Volume 6 Flashcards
(126 cards)
1
Q
Fire prevention is very much a part of every firefighters duty as what?
A
Firefighting
2
Q
The objective of the fire code is what application?
A
Uniform application
3
Q
Who shall develop fire prevention programs that are established by the fire Chief?
A
Fire marshal
4
Q
How often shall drive through inspections be conducted?
A
Quarterly
5
Q
Station commanders shall plan to complete a minimum of how much of their total inspections each calendar month?
A
1/10
6
Q
During drive through a, if you notice a hazard, notify battalion within how many days?
A
10 days
7
Q
Fire prevention matter at the station level under who’s supervision?
A
Line officer
8
Q
What type of inspection is the minimum standard of acceptance?
A
Through and constructive
9
Q
What form the fire station will you post the reinspection due date on buildings that had been issued violations?
A
F-957
10
Q
Who has the authority to adjust fire inspection work load between various stations due to activity?
A
BC
11
Q
Who inspects residential buildings 6 stories in height, commercial buildings 4 stories in height, group A assemblage with 150 person load and not a church, group A assemblage, church with 750 load capacity and day care?
A
Fire prevention
12
Q
Who inspects a church with no day care and group A assemblage with less than 100 load capacity?
A
Station level
13
Q
What type of new construction will not require a fire alarm?
A
Hotels 2 stories in height, 19 or less rooms
14
Q
General occupancies require either an annual inspection or 3 year inspection based on what?
A
Number of exits
15
Q
How often shall stations inspect an enclosed corridor apartment 3 to 5 stories in height, 16 or more units?
A
Twice a year
16
Q
How often shall stations inspect a building that is the FPB responsibility?
A
Every 3 years
17
Q
Platoon duty fire station inspection responsibility shall be rotated every how many years?
A
3 years
18
Q
Every station shall have a complaint book, inside the complaint book are what forms?
A
F-334
19
Q
Reg 4s shall be issued using what form?
A
F-340D
20
Q
What form shall be submitted when you want to transfer the responsibility from the fire station to the FPB?
A
F-44
21
Q
What type of fire prevention folder shall might inspection occupancies be filed in?
A
Center cut
22
Q
What type of fire prevention folder shall annual inspections be filed in?
A
Left cut
23
Q
What type of fire prevention folder shall 3 year inspections be filed in?
A
Right cut
24
Q
The basic fire inspection guide book is what book number?
A
Book 1
25
The assessors map book is updated automatically by what office?
County assessors office
26
Who issues fire prevention citation books?
Legal liaison unit
27
Fire code violations are misdemeanor and subject to $1,000 per count or how many months in jail?
6 months
28
Re-inspection shall be conducted by what maximum number of days?
30 days
29
Fire prevention re-inspections are filled in legal size Manila folders, each platoon will have how many folders?
31 (1 folder per day of month)
30
Within how many days shall the fire station handle and reinspect a complaint of hazard (forthwith)?
No later than following day
31
Who is the control point for all council complaints?
Battalion office
32
A witness to a violation or crime must be a minimum of how many years old?
14
33
For parking violations, how many feet can you park from a hydrant or fire station driveway?
15 feet
34
Exit signs shall have how many lamps (bulbs)?
2
35
All exit signs must be luminaries with what watt bulbs (neon or fluorescent)?
6 watt neon, 15 watt fluorescent
36
Prior to conducting an inspection at a school, do you have to call ahead?
No
37
For school and churches, appliances shall be no closer than how many feet from a washbasin, bathtub or shower?
5 feet
38
For schools, exit signs shall have 2 lamps, what is the foot candle for each lamp?
5 foot candle
39
For schools and churches, exit doors shall open a minimum of what degree?
90 degrees
40
Wastebaskets used in schools and churches shall be what material?
Non combustible tight fitting covers
41
Fire department access for fire apparatus on to school property is a minimum of how many feet?
20 feet
42
For auto fuel station, empty drums of how many gallons shall not be stored inside the building unless vapors have been removed?
