Chapter 10 CO Flashcards

(58 cards)

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————— conducted to assist fire fighting operations should there ever be an incident at the building or facility

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Preincident survey

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————- inspections ensure that buildings are up to code therefore less likely to be at risk for fires or other emergencies.

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Code enforcement inspections

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Who’s ultimately responsible or ensuring buildings are inspected

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The fire chief

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———-describes general fire and life safety requirements that apply to all occupancy’s and detail exactly what is required for various processes in many different occupancy types

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Model codes

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———-is the single most important life safety item to be inspected

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Means of egress

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Any permanent or movable object the will reduce the width of the original exit

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Obstruction

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In occupancies that require them —- —— ——- must be displayed at various locations

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Exit path maps

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Rechargeable lights may be required for —— —-

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Medical staff

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9
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Exit door usually sing in ——-

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The direction of travel

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Flammable gages, volatile liquids, pyrophoric materials

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Flammability class 4

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Ignites at ambient temperatures

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Flammability class 3

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Ignites when moderately heated

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Flammability class 2

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Must preheat to burn

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Flammability class 1

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Severe health hazard

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Class 4

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Serious health hazards

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Class 3

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Moderate health hazards

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Class 2

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Slight health hazard

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Class 1

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Minimal health hazards

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Class 0

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Capable of detonation or explosive decomposition at ambient conditions

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Instability class 4

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Capable of detonation or explosive decomposition with strong initiating source

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Instability class 3

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Violent chemical change possible at elevated temperatures or pressure

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Instability class 2

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Normally stable but becomes unstable with f heated

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Instability class 1

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Normally stable

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Instability class 0

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Gives a widely recognized method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, industrial,and other fixed storage facilities

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—- are designed of non bull labeling
Transportation labels
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Designed for bulk transportation
Placards
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Class 1
Explosive
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Class 2
Gases
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Class 3
Flammable liquids
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Class 4
Flammable solids spontaneous combustion substances that emit flammable gases on contact with water
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Class 5
Oxidizing substances and organic peroxide’s
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Class 6
Toxic and infectious substances
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Class 7
Radioactive materials
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Class 8
Corrosive substances
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Class 9
Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
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Each fire detection system must meet the requirements of ———
NFPA 72 national fire alarm and signal code
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Water supply system fire department personnel are to determine how well the system is———
Maintained
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NFPA 20 requires fire pumps to be run for —— minutes per week
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Standard for routine maintenance and testing of public fire alarm systems
NFPA 1221
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Dry pipe sprinkler system that contains air under pressure as well as a secondary detection system
Preaction dry pipe system
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Standard for dry chemical systems
NFPA 17
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Potassium carbonate or potassium acetate
Wet chemical systems (K extinguisher)
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Fluorine, chlorine, bromide,and iodine
Halogenated agents class B,C fires
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Portable halon extinguisher
Halon 1211
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Fixed systems for f halon
1301
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Standard on clean agent fire extinguisher system defined as electricity nonconducting volatile or gaseous fire extinguishing agents that do not leave a residue upon evaporation
NFPA 2001
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Halon replacement agent for 1301
FM-200
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A blend of 3 naturally occurring gases nitrogen, argon,carbon dioxide that replaces halon
inergen
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Standard for low medium and high expansion foam
NFPA 11
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Standard for portable fire extinguisher
NFPA 10
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Fire extinguisher with a gross weight of 40lbs or less must be mounted no higher then ——ft from the top
5’
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Fire extinguisher weighing more than 40 lbs must except wheeled types)not be mounted more than —— ft from the floor
3 1/2 feet
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The clearance from floor to extinguisher should not be less then —-“
4”
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Standard for preincident planning
NFPA 1620
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Life safety information is broken down into two topics
Protection and evaluation and protection of firefighters
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Standard for smoke and heat venting
NFPA 204
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Release heat and smoke to the outside from square or rectangular structures that penetrate a buildings roof
Monitors
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Fire resistant half walls extended from the underside of the roof to limit the spread of heat and smoke
Curtain boards (draft curtain)