Chapter 12

Question 1

Model building codes define a high-rise building as being more than?

Answer 1

75 ‘ in height.

MORE THAN

Question 2

High rise:

In reinforced concrete construction, the floors will be?

Answer 2

Concrete slab

Question 3

High rise:

And steel frame buildings, the floors will be?

Answer 3

Light weight structural concrete placed over corrugated steel

Question 4

High rise:

Typically, model building codes require_____fire resistance for the structural frame of a high-rise building, depending on the number of stories and occupancy

Answer 4

Two or three hours. And two hour fire resistance for floor construction

Question 5

Fire protection features required for modern high-rise buildings:

Answer 5

Standpipes. Automatic sprinklers. Fire alarm systems. Smoke control systems. Fire command center/central control station.

Question 6

A crucial aspect of fire protection in high-rise buildings

Answer 6

Standpipes

Question 7

In buildings up to_or_stories, it might be possible to advance hose lines manually up stairwells

Answer 7

Nine or 10

Question 8

One unavoidable problem with stand pipe systems is the variation of pressure in tandem with building height:

Answer 8

Hydrostatic pressure

Question 9

NFPA___, mandates the use of pressure reducing valve that can be set according to the jurisdictions needs

Answer 9

14, Standard for the installation of stand pipe and hose systems

Question 10

Valve installed at stampede connection that is designed to reduce the amount of water pressure at that discharge to a specific pressure usually___ PSI

Answer 10

100 psi

Pressure reducing valve

Question 11

Smoke control systems:

All model building codes require smoke prove exit enclosures and all stairs serving floors?

Answer 11

75 feet or higher

Question 12

High rise:

Many high-rise buildings, especially office buildings and hotels, are designed with a___floor plan

Answer 12

Central core

Question 13

The___construction of high-rise buildings provides a certain degree of inherent compartmentalization and barriers to the vertical extension of fire and smoke

Answer 13

Fire resistive

Question 14

Horizontal fire extension in a high-rise building depends on the?

Answer 14

Partitions that subdivide a floor

Question 15

The elevator code requires a____where the elevator hoistway or elevator room is protected by automatic sprinklers

Answer 15

Shunt trip

Question 16

This arrangement will shut down the power to the elevator before a sprinkler discharges water on the elevator equipment

Answer 16

Shunt trip

Question 17

A circuit breaker used as a safety device in an elevator system. When electrical current service the device disconnect the power source

Answer 17

Shunt trip

Question 18

___Must be followed for elevator use during an emergency

Answer 18

SOP’s/SOG’s

Question 19

Only consider using elevators if the fire is?

Answer 19

Above the fifth floor

Question 20

Never take an elevator?

Answer 20

Below ground level

Question 21

Emergency operating mode for elevators

Answer 21

Phase 1 operation

Question 22

Recalls the car to the terminal floor lobby or another floor as specified and opens the doors

Answer 22

Phase 1 operation

Question 23

Toads contain mandatory provisions for the recall, there is one operational, of all passenger elevators with vertical travel?

Answer 23

Greater than 25 feet

Question 24

Phase 1 operation can be triggered by the following:

Answer 24

Activation of automatic smoke detectors.
Activation of automatic sprinkler water flow alarms.
Activation of manual keyed to switch in the terminal floor lobby.

Question 25

The requirement for a recall does not apply to___elevators

Answer 25

Freight elevators

Question 26

In this phase, operationAutomatically stops all the cars that serve the farm floor if they are moving away from their terminal floor, the lobby.

Answer 26

Phase 1

Question 27

This phase causes the cars to return nonstop to the lobby or other designated level if the alarm originated from the lobby

Answer 27

Phase 1

Question 28

This elevator phase opens the car doors and keep them open when the car reaches the recall floor

Answer 28

Phase 1

Question 29

This elevator phase operation is designed to prevent the deaths of civilians Who may find themselves in an elevator that is called to the fire floor.

