer 69

Any height

Question 70

Exits signs shall have plainly legible letters not less than how many inches high with the principal strokes of the letters not less than how many inches wide, and the words “EXIT” shall have letters having a width not less than how many inches wide?

Answer 70

6 inches high, 3/4 inches wide (stroke), 2 inches wide (letter width, except letter “I”)

Question 71

The space between each letter on the “EXIT” sign shall not be less than how many inches?

Answer 71

3/8 inch

Question 72

The face of an exit sign illuminated from an external source shall have an intensity of not less than how many foot candles?

Answer 72

5 foot candles (54 lux)

Question 73

Exit signs must have a back up battery source of not less than how many minutes?

Answer 73

90 minutes

Question 74

What shall be revised at every exit door, intersection corridors, exit stairways or ramps and at such locations to provide occupants of knowledge of at least 2 means of egress?

Answer 74

Exit signs

Question 75

Stairway identification signs shall be a minimum of what dimension?

Answer 75

18 x 12 inches

Question 76

Letters designating stair enclosures (ex: STAIR 1) shall be placed at the top of the sign and shall be a minimum of how many inches in height block lettering with what size stroke?

Answer 76

1 1/2 inches in height, 1/4 inch strokes

Question 77

For stairway identification, the number designating the floor level shall be a minimum of how many inches in height with what size stroke?

Answer 77

5 inches in height, 3/4 inch stroke

Question 78

Other lettering and numbers besides stairwell identification and floor level shall be what size in height minimum and what stroke?

Answer 78

1 inch in height, 1/4 inch stroke

Question 79

Stairway identification signs shall be located how many feet above the landing that is readily visible when doors are in the open or closed position?

Answer 79

5 feet

Question 80

Openable windows that lead to a fire escape shall have a minimum dimension opening of how many inches?

Answer 80

29 inches

Question 81

The window sill leading to a fire escape shall not be more than how many inches above the floor and landing?

Answer 81

30 inches

Question 82

Fire escape stairways and balconies shall support dead load plus a live load of not less than how many per square foot?

Answer 82

100 pounds

Question 83

Fire escape stairways and balconies shall be examined for structural adequacy and safety by registers design professional or others acceptable to the fire code official every how many years?

Answer 83

5 years

Question 84

For fire escapes, the lowest balcony shall not be more than how many feet from the ground?

Answer 84

18 feet

Question 85

When an existing fire escape is accepted as 1 of the required means of egress, opening into the fire escape landing and openings within how many feet horizontally of the landing shall be protected in a manner acceptable to the fire Chief?

Answer 85

5 feet

Question 86

Enclosed locking stairwell doors will be unlocked every how many floors?

Answer 86

5th floor

Question 87

The release mechanism of retractable exit ladder devices on fire escapes shall operate with an average applied force of not more than how many pounds for hand operated releasing mechanisms?

Answer 87

5 pounds

Question 88

An average applied force of not more than how many pounds is required for a foot pedal types of releasing mechanisms for retractable ladders on fire escapes?

Answer 88

25 pounds

Question 89

Smoking or open flames shall be prohibited within how many feet of fueling operations?

Answer 89

50 feet

Question 90

When installed, fire hydrant clearance shall be a minimum of how many feet of circumference around it?

Answer 90

3 feet

Question 91

Structure are required to be within 150 of roadway with the exception of the structure is fully what?

Answer 91

Sprinklered

Question 92

Fences are always a minimum of how many feet in height with #9 wire mesh or 2” diamond mesh?

Answer 92

6 feet

Question 93

Oil wells require a fence of what height?

Answer 93

5 feet

Question 94

All evacuation signs and manual pull stations shall be how many feet from the floor?

Answer 94

4 feet

Question 95

Fuel dispensing lines shall be a minimum of how many feet in length?

Answer 95

18 feet (14 feet per volume 6)

Question 96

All gate access, roadways, and fire lanes shall be a minimum of how many feet?

Answer 96

20 feet

Question 97

All inlets and outlets on standpipes, utilities (gas and electric), and electrical charging stations shall have a minimum circumference clearance of how many feet?

Answer 97

3 feet

Question 98

All sprinklers and sprinkler shut offs shall have a clearance of how many inches?

Answer 98

18 inches

Question 99

All main entrances 30 feet or more from ground level or entrances above 3 stories required how many feet in width of roadway access for aerial ladders?

Answer 99

28 feet

Question 100

No parking is allowed within how many feet of a city fire hydrant and fire station?

Answer 100

15 feet

Question 101

Supplemental fire protection systems are based on what 4 things?

Answer 101

Response time, building construction type, apparatus available, and required fire flows

Question 102

High rise standpipe inlets shall be a maximum of how many feet from a hydrant?

Answer 102

100 feet

Question 103

Fire protection water supply (hydrants) shall be a minimum of what psi?

Answer 103

20 psi

Question 104

No smoking or open flame can be within how many feet of fuel storage tank?

Answer 104

25 feet