L3_FIRE PROTECTION

Question 1

This Act shall be know as the “Fire Code of the Philippines 2008”

Answer 1

RA 9514

Question 2

Applies to Floors located more than 12 meters above grade served by multi-floor air conditioning system)

Answer 2

COMPARTMENTATION

Question 3

a place in a building designed to hold
occupants during a fire or other
emergency when evacuation may not
be safe or possible. Occupants can
wait there until rescued or relieved by
firefighters

Answer 3

AREA OF REFUGE

Question 4

(Applies to buildings served by multi-floor air conditioning system)

Answer 4

Smoke and Heat Control

Question 5

For show rooms exceeding ____ located more than ____ above grade shall be sprinklered. Use of domestic water permitted

Answer 5

750 sq. m.
12m.

Question 6

A very large ______ may settle in a suburb or in a small community where the local
company cannot entirely cope. In such cases a reserve underground storage of several hundred
thousand of gallons or an adjacent artificial lake would not be unusual.

Answer 6

industrial plant

Question 7

highly essential in tall buildings

Answer 7

Standpipes and hoses

Question 8

When· the system is used by the Fire department its pumps are attached to the ________ to deliver water from street hydrants or the building’s ‘secondary source’.

Answer 8

Street siamese

Question 9

fire protection engineering is a
pipe fitting that allows two or more fire hoses to be connected to a single standpipe riser at the same general location.

Answer 9

Siamese Connection

Question 10

provides the user to fight fire
instantly within a very short period of time

Answer 10

Fire Hose Rack

Question 11

operating automatically to deliver water to higher stories
from lower suction reserve tanks may be used.

Answer 11

Upfeed fire pump

Question 12

deliver water by the power of the air that is compressed
in the upper portion of the tank

Answer 12

Pneumatic tank

Question 13

consist of a horizontal pattern of pipes placed near
the ceilings of industrial buildings, warehouses stores, theatres, and other structures where the Fire hazard requires their use

Answer 13

Automatic Sprinkler System

Question 14

These pipes are provided with outlets and sprinkler heads so constructed that temperatures of ________ will cause them to open automatically and emit a series of fine water sprays

Answer 14

135-to 160°F (55° to 70°C) Celsius

Question 15

In this system the sprinkler piping is constantly filled with water. When the temperature at the ceiling gets hot enough the glass bulb or fusible link in a sprinkler will break. S

Answer 15

Wet pipe sprinkler system