Answer 29

Phase 1

Question 30

Allows emergency use of the elevator with certain safeguards and special functions

Answer 30

Phase 2

Question 31

Design to override the recall feature to permit firefighters to use the elevators after they arrive on scene

Answer 31

Phase 2

Question 32

During this phase, and elevator becomes essentially a manually operated elevator

Answer 32

Phase 2

Question 33

In this phase the doors do not open automatically in the operator must push the door open button in the car

Answer 33

Phase 2

Question 34

Emergency stop button is in operable in this phase?

Answer 34

Phase 1

Question 35

Typically to activate this phase operation, a firefighter must insert a key in a three position switch with in a car

Answer 35

Phase 2. “Fire service “

Question 36

Probably the greatest single challenging in controlling fires in underground buildings comes from the difficulty in?

Answer 36

Venting heat and smoke

Question 37

Smoke proof and closures are now required for buildings with levels more than___feet below the level of exit discharge

Answer 37

30. MORE THAN!

Question 38

Underground buildings: The maximum available fire resistant protection is typically__hours; therefore, fires exceeding this are a serious threat

Answer 38

4hrs

Question 39

Pre-incident planning of these areas is essential for affective apparatus placement

Answer 39

Below grade spaces

Question 40

Membrane structures: Two types

Answer 40

Air supported and air inflated

Question 41

A covered space with a fully open floor plan. These membrane Dom’s may be used for seasonal pop-up shops or a temporary structures use for weather protection while constructing a building inside the membrane structure

Answer 41

Air inflated structure

Question 42

Membrane structure that uses air pressure to develop its initial shape, but may not use the air pressure throughout the entire, high profile, occupancy

Answer 42

Air inflated structure

Question 43

Membrane structure that is fully or partially held up by Interior air pressure

Answer 43

Air supported structure

Question 44

Freestanding structure that uses suspension cables for support.

Answer 44

Cable membrane structure. Also known as cable covered structure

Question 45

The structural supports of this type of construction resemble the organization found in a suspension bridge

Answer 45

Cable membrane structures

Question 46

These feature a rigid frame with a tension and membrane covering, usually with internal columns

Answer 46

Frame membrane structures

Question 47

Structure supported primarily by a frame or skeleton rather than by loadbearing walls

Answer 47

Frame membrane structure

Question 48

Detention and correctional facilities: This fire protection feature specifically addresses the concept of shelter in place

Answer 48

Automatic sprinklers

Question 49

Low profile sprinkler system and pendant used with concealed piping and correctional facilities and institutions were tampering of the system must be discouraged or prevented

Answer 49

Institutional sprinklers

Question 50

Defined as an event that produces a rapid release of energy? this sudden release of energy produces outward pressures often referred to as?

Answer 50

Explosion Blast waves

Question 51

No chemical reaction occurs in these explosions

Answer 51

Boiler explosion

Question 52

Structural damage from an explosion can be mitigated through?

Answer 52

Containment or venting the forces

Question 53

The maximum pressure reach during explosion may exceed?

Answer 53

10 times the atmospheric pressure

Question 54

Ideally, explosion vent panels should not weigh?

Answer 54

MORE THAN 3 pounds per square foot

Question 55

Types of explosion events include:

Answer 55

Louvered openings. Hangar type doors. Wall panels. Windows. Roof vents.

Question 56

Rack storage: Usually arranged?

Answer 56

Back to back. Double row racks

Question 57

Rack storage: Where houses may have multiple rows of racks wider than? Or with isles and narrower than?

Answer 57

Wider than 12 Narrower than 3.5’

Question 58

Storage racks can range from a total height of____to an excess of____

Answer 58

Total height of 12 feet. To an excess of 100 feet

Question 59

Storage rack unique fire protection problems:

Answer 59

High density of storage(high fire load) Narrow aisles Vertical fire spread through the rack spaces