General NFPA 101

Question 1

what do the roman numerals and the numbers in parenthesis mean?

Answer 1

The Roman number denotes the type of building construction. The numbers in parenthesis show the hourly fire resistance rating for building components.

the first digit shows the hourly resistance rating for exterior bearing walls
the 2nd digit shows the hourly fire resistance rating for columns, beams, girders, trusses & arches, supporting bearing walls, columns or loads from more than one floor
the 3rd digit shows the hourly fire resistance rating for floor construction

Question 2

what is in chapter 1?

Answer 2

Administration

1. 1 scope
2. 2 purpose
3. 3 application
4. 4 equivalency
5. 5 units and formulas
6. 6 enforcement

Question 3

what is in chapter 2?

Answer 3

reference publications

2. 1 general
3. 2 NFPA publications
4. 3 other publications
5. 4 references for extracts in mandatory sections

Question 4

what is in chapter 3?

Answer 4

Definitions
3.1 general
3.2 NFPA official definitions
3.3 general definitions
when a word is not defined, use Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

Question 5

What is in chapter 4?

Answer 5

General Code Provisions

4. 1 goals - assumes a single fire source and goal is to protect occupants
5. 2 objectives
6. 3 assumptions
7. 4 life safety compliance options
8. 5 fundamental concepts
9. 6 general concepts: 4.6.12 has maintenance and testing requirements
10. 7 fire drills
11. 8 emergency plan

Question 6

What is in chapter 5?

Answer 6

Performance-Based Option

5. 1 general requirements
6. 2 performance criteria
7. 3 retained prescriptive requirements
8. 4 design specifications and other conditions
9. 5 design fire scenarios
10. 6 evaluation of proposed design
11. 7 safety factors
12. 8 documentation requirements

Question 7

what is in chapter 6?

Answer 7

Classification of occupancy and hazard of contents

6. 1 classification of occupancy
7. 2 hazard of contents

Question 8

What is in chapter 7?

Answer 8

Means of Egress

7. 1 general
8. 2 means of egress components
9. 3 capacity of means of egress
10. 4 number of means of egress
11. 5 arrangement of means of egress
12. 6 measurements of travel distance to exits
13. 7 discharge from exits
14. 8 illumination of means of egress
15. 9 emergency lighting
16. 10 marking of means of egress
17. 11 special provisions for occupancies with high-hazard contents
18. 12 mechanical rooms, boiler and furnace rooms
19. 13 normally unoccupied building service equipment support areas
20. 14 elevators for occupant controlled evacs prior to phase 1 emergency recall operations

Question 9

what is in chapter 8?

Answer 9

Features of Fire Protections

8. 1 general
9. 2 construction and compartmentation
10. 3 fire barriers
11. 4 smoke partitions
12. 5 smoke barriers
13. 6 vertical openings
14. 7 special hazard protection

Question 10

What is in chapter 9?

Answer 10

Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment

9. 1 utilities
10. 2 heating, ventilating, and air-conditions
11. 3 smoke controls
12. 4 elevators, escalators, and conveyors
13. 5 rubbish chutes, incinerators, and laundry chutes
14. 6 fire detection, alarm and communication systems
15. 7 automatic sprinklers and other extinguishing equipment
16. 8 carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment
17. 9 special instructions and tests

Question 11

what is in chapter 10?

Answer 11

Interior Finish, Contents and Furnishings

10. 1 general
11. 2 interior finish
12. 3 contents and furnishings

Question 12

what is in chapter 11?

Answer 12

Special Structures

Question 13

what is chapter 43?

Answer 13

Rehabilitation

43. 1 general
44. 2 special definitions
45. 3 repairs
46. 4 renovations
47. 5 modifications
48. 6 reconstruction
49. 7 change of use or occupancy classification
50. 8 additions
51. 9 reserved
52. 10 historic buildings

Question 14

what does “shall be” or “shall have” mean

Answer 14

it is a mandatory requirement

Question 15

what does “where permitted by” mean?

Answer 15

optional provisions

Question 16

what are the Assembly chapters?

Answer 16

12 and 13

Question 17

what are the day care chapters?

Answer 17

16 and 17

Question 18

what are the Ambulatory Healthcare chapters?

Answer 18

20 and 21

20: new
21: existing

Question 19

what are the health care chapters?

Answer 19

18: new
19: existing

Question 20

What is the xx.1 section?

Answer 20

general

Question 21

what is the xx.2 section?

Answer 21

means of egress

Question 22

what is the xx.3 section?

Answer 22

protection

Question 23

what is the xx.4 sections

Answer 23

special features

Question 24

what is the xx.5 section?

Answer 24

building services

Question 25

what is the xx.6 section?

Answer 25

special provisions

Question 26

what is the xx.7 section?

Answer 26

operating features

Question 27

what is in Annex A?

Answer 27

not requirements, used to determine code requirements for a building or structure, explanatory material

Question 28

What is in Annex B?

Answer 28

guidance of supplemental evacuation equipment, not mandatory

Question 29

what is in Annex C?

Answer 29

Informational References

Question 30

what is the scope of the Life Safety Code?

Answer 30

minimize danger to life from the effects of fire, including smoke, heat,and toxic gases created during a fire

Question 31

what is an Equivalency?

Answer 31

An alternative means of providing an equal or greater degree of safety than that afforded by strict conformance to prescribed codes and standards

Question 32

changes to existing conditions must comply with?

Answer 32

chapter 43

Question 33

existing conditions that exceed new requirements cannot be reduced to below the requirements for new occupancies
True or False?

Answer 33

True

Question 34

what is a mixed occupancy definition?

Answer 34

the exit access from one occupancy traverses another occupancy. the more stringent code applies unless separate safeguards approved by the AHJ exist.