NFPA 101 Flashcards
According to NFPA 101, any area in a storage occupancy used for operations requiring an occupant load greater than normal is classified as what type of occupancy?
Industrial - 42.1.2.3 - Storage occupancies or areas of storage occupancies that are used for the purpose of packaging, labeling, sorting, special handling, or other operations requiring an occupant load greater than the normally contemplated for storage shall be classified as industrial occupancies.
According to NFPA101, occupancies permitting selective locking of stair doors must allow re-entry at specified floor levels?
True - 7.2.1.5.8 - Every door assembly in a stair enclosure serving more than four stories, unless permitted by 7.2.1.5.8.2, shall meet one of the following conditions: (1) Re-entry from the stair enclosure to the interior of the building shall be provided. (2) An automatic release that is actuated with the initiation of the building fire alarm system shall be provided to unlock all stair enclosure door assemblies to allow re-entry.
In NFPA 101, requirements for door openings in a means of egress are found in which chapter?
Chapter 7
According to NFPA101, decorative trim may be used on the inactive leaf on a pair of exit doors with automatic flush bolts.
False - 7.2.1.5.11 - where pairs of door leaves are required in a means of egress, one of the following criteria shall be met: (1) Each leaf of the pair shall be provided with a releasing device that does not depend on the release of one leaf before the other. (2) Approved automatic flush bolts shall be used and arranged such that both of the following criteria are met: (a) The door leaf equipped with the automatic flush bolts shall have no door knob or surface mounted hardware. (b) Unlatching of any leaf shall not require more than one operation.
According to NFPA101, the general requirements for fire doors in smoke barriers are found in which chapter?
Chapter 8 - 8.5 Smoke Barriers - 8.5.1 - 8.5.7
According to NFPA 101, a pair of 2’ 8” exit doors may be divided in the center by a mullion.
False - 7.2.1.2.3 Minimum Door Leaf Width - 7.2.1.2.3.2.(1) - Door openings in means of egress shall be not less than 32 in. (810 mm) in clear width, except under any of the following conditions: Where a pair of door leaves is provided, one door leaf shall provide not less than a 32 in. (810 mm) clear width opening.
According to NFPA 101, in an office building, a conference room with an occupant load of 40 is classified as what type of occupancy?
Business - 6.1.11 Business - For requirements, see Chapters 38 and 39. 6.1.11.1 - Definition - Business Occupancy - An occupancy used for the transaction of business other than mercantile.
- 1.7 Occupant Load The occupant load, in number of persons for whom means of egress and other provisions are required, shall be determined on the basis of the occupant load factors of Table 7.3.1.2 that are characteristic of the use of the space, or shall be determined as the maximum probable population of the space under consideration, whichever is greater.
- 1.2.1 Definition - Assembly Occupancy - An occupancy (1) used for gathering of 50 or more persons for deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement, awaiting transportation, or similar uses; or (2) used as a special amusement building, regardless of occupant load.
According to NFPA 101, a pair of egress doors, serving a hotel ballroom, which has 68 inches of clear opening width, will have an egress capacity of how many occupants?
340 - 7.3.3 Egress Capacity - Egress capacity for approved components of means of egress shall be based on the capacity factors shown in Table 7.3.3.1, unless otherwise provided in 7.3.3.2
Capacity Factor by Area and Egress Component
Area Type; All others
Level components and ramps; . 2 in / person
68 in / egress capacity = 0.2 in / person
68 in = 0.2 in * egress capacity
Egress capacity = (68 in / 0.2 in ) persons
Egress capacity = 340 persons
According to NFPA 101, latching hardware is not required on smoke barrier doors in health care facilities.
True -
- 18.3 Protection
- 18.3.7 Subdivision of Building Spaces
- 18.3.7.8 - Doors in smoke barriers shall comply with 8.5.4 and all of the following:
(1) The doors shall be self- closing or automatic- closing in accordance with 18.2.2.2.7.
(2) Latching hardware shall not be required.
(3) Stops shall be required at the head and sides of door frames.
(4) Rabbets, bevels, or astragals shall be required at the meeting edges of pairs of doors.
(5) Center mullions shall be prohibited.
According to NFPA101, cross-corridor smoke barrier doors in New Health Care occupancies must swing in opposite directions (I.e. double egress)
True - 18.3.7.6 - Doors in smoke barriers shall be substantial doors, such as 1 3/4” in. (44 mm) thick, solid-bonded wood-core doors, or shall be of construction that resists fire for a minimum of 20 minutes, and shall meet the following requirements:
(2) Cross-corridor openings in smoke barriers shall be protected by a pair of swinging doors or a horizontal sliding door complying with 7.2.1.14, unless otherwise permitted by 18.3.7.7. (3) The swinging doors addressed by 18.3.7.6.(2) shall be arranged so that each other door swings in a direction opposite from the other.
According to NFPA101, in new construction, the basic required minimum width of a door in a means of egress is (in inches):
32 - 7.2.1.2.3.2 - Door openings in a means of egress shall be not less than 32 in. (810 mm) in clear width, except under any of the following conditions:
According to NFPA101, 101 Life Safety Code required the following when using panic hardware:
The actuating portion must extend at least half the width of the door - 7.2.1.7 - Panic Hardware and Fire Exit Hardware- 7.2.1.7.1 Where a door assembly is required to be equipped with panic or fire exit hardware, such hardware shall meet all the following criteria:
According to NFPA101, the requirement for panic hardware for Assembly and Educational occupancies is generally based on a occupant load of
100
- 12.2.2.2.4 Locking devices complying with 7.2.1.5.5 shall be permitted to be used on a single door or a single pair of doors if both of the following conditions apply: (2) Any latching devices on such a door(s) from an assembly occupancy having an occupant load of 100 or more are released by panic hardware or fire exit hardware.
- 14.2.2.2.2 Any door in a required means of egress from an area having an occupant load of 100 or more persons shall be permitted to be a provided with a latch or lack only if the latch or lock is panic hardware or fire exit hardware complying with 7.2.1.7
According to NFPA101, smoke barrier doors in new Educational occupancies must have latching hardware.
False - 14.3.7.1 and 14.3.7.2 - Subdivision of Building Spaces - 14.3.7.1 Educational occupancies shall be subdivided into compartments by smoke partitions having not less than a 1-hour fire resistance rating and complying with Section 8.4 where one or both of the following conditions exits:
(1) The maximum floor area, including the aggregate area of all floors having a common atmosphere, exceeds 30,000 square feet or 2800 square meters
(2) The length or width of the building exceeds 300 square feet (91 m)
14. 3.7.2 The requirement of 14.3.7.1 shall not apply to either of the following:
(1) Where all spaces normally subject to student occupancy have not let than one door opening directly to the outside or to an exterior or exit access balcony or corridor in accordance with 7.5.3
(2) Buildings protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Section 9.7.
According to NFPA101, a building is considered occupied when it has an occupant load of more than ten persons
True - 7.2.1.1.3 Occupied Building - 7.2.1.1.3.1 Foe the purposes of Section 7.2, a building shall be considered to be occupied at any time it meets any of the following criteria: (1) It is open for general occupancy. (2) It is open to the public. (3) It is occupied by more than 10 persons.
