General NFPA 101 Flashcards
what do the roman numerals and the numbers in parenthesis mean?
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
what is in chapter 1?
Administration
- 1 scope
- 2 purpose
- 3 application
- 4 equivalency
- 5 units and formulas
- 6 enforcement
what is in chapter 2?
reference publications
- 1 general
- 2 NFPA publications
- 3 other publications
- 4 references for extracts in mandatory sections
what is in chapter 3?
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
What is in chapter 4?
General Code Provisions
- 1 goals - assumes a single fire source and goal is to protect occupants
- 2 objectives
- 3 assumptions
- 4 life safety compliance options
- 5 fundamental concepts
- 6 general concepts: 4.6.12 has maintenance and testing requirements
- 7 fire drills
- 8 emergency plan
What is in chapter 5?
Performance-Based Option
- 1 general requirements
- 2 performance criteria
- 3 retained prescriptive requirements
- 4 design specifications and other conditions
- 5 design fire scenarios
- 6 evaluation of proposed design
- 7 safety factors
- 8 documentation requirements
what is in chapter 6?
Classification of occupancy and hazard of contents
- 1 classification of occupancy
- 2 hazard of contents
What is in chapter 7?
Means of Egress
- 1 general
- 2 means of egress components
- 3 capacity of means of egress
- 4 number of means of egress
- 5 arrangement of means of egress
- 6 measurements of travel distance to exits
- 7 discharge from exits
- 8 illumination of means of egress
- 9 emergency lighting
- 10 marking of means of egress
- 11 special provisions for occupancies with high-hazard contents
- 12 mechanical rooms, boiler and furnace rooms
- 13 normally unoccupied building service equipment support areas
- 14 elevators for occupant controlled evacs prior to phase 1 emergency recall operations
what is in chapter 8?
Features of Fire Protections
- 1 general
- 2 construction and compartmentation
- 3 fire barriers
- 4 smoke partitions
- 5 smoke barriers
- 6 vertical openings
- 7 special hazard protection
What is in chapter 9?
Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment
- 1 utilities
- 2 heating, ventilating, and air-conditions
- 3 smoke controls
- 4 elevators, escalators, and conveyors
- 5 rubbish chutes, incinerators, and laundry chutes
- 6 fire detection, alarm and communication systems
- 7 automatic sprinklers and other extinguishing equipment
- 8 carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment
- 9 special instructions and tests
what is in chapter 10?
Interior Finish, Contents and Furnishings
- 1 general
- 2 interior finish
- 3 contents and furnishings
what is in chapter 11?
Special Structures
what is chapter 43?
Rehabilitation
- 1 general
- 2 special definitions
- 3 repairs
- 4 renovations
- 5 modifications
- 6 reconstruction
- 7 change of use or occupancy classification
- 8 additions
- 9 reserved
- 10 historic buildings
what does “shall be” or “shall have” mean
it is a mandatory requirement
what does “where permitted by” mean?
optional provisions