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Fire Code Flashcards

1
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Emergency service is made up of 4 bureaus, 14 battalions and ____ fire stations.

A

106

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2
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The intent of the 2020 LAFD Fire Code is to establish ____ requirements consistent with nationally recognized good practices.

A

minimum

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3
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Who has the right to grant slight variances to the Fire Code?

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The Board

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4
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Who has the authority to issue a “Stop Work Order”?

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FPB Inspector

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5
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A certificate of Fitness is valid for 3 years. Renewal certificates are good for __ years?

A

3

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6
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The maximum amount of Class IIIB combustible fluid exempt from permit is _____ gallons?

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500

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7
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Each business shall file a permit if they handle or intends to handle HazMat or a mixture at any one time during the reporting year equal to, or greater than, a total weight of _____ pounds.

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500

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8
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Per Title 19, combustible vegetation, maintain 30 to ____ feet from structures if required by enforcing agency?

A

100

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9
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Exit signs shall have ___ inch letter with a 3/4” stroke

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6

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10
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Exit passageways: Provide 44”, Except that exit passageways serving an occupant load of less than 50 shall not be less than ___ inches.

A

36

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11
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General outdoor storage height is limited to how many feet?

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20

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12
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During Asbestos removal process extinguishers are required every ___ feet of travel.

A

75
(4A 60B:C min)

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13
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Trees: Trim up from ground 1/3 height, not to exceed ____ cubic feet in volume

A

216

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14
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Remove hazardous vegetation abatement: Owner has ___ days to abate

A

15

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15
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High rise helipads shall have a 20 foot Red circle with a ____ foot number inside the circle

A

10

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16
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Structures are required to be within 150 feet of a roadway. What would be an exception?

A

full sprinklered

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17
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What is the minimum width of a fire lane that will accommodate aerial ladder trucks?

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28’

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18
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Heavy Timber shall not be subject to interior finish requirements. Heavy Timber is Type ___ construction.

A

4

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19
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Dead end streets: When dead end streets end in excess of ___ feet from the nearest cross street, 1 additional roadway is needed.

A

700’

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Address Identification: Numbers/letters shall be a minimum of ___ inches in height, width 1/2 the height.

A

4

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21
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Fire service elevator key boxes are to be mounted 5 feet and 6 inches above finished floor to the _____ of the elevator bank

A

right

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22
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Fire hydrants and required fire flows are based upon?

A

land use

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23
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fire control rooms shall be a min square footage size of what?

A

200

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24
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Exterior doors that are nonfunctional or blocked shall be posted “This Door Blocked”. The lettering shall be ____ inch high by 3/4” wide

A

6

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25
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Fire control rooms shall have a ___ hour rated fire separator?

A

1

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26
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Fire control rooms shall have a sign with not less than 1-1/2” lettering with the words “Fire Control Room” or what?

A

Fire Command Center

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27
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Clearance around FDC’s shall be a min of ___ feet

A

3

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28
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New elevators shall be equipped with Phase I and Phase II. What shall be engraved on keys?

A

Do not Duplicate

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29
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When fire doors are released by fusible link, the fuse must not exceed ____ degrees F

A

135

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30
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Fire doors shall not be blocked. A sign mounted on the door with lettering not less than __ inch shall read “FIRE DOOR, DO NOT BLOCK”

A

1

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31
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Commercial Kitchen Cooking Oil Storage: Containers, above ground shall not be larger than ___ gallons.

A

60

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32
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Flammable and combustible signs shall be how many inches high?

A

3

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33
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Spare Sprinkler heads: 12 spare heads are required when buildings have ___ to 1,000 heads.

A

301

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34
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Class I and Class II standpipes are required to provide a min of a ___ foot stream

A

30

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35
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Junior Sprinkler Systems: ___ heads or less can be supplied by domestic water

A

20

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36
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Security of Sprinkler Supply Valves and controls shall be chained ___ with locks. Also include tamper valve protection

A

open

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37
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Do not locate extinguishers where the ambient temperature may exceed ___ degrees

A

120

38
Q

Low level exit signs (Group I-3) shall be placed __ to __ inches off the ground/floor?

A

6 to 8

39
Q

Egress Illumination: Safe dispersal area shall have ___ foot candle of illumination

A

1

40
Q

Interior Exit Stairwell Identification signs placed 5 feet above the ground and are __ x __ inches

A

12 x 18

41
Q

Carbon Monoxide Detection requirements found in NFPA 720. Installed throughout all new buildings interconnection not required in existing buildings built prior to January 1, _____.

A

2011

42
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Fire watch: Authority - The ____ may require implementation of a Fire watch

A

Chief

43
Q

Fuel dispensing facilities provide at least one 2A20BC extinguisher within ___ feet of dispensers

A

75

44
Q

Finished lumber, exterior storage: provide fences ___ feet in height minimum

A

6

45
Q

Hazardous material: secondary containment is required when containers are greater than ___ gallons

A

55

46
Q

Tire rebuilding and storage shall have a fence that is ___ feet minimum in height

A

6

47
Q

High rise: additional fire service elevator boxes shall be provided if more than ___ feet separate elevator banks

A

30

48
Q

Fire lanes overhead clearance is ____ feet minimum

A

14

49
Q

Fire access road width is ___ feet minimum

A

20

50
Q

When installed, Fire hydrant clearance shall be minimum of ___ feet of circumference around

A

3

51
Q

Fire escape: must support live load plus ___ pound per foot

A

100

52
Q

Fire escape: windows must be ___ inches min when opened

A

29

53
Q

Fire escapes: the drop ladder mechanical release mechanism shall not require more than __ pounds of pressure to release

A

5

54
Q

Hip roofs single ridge with solar panels provide ___ feet clear access from eave to ridge on each slope

A

3

55
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Solar installation shall be designed to provide pathways of a minimum of ___ feet clear path to skylights or vent hatches, standpipe and/or to parapet or roof edge

A

4

56
Q

Solar panel installations: Provide ___ foot path around perimeter of roof

A

6

57
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Solar installation: Rapid shut down label shall be placed ___ feet from service disconnect

A

3

58
Q

Solar system, Rapid shut down labels are to be installed within 3 feet from service disconnect. Lettering shall be ___ inch in a black and yellow background.

