Volume 6 Flashcards
How often shall each Station Commander perform a drive-thru inspection of their inspection district?
Once each calendar quarter (3 months)
DRIVE-THROUGH INSPECTION:
A report of the hazardous conditions noted and corrective action taken shall be forwarded to the Battalion Commander having responsibility for the district inspected, within ____ days of the date of each inspection.
ten (10) days
DRIVE-THROUGH INSPECTION:
The purpose of the inspection is to?
Locate, identify and evaluate hazardous conditions, and to initiate CORRECTIVE ACTION
The inspection also identifies new multi-unit (16 units or more) occupancies that are still in the framing stages of construction.
Station commanders shall plan to complete a minimum of ______ of their total inspection work load during each calendar month.
one-tenth (1/10)
Stations commanders shall indicate scheduled reinspection dates on their monthly F-957 station activity schedule.
Fire station personnel will make new construction inspections of the following residential occupancies which are NOT required to have a fire alarm system:
A. Apartment houses two stories or less in height or containing ____ dwelling units or less.
B. Hotels two stories or less in height or containing ____ guest rooms or less.
A: 15 units
B: 19 rooms
Occupancies normally inspected by fire station personnel:
Group A Occupancies with an occupant load of less than ____ persons.
EXCEPTION: Any church with an occupant load of less than 750 and which is not on the same property as a _______ will be inspected by fire station
100
SCHOOL or DAY CARE occupancy
Occupancies normally inspected by fire station personnel:
Group B Occupancies with less than ______ stories in height and less than ______ square feet total of all floors.
4 stories
40,000 sq ft
(Group B Occupancy: A building or structure, or a portion thereof, for office, professional or service-type transactions, including storage of records and accounts; eating and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50.)
Occupancies normally inspected by fire station personnel:
Group H Division ____ Occupancies (Repair garages).
Div 4
Occupancies normally inspected by fire station personnel:
- Group R, Division 1 Occupancies less than ____ stories in height.
- Group R, Division ___ Occupancies.
- Group R, Occupancies housing ___ or fewer ambulatory or non-ambulatory persons, on the premises, not including employees or relatives. (Residential care facilities)
- 6 stories
- Div 3
- 6 or fewer
Group R-Div 1: Hotels and apartment houses, congregate residences (each accommodating more than 10 persons).
Group R-Div 3: Dwellings, lodging houses, congregate residences (each accommodating 10 or fewer persons)
Using Table 33-A of the Fire Code, the inspection cycle for GENERAL OCCUPANCIES will be either an annual or a three-year inspection cycle based on?
the number of exits required.
Occupancies which require only one exit shall be inspected once every ____ years by station Personnel.
3 years
Occupancies with more than one required exit or containing over the allowable limits of hazardous materials (see Div. 8 of the Fire Code) shall be inspected ____ each year by station Personnel.
Once
Enclosed corridor apartments/condos with 16 or more units or 3-5 stories in height shall be inspected how often by station personnel?
twice each year (one daytime and one nighttime inspection – six months apart).
enclosed corridor hotels with 20 or more guest rooms or 3-5 stories in height shall be inspected how often by station personnel?
twice each year (one daytime and one nighttime inspection – six months apart).
Company ASSEMBLAGE OCCUPANCIES (normally 99 occupants or less) shall be inspected how often by station personnel?
twice each year (one daytime and one nighttime inspection – six months apart).
Non-enclosed corridor apartments/ condos (garden type) occupancies with 16 or more units or 3-5 stories in height shall be inspected how often by station Personnel?
inspected once a year
Non-enclosed corridor hotels with 20 or more guest rooms or 3-5 stories in height shall be inspected how often by station Personnel?
inspected once a year
Multi-unit dwellings/residential occupancies 5-15 units in size shall be inspected how often by station personnel?
inspection once every three years.
Hotels with 6-19 guest rooms which are less than 3 stories in height shall be inspected how often by station Personnel?
inspection once every three years.
Dwelling occupancies (4 units or less) are inspected when?
-By REQUEST
-As a result of a COMPLAINT
Fire Prevention Bureau occupancies shall be inspected by field personnel for PRE-FIRE PLANNING purposes only, once every _____ years.
3 years
The platoon inspection responsibilities shall be rotated once each ____ years.
3 years
Each Station Commander shall perform a drive through inspection of their fire prevention districts ONCE EACH CALENDAR QUARTER (3 months)
According to the chart in 11/1-22.85, What purpose does the quarterly drive through serve?
-Check new construction
-street access
-hydrants
-overall condition of district
Complaint Book (fire prevention complaints):
When a complaint is received, an F-334 (Complaint of Hazard) form shall be filled out and the following columns of the complaint control sheet shall be filled in:
-address
-hazard type
-date received
-shift responsibility
When filling out a F-334 (Complaint of Hazard), _______ complaints shall be entered in RED color ink
Councilmatic
Which book shall be used by field personnel to assist with hazard recognition and code enforcement?
Book 1, The Basic Inspection Guide
What forms are used when any fire or life safety violation is found?
F-340 A, B, C, or D
Serving Notices:
The hazard correction date should be a maximum of ___ days from the date of preparation of the notice
30 days
Whenever Regulation ____ tests are required, an F-340D, Notice of Fire/ Life Safety Violation, shall be served indicating equipment or system to be tested
Reg 4
Any complaint of hazard received at the Fire Station should be _________.
Inspected without delay, and in no case LATER THAN the following day
(Re-inspection and FOLLOW-UP work will be handled by the PLATOON with area RESPONSIBILITY.)
Complaints received from City Council Field Offices or City Council Deputies require _______ to report back to the City Council Field Office explaining the disposition of the complaint.
