NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Flashcards

chapters 1-10 and chapter 43

chapter 11

Occupancy classification and rehabilitation work categories, hazard of contents, stories in height and construction type

<p>Scope, purpose, application, equivalency, units &amp; formulas, enforcement</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Referenced publication (general, NFPA publications, other publication, references of extracts in mandatory sections)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>General, official definition, general definition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>General/Requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Performance-based options</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classification of occupancy/hazard of contents</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Minimum requirement of egress</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Minimum requirement of fire protection (construction type, compartmentation, fire barriers, smoke partitions, and smoke barriers)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Covers two systems commonly found in buildings (building services and fire protection equipment) HVAC, elevators, escalators, and rubbish chutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Min requirements of interior finishes, contents and furnishings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cover special structures (high rise buildings) other code provisions applied to this chapter</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provisions for performing rehabilitation work in existing buildings without requiring all rehabilitation work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1- Determine the occupancy classification by referencing the definitions in Chapter 6, 2- New or existing structure, 3- Occupant load, 4- Hazard of contents, 5- Reference to the occupancy chapter 12-42, 6- Sub-classification or special use condition, 7- Proceed through applicable chapter, 8- Two or more requirements -- refer to the occupancy chapter which generally takes precedence, 9- Apply requirement for special structures if applicable</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Minimize danger to life from effects of fire including smoke, heat, and toxic gases created during fire</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Minimum requirement for safety to life from fire</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Burn slow with smoke, but no flame</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1- low, 2- ordinary, 3- high, (can be found in section 6.2)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Level of Exit Discharge: that story that is either (1) the lowest from which not less than 50% of the required number of exits and not less than 50% of the required egress capacity from such a story</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type I: the least combustible and most fire resistant construction type</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type I, Type II, Type II unprotected, Type III, Type IV, Type V (NFPA 101: 8.2.1)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type II: contains structural members made of steel. A protected structural member used in this type of construction is protected and has a fire-resistance rating</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type II unprotected: doesn't have a fire rating</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type III: known as 'conventional construction' combination of type I and type II</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type IV: Heavy Timber (reference NFPA 220 for minimum dimensions of timber)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type V: wood frame construction built of combustible materials</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1- Exit Access, 2- Exit, 3- Exit Discharge, 4- Public Way</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The portion of means of egress that leads to an exit</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Exits include exterior exit doors, exit passageways, horizontal exits, enclosed exit stairs, and enclosed exit ramps</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That portion of a means of egress between the termination of an exit and a public way</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Street, alley, or other similar parcel of land essentially open to the outside air and having a clear width and height of not less than 10 ft</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Area temporarily used during egress</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapter 8.2 and 8.3</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A continuous membrane or a membrane with discontinuities created by protected openings with a specified fire protection rating</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1- Have continuity through all canceled spaces, 2- From floor to the bottom of the interstitial space where the interstitial space has a fire resistance not less than that of the fire barrier</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3 hr, 2 hr, 1 hr, and 0.5 hr fire resistance ratings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Section 8.3.3</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>45 min fire rated door</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Table 8.3.3.6.3</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>NFPA 90A</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Section 8.3.3.2.1</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sections 8.3.3.5 to 8.3.3.7</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sections 8.3.3.6.11 to 8.3.3.2.2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Section 8.3.4.8</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Section 8.3.4.2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chapter 7</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>2 hours fire resistance rated separation, NFPA 101: 7.1.3.2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1 hour fire resistance rated separation, NFPA 101: 7.1.3.2</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1- Door assemblies, 2- Electrical conduit serving the exit enclosure, 3- Pathways for devices for security and communication system, 4- Required exit openings, 5- Ductwork for stair pressurization, 6- Water and steam piping, 7- Sprinkler piping, 8- Standpipes, 9- Exiting penetrations, 10- Penetrations for fire alarm circuits.</p> Signup and view all the answers