A

3/8

59
Q

Flammable above ground tanks: Signs shall be a minimum of ___ inch letters with ___ inch stroke

A

3, 1/2

60
Q

The HMMP “Short Form” can be used when compressed gas is ___ cubic feet or less

A

200

61
Q

Class IIIA have a flashpoint at or above 140F and not to exceed ____F

A

200

62
Q

Chief Reg #4: Smoke Control systems shall provide not less than ____ exchanges of air per hour

A

6

63
Q

Chief Reg #4: Class II wet - ____ hose for occupant use until FD arrival

A

1-1/2”

64
Q

Chief Reg #4: The Fire Department public address system is a ___ way system

A

1

65
Q

Relative to Vacant or Abandoned property, which placard indicates structural or interior hazards exist and interior firefighting or rescue should be conducted with extreme caution.

A

single white stripe across red placard

66
Q

Vegetation within 100 feet of building. Remove from the property all dead trees, and maintain all weeds and other vegetation at a height of no more than ___ inches.

A

3

67
Q

Trees within 100 feet of buildings. Maintain trees that are ___ feet or more in height, so no leafy foliage, twigs or branches are within ___ feet of the ground

A

18, 6

68
Q

Trees within 100 feet of buildings. Trees and shrubs less than 18’ shall be trimmed up to ____ of their height.

A

1/3

69
Q

Chimney clearance. Remove any portion of a tree that extends within ___ feet of the outlet of a chimney or stovepipe

A

10

70
Q

Overhanging branches. Maintain ___ feet of vertical clearance between roof surface and portions of trees overhanging any building or structure.

A

5

71
Q

Road and fence clearance. Maintain all weeds and other vegetation located within __ feet of any combustible fence or an edge of hwy, street, alley or driveway at height of not more than ___ inches

A

10, 3

72
Q

Clear all hazardous vegetation and other combustible growth within ___ feet of structures

A

100

73
Q

Panic hardware: Max unlatching force shall not exceed ___ pounds

A

15

74
Q

What month does brush clearance begin?

A

May

75
Q

How many spare sprinkler heads are required on site per the amount of sprinklers in the building?

A

0-300 heads = 6 spare
301-1000 heads = 12 spare
1001+ = 24 spare

76
Q

How long are sprinklers good for?

A

50 years

77
Q

What is minimum aisle width for occupant load less than 50?

A

36”

78
Q

What is standard width of aisle way?

A

44”

79
Q

What is minimum aisle width for building with dangerous or hazardous materials?

A

48”

80
Q

“A” type occupancies require fire extinguisher of what size?

A

2A10BC every 75’ travel

81
Q

What kind of extinguisher is required for tar kettle, hydrogen filling station, IRPG brush, roofing operations?

A

4A40BC (3A 40BC for roofing operation)

82
Q

What kind of extinguisher is required for metro red line, asbestos removal, gasoline container present at brush clearance operation, combustible dust?

A

4A 60BC

83
Q

A class ____ fire extinguisher or pressurized garden hose with attached nozzle, shall be available within 10 feet of any grass or brush clearance operation

A

2A

84
Q

What is minimum rating for fire extinguisher at aviation facilities?

A

80BC

85
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No person shall install or maintain any wire, barbed wire, razor ribbon, fence, cable, aerial, antenna or other obstruction on any building roof, parapet wall or openings in an exterior wall required for Fire Department access, in such a manner as to obstruct access or egress, or cause a hazardous condition in the event of fire or other emergency. Exception: Buildings located within ___ feet of utility poles or similar structures that could be used to gain access to the building roof

A

8’

86
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No person shall install or maintain any wire, barbed wire, razor ribbon, fence, cable, aerial, antenna or other obstruction on any building roof, parapet wall or openings in an exterior wall required for Fire Department access, in such a manner as to obstruct access or egress, or cause a hazardous condition in the event of fire or other emergency. Exception, guy wires, rods, or aerial or antenna masts may be attached having a slope less than ___ degrees, provided there is full clearance of ___ feet or more between roof and obstruction.

A

30, 7’

87
Q

Guy wires or rods required to support aerial or antenna masts may be attached to a roof structure a lateral distance not in excess of ___ the height of the mast.

A

1/6

88
Q

One access passageway shall be provided on roof for every ___ feet of travel. Passageway shall be at least ___ feet wide and have 7’ overhead clearance.

A

50’, 3’

89
Q

Solar panels have to have minimum of two pathways to the ridge how wide?

A

36”

90
Q

If more than 33% of roof is covered by solar, panels must be set back not less than 36”. If 33% or less of roof is covered by solar panels, panels must be set back not less than what?

A

18”

91
Q

With solar panels there should be a perimeter pathway around the edges of roof a minimum of how wide?

A

6’ (4’ if building less than 250’ or less)

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