Battalion Commanders
BCs have responsibility of councilmatic complaints
If after a maximum of thirty days it is found that full compliance has not been obtained, the inspecting member shall initiate a “Request for Legal Action”, F-_____, for forwarding through Battalion to the Legal Liaison Unit
F-290
Field personnel are responsible for conducting fire prevention inspections of churches under an occupant load of _____ in their districts
750
Schools, Churches, Institutions:
Dry vegetation within _____ ft of any structure is prohibited.
20 ft
Schools, Churches, Institutions:
A _____ clearance is required in front of all electrical panels. No storage of combustibles in electrical panel room.
3 ft
Schools, Churches, Institutions:
Every exit shall be lighted at all times when building is occupied, with light having an intensity of not less than ____ ft candle at floor level.
1 ft
Hydrostatic test records of extinguishers shall be fitted with a record tag of metal or have it ______ on the shell.
Stamped on the shell
Every extinguisher unit shall be inspected and serviced ______ or immediately after each use, whichever occurs first.
Yearly
Storage in rooms:
Shall be a minimum of ____ ft below unsprinklered ceilings and _____ inches below sprinklered ceilings.
Where storage consists of large, highly packed piles of baled, sacked or cased material, the distance below sprinkler heads shall be a minimum of ___ feet.
3 ft unsprinklered
18 in sprinklered
3 ft
S,C,I:
Not more than ____ gallons of flammable and/or combustible liquids shall be stored in any ONE Hazardous Materials Cabinet (LAFD Standard #40).
60 gallons
S,C,I:
Not more than ____ gallons of flammable liquids shall be stored in closed containers, other than safety containers, outside of a hazardous materials cabinet.
10
Every exit door shall have a sign over or adjacent thereto bearing the word, “EXIT”, in letters not less than ____ inches high.
6 inches
Hose/Extinguisher Cabinet:
Any solid door, making it impossible to see the extinguisher or fire hose inside, shall be labeled, FIRE HOSE/EXTINGUISHER, in letters not less than _____” high.
3 inches
One ____ BC extinguisher shall be provided for each motor and fan room, and where flammable liquids are stored or used.
10 BC
S,C,I:
Every outdoor fireplace and barbecue device shall be located more than ______ ft from any flammable liquids.
25 ft
Auto fueling stations:
Combustible liquids may be stored inside buildings in approved containers not over ____ gallons in capacity
60
Auto fueling stations:
 Dispenser hoses are not to be over ____ feet long, including the nozzle. If a longer hose is needed, refer to the Fire Prevention Bureau by F-44 for approval
14 ft
Auto fueling stations:
No open flame within ____ feet of any dispenser, except APPROVED HEATERS.
25 ft
Auto fueling station:
Flammable and combustible liquids shall be in approved metal or plastic containers not over ____ gallon capacity
5 gallon
Every auto fueling station must have at least _____ separate extinguishers on its premises with a minimum rating of 2A, 20-BC.
2
BRUSH; GRASS AND VEGETATION (DIVISIONS 21 & 25)
All hazardous vegetation or native brush situated within ____ feet of any structure shall be maintained at a height of not more than _____ inches above the ground.
200 ft
3 inches
BRUSH; GRASS AND VEGETATION (DIVISIONS 21 & 25)
All hazardous vegetation or native brush situated within ____ feet from the outer edge or edges of the usable ROAD surface of any HIGHWAY, STREET, alley or driveway shall be maintained at a height of not more than ____ inches above the ground.
10 ft
3 inches
BRUSH; GRASS AND VEGETATION (DIVISIONS 21 & 25)
Specimen native brush or shrubs may be retained provided they are spaced a distance equal to ____ times their diameter, but no less than ____ ft.
3 times
18 ft
BRUSH; GRASS AND VEGETATION (DIVISIONS 21 & 25)
All trees, shrubs, bushes and other growing vegetation shall be removed from within ____ feet of the outlet of any chimney.
10 ft
Vegetation outside of Mountain Fire District:
Weeds: ____ feet of clearance from structures and ____ feet from the outer edge or edges of the usable road surface of any highway, street, alley or driveway at a height of not more than three inches.
200 ft structures
10 ft roadways
(Use a F-1308 for hazard correction)
Vegetation outside of Mountain Fire District:
Dead trees: ____ ft clearance from structures
200 ft
(Use a F-1308 for hazard correction)
Vegetation outside of Mountain Fire District:
Combustible fences: Maintain all weeds and other vegetation located within ____ feet of any combustible fence at a height of not more than ____ inches
10 ft
3 inches
(Use a F-1308 for hazard correction)
Relocate combustible storage to provide at least ____ feet clearance around (motor/fusebox/ electrical panel).
3 ft
In every building other than single family dwellings, there shall be maintained at all times one unobstructed aisle or passageway which leads to each required exit and shall have a free clearance of _____ inches
44 inches
Panic hardware shall be installed between ____ to ____ inches above the floor. Panic hardware shall not be installed outside of these measurements.
30 inches to 44 inches
Panic Hardware:
Maximum effort to operate doors shall not exceed ____ pounds for exterior doors and ____ pounds for interior doors.
When fire doors are required it may be increased not to exceed ____ pounds.
-8-1/2 lbs exterior doors
-5 lbs interior doors
-Fire doors not to exceed 15lbs
(pull or push effort being applied at right angles to hinged doors)
Fire escape windows shall have a minimum dimension of ____ inches when open
29”
The awning under a fire escape drop ladder shall have a ____ by ____ inch opening in the awning under the drop ladder.
24” by 24”
EXIT SIGNS shall be in letters not less than ____ inches high.
6 inches