5 gallons
43
For auto fueling stations, the shall have 2 extinguishers rated at 2A20BC on premises within how many feet of travel?
75 feet
44
For auto fueling stations, no smoking, stop motor signs (in 3” lettering) and heaters shall not be installed over how many feet?
8 feet
45
Sleeping in a basement is prohibited unless there is how many openable windows or doors to exterior?
1
46
Dispensing flammable liquids not closer than how many feet from basement, cellars, or pits?
25 feet
47
Who has the responsibility for lot cleaning?
Public works, lot cleaning division
48
Weeds and vegetation shall be removed if they are within how many feet from combustible fences?
10 feet
49
For brush clearance, trees shall be trimmed up from the ground at least how many feet?
5 feet
50
For brush clearance, large plants up to how many feet does not constitute an undue fire hazard?
10 feet
51
For brush clearance, native trees shall not exceed how many cubic feet in volume?
216 cubic feet
52
For brush clearance, “no smoking” signs shall use lettering how many inches in height?
3 inches
53
For brush clearance, height of brush shall not be more than how many inches above the ground?
3 inches
54
For brush clearance, “no smoking” signs 3” x 1 3/4” shall be posted at each corner 300 feet inside of an entrance and at how many feet intervals?
600 feet
55
Trees shall be kept a distance of how many feet from roof lines?
5 feet
56
Trees shall be kept a distance of how many feet from chimneys, combustible fences, and lot lines?
10 feet
57
Buildings 3 or more stories in height erected prior to 1/1/43 shall have self-closing doors with hold open devices, door activation is by smoke detectors mounted on each side of the doorway within how many inches of the ceiling?
12 inches
58
A special permit shall be obtained when there is more than how many Christmas trees inside of a building (10 or more per book 1)?
25
59
Keep light bulbs how many inches from combustibles?
18 inches
60
During an inspection, if substandard wiring is found, forward an F-338 to what city department?
Building and safety
61
Buildings with less than 50 occupants require an aisle at clearance of how many inches?
36 inches
62
Standard aisle ways (center hall, etc) require an aisle way clearance of how many inches?
44 inches
63
Hazardous materials, unstable, flammable and assemblage occupants require an aisle way clearance of how many inches?
48 inches
64
How many exits are required when the occupant load is less than and greater than 50?
Less than 50, 1 exit
| Greater than 50, 2 exits
65
Panic hardware is required on all exit doors with occupancy load of how many people or more?
50 or more
66
Exit doors must swing in the direction of exit if the occupancy load is how many persons or more?
50
67
For lumber yards, piles of wood are to not exceed how many feet?
20 feet
68
For alarms, if a sprinkler systems has 20 heads or more, the building is required to have what type of alarm?
Local alarm
69
For alarms, if a sprinkler systems has 26-99 heads, what is to be provided for the system?
Water inlet
70
For alarms, with sprinkler systems containing 100 heads or more, what type of alarm system is to be provided?
Supervised system
71
For pallets, if stored inside and not sprinklered, what is the height of stack limited to?
6 feet
72
For pallets, if stored inside, what is the height of the stack limited to if sprinklered?
20 feet
73
For pallets stored outside, limit stacks to how many feet?
15 feet
74
Pallet piles indoor are limited to how many pallets?
4 pallets
75
Pallets tired inside must be separated by how many feet from other storage?
8 feet
76
For lumber yards, piles are not exceed 7,500 square feet and cannot be higher than how many feet?
20 feet
77
Panic hardware shall be installed not less than how many inches from from ground and not greater than how many inches?
30-44
78
Extinguishers greater than 40 pounds shall be mounted how many feet off the ground?
3 1/2 feet
79
Extinguishers less than 40 pounds shall be mounted how many feet off the ground?
5 feet
80
Apartment buildings 16 units of more require a 2A20BC extinguisher every how many feet of travel?
75 feet
81
Dry chemical special extinguishing systems (cooking hoods) shall be tested how often?
Semi-annually (twice a year)
82
How often shall fire alarms be tested by management or responsible party?
