Section Q 9.5, 9.6, 9.8 Guidelines

Question 1

Q-1.
(Procedural Guidelines - Common to 9.5/9.6 Buildings, Item 33)
A garbage chute which has eight (8) sprinkler heads is required to have the sprinklers tested:
a) Yearly
b) Every six (6) months if they are dry
c) Monthly
d) Never (not required)

Answer 1

d) Never (not required)

Question 2

Q-2.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.5, Item 2)
Existing panel type doors which are not 1¾“ thick:
a) Can be treated with a covering of asbestos paper and sheet metal to become acceptable for 9.5 Buildings where 20 minute rated doors are required
b) Are acceptable for 9.5 buildings where 20 minute rated doors are required
c) Are generally not acceptable for 9.5 buildings where 20 minute rated doors are required
d) Are acceptable if the 9.5 building is less than 2 storeys in building height

Answer 2

c) Are generally not acceptable for 9.5 buildings where 20 minute rated doors are required

Question 3

Q-3.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.5, Item 14)
As an alternative to sprinklering storage rooms in low-rise buildings which do not require a fire alarm system, our Department will accept as an alternative:
a) A dry standpipe system b) A smoke alarm interconnected to the building’s A/C smoke alarm system on the ceiling in the storage room
c) Monitoring of the smoke alarm system
d) A 3A:20B:C rated portable fire extinguisher

Answer 3

b) A smoke alarm interconnected to the building’s A/C smoke alarm system on the ceiling in the storage room

Question 4

Q-4.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.5, Item 18)
Proper direction of door swing in OFC, Division B – Section 9.5 buildings is to be enforced where the door involved does not open onto:
a) A road
b) A driveway
c) A fire escape which it effectively blocks
d) All of the above

Answer 4

d) All of the above

Question 5

Q-5.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.5, Item 21)
In OFC, Division B – Section 9.5 buildings, a laundry room which contains no storage and opens into a corridor forming part of a means of egress requires a:
a) 30 minute rated door
b) 15 minute rated door
c) 45 minute rated door
d) 20 minute rated door

Answer 5

d) 20 minute rated door

Question 6

Q-6.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.5, Item 34)
In OFC, Division B – Section 9.5 buildings, suspended ceilings incorporating fire resistive listed ceiling tiles are not considered an equivalency to a rated ceiling unless:
a) The ceiling is in a basement level where drywalling is not possible
b) The clips have been rated
c) The side rails have been rated
d) The entire assembly has been rated

Answer 6

d) The entire assembly has been rated

Question 7

Q-7.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.6, Item 3)
In OFC, Division B – Section 9.6 buildings, smoke detectors in corridors are required:
a) Only if the separation between dwelling units and corridors is 30 minutes
b) Only if the separation between dwelling units and corridors is 45 minutes
c) Only if the building exceeds 12 storeys in building height
d) Only if the building has a commercial component of occupancy on the first floor level

Answer 7

a) Only if the separation between dwelling units and corridors is 30 minutes

Question 8

Q-8.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.6, Item 4)
In 9.6 regulated buildings, the hydraulic design of sprinkler systems (new and existing) must have a design density equivalent to:
a) Extra hazard
b) Ordinary hazard
c) Light hazard
d) None of the above

Answer 8

c) Light hazard

Question 9

Q-9.
(Procedural Guidelines – Guidelines 9.6, Item 10)
In 9.6 regulated buildings where inspection finds previously open balconies now enclosed, the owner is to be ordered to:
a) Install smoke detectors in all corridors connected to the building’s fire alarm system
b) Install smoke alarms in the now enclosed balconies
c) Install smoke detectors in the now enclosed balconies
d) Install sprinklers on the floor levels where the enclosed balconies exit

Answer 9

a) Install smoke detectors in all corridors connected to the building’s fire alarm system

Question 10

Q-10.
(Procedural Guidelines - Common to 9.5/9.6 Buildings, Item 7)
In 9.6 / 9.5 regulated buildings, our Department will accept existing openings on apartment entry doors for mail provided those openings are protected with:
a) A metal flap on both sides of the opening
b) A metal flap on at least one side of the opening and a heat detector installed in the apartment
c) A smoke detector in the apartment
d) A metal flap on at least one (1) side of the opening

Answer 10

d) A metal flap on at least one (1) side of the opening