Monthly (30 days)
83
All multi occupancies and duplexes built after what date must have direct wires smoke detector?
8/1/93 (8/1/1980 per TB 42)
84
Single station smoke detectors are required when home improvements are made to the structure when the amount exceeds how much?
$1000
85
Smoke detector shall be tested how often?
Every 6 months
86
Fire doors are classified by what 2 things?
Hourly rating and alphabetical
87
All heating devices shall have a shit off within how many feet of appliance?
3 feet
88
Insulation around heating devices and appliances shall be rated to what degree?
160
89
Hazmat placards shall be what dimension?
10” x 10”
90
If you discover an overcrowding, issue what form?
F-340E
91
When determining “overcrowding”, how many square feet per person on the dance floor or standing areas?
7 square feet
92
For roof obstructions, provide a minimum clearance of how many feet?
7 feet
93
For roof obstructions, antenna mast shall not exceed what height of the mast?
1/6
94
For roof obstructions, guide wires, rods and antennas having a slope of how many degrees can be used on a roof?
30 degrees
95
No flammable liquid shall be stored inside in excess of how many falls with a flashpoint of 100 degrees?
60 gallons
96
Buildings under construction 6 or more stories, install standpipe system for use during construction when the building is no more than how many feet in height?
50 feet
97
Sprinkler heads must be replaced when they are how many years old?
50 years
98
For inside storage, provide at least how many feet of clearance below girders and beams?
3 feet
99
For inside storage, provide a minimum clearance of how many inches below lighting fixtures?
18 inches
100
Above ground tanks shall be spaced a minimum of how many feet?
3 feet
101
Above ground tanks shall be placarded on how many sides?
2 sides
102
If underground tanks are abandoned for more than how many days, notify FPB by phone?
90 days
103
When installing an above ground tank what permit is required?
Division 5
104
After the above ground tank is installed and operational, what permit is required to operate?
Division 4
105
When an abandoned vehicle is encountered on public street, you should refer to what department?
Transportation (1-800-abandon)
106
When you come upon a serious hazard in a vacant building, post what form?
F-339
107
For vicious animals/sentry dogs, post a 10”x14” sign every how many feet and at entrance and exits?
50 feet
108
Fueling stations, provide electrical shut off no closer than 25 feet and no greater than how many feet from gas pump?
100 feet
109
For gas stations, empty containers over how many gallons is prohibited inside?
5 gallons
110
For gas stations, provide a minimum of how many extinguishers within 75 feet of each island?
1
111
The school visitation program is a long range program that should not conflict with which fire program?
Junior fire program
112
Lock boxes are purchased and provided by who?
Owner of property
113
Lock boxes are 5” x 1 1/2” and are made of what gauge steel?
16 gauge
114
Lock boxes shall contain a minimum of how many elevator keys?
1
115
Stairwell number system is required on all buildings how many stories in height and more?
3 stories
116
Stairwell number signs are what dimension?
12”x12” (FC: 18”x12”)
117
Building inventory sheets consist of how many pages?
2 pages
118
For building inventory, 1 sheet provides information and the other sheet provides what?
Plans
119
Building inventory shall be signed by all 3 what?
BCs
120
How often shall building inventory books be reviewed?
Annually
121
For buildings where a Class A portable fire extinguisher is required per fire code, what may be used in lieu of an extinguisher?
1/2”, 3/4”, or 1” small hose
122
For 1/2” small hose being used in lieu of extinguisher, it shall not exceed how many feet attached to any one water source?
50 feet
123
For 3/4” or 1” small hose being used in lieu of extinguisher, it shall not exceed how many feet attached to any one water source?
75 feet
124
Where any child how many years of age or less is housed on the second floor, an adult supervisor shall be housed on the floor used by the child?
12 years of age
125
What size sign show fire department connection is required for sprinkler systems with 3” lettering showing location of control valve?
4” x 8”
126
Interior doors for exit (hotels/apartments, 5 stories or less) must be openable within how many seconds without a key?
30 seconds
