Ifsta Fire Inspection And Code Enforcement

Front 1

The statement that accurately describes the goal of any inpection program is ___

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a fire that does not occur is the one that is most easily controlled

Front 2

Enabling legislation, define

Back 2

legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implent or enforce the law

Front 3

What is the NFPA standard for professional qualifications for fire inspector and plan examiner

Back 3

NFPA 1031

Front 4

What is a cease and desist order

Back 4

court order prohibiting a person or business form continueing a particular course of conduct

Front 5

An inspector that is certified to the level II must be able to perform which duties

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- interpret and apply adopted codes and standards
- determine the occupancy loads for multi use buildings
- testify at legal proceedings
- perform plans reviews
- apply fire and life safety codes requirements to complex situations
- evaluate code compliance in the manufacture, storage and use of flammable and combustible liquids, gases , and haz mat

Front 6

Name the categories of inspections

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- annual
- issuance of a permit
- response to a complaint
- eminent hazard
- new construction
- change in occupancy
- owner, occupant request

Front 7

What is the difference between state/provincial laws and local laws and ordinances

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local laws and ordinances, although sometimes based on state laws, are more specific and tailored toward the exact needs of a particular county, municipality or fire protection district

Front 8

What is a stop work, or a cease and desist order

Back 8

a court order prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct

Front 9

True or False
Inspectors do not have to stated the reason for inspection

Back 9

false
inspectors must stated the reason for inspection

Front 10

True or False
Inspectors must be easily identifiable with credentials prominently displayed or immidiately available for review

Back 10

true

Front 11

Federal laws concerning inspections include the following topics

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- employee safety
- transportation of hazardous materials
- patient safety in health care facilities
- accessiblity for handicapped citizens
- minimum housing standards

Front 12

In addition to enforcing selected federal laws, what other laws to states enforce

Back 12

state laws

Front 13

Enabling legislation defines ___

Back 13

the extent and limitations of the departments authority

Front 14

Public inspectors must be aware of what concerning insurance requirements

Back 14

some of them are more aimed at protecting property than concern for life safety

Front 15

What are discretionary acts

Back 15

acts involving actions inpectors consider necessary to fulfill their responsibilities

Front 16

Define indemnity

Back 16

One party agreeing to compensate another party for losses or damages that are incurred if specific acitons or events occur

Front 17

To indemnify the inspector means ___

Back 17

the AHJ assumes the responsiblity for any claims against the individual

Front 18

Define duty to inspect clause

Back 18

the clause charge the inpector with total enforcement. The code is applied equally to all applicable occupancies in a given jurisdiction

Front 19

From a liability standpoint, is it better to less, more thorough inpections or more frequent, less complete inspections

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less inspections, more thorough and complete

Front 20

Define AHJ

Back 20

Authority Having Jurisdiction

Front 21

Define standard as in reference to inspections

Back 21

a set of principles, protocols and procedures that is developed by committees through a consensus process

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Define code in reference to inspections

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a collection or compilation of rules and regs enacted by a legislative body to become law in a particular jurisdiction

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What is a prescriptive based (aka specification based) code/standard

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stipulates in details the types of materials that can be used and how they must be assembled (concerning building and fire code)

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What is a performance based code

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describes an acceptable level of performance that assembly, material, or system must meet without specifically stating how the item is assembled

Front 25

Which one of these provides cost effective protection based on the actual hazard -
prescriptive based code
performance based code

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performance based code

Front 26

Define consensus standard

Back 26

a document that a committee of industry experts developed and agreed upon before adoption

Front 27

Name three organizations that develop national consensus standards that relate to fire and life safety

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- National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)
- ASTM international (American Society for Tesing and Materials)
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

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NFPA 1

Back 28

uniform fire code

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NFPA 13

Back 29

standard for the installation of sprinklers

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NFPA 14

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standard for the installation of standpipe and hose systems

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NFPA 101

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life safety code

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NFPA 704

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standard system for the ID of Haz Mat for emergency response

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NFPA 1031

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standard for professional qualifications for fire inpector and plan examiner

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NFPA 5000

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building construction and safety code

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UL 260

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standard for dry pipe and deluge valves for fire-protection services

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UL 299

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dry chemical fire extinguishers

Front 37

Define Model Code

Back 37

used describe a set of requirements similar to a standard

Front 38

Codes and standards are only enforceable when the ___ adopts them

Back 38

AHJ
(authority having jurisdiction)

Front 39

Do some facilities have to meet the requirements of multiple codes?

Back 39

yes

Front 40

An inspector should constantly monitor code provisions enacted at ___ levels of government

Back 40

all

Front 41

Define fire door

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Specificallly constructed, tested, an approved fire rated door assembly designed and installed to prevent fire spread

Front 42

Define fire wall

Back 42

wall with a specified degree of fire resistance that is designed to prevent the spread of fire within a structure or between adjacent structures

Front 43

True or False
Codes can be modified

Back 43

true
certain circumstances do call for code modification

Front 44

Define model codes

Back 44

codes based on a consensus of expert opinions

Front 45

Local code will often adopt ___ codes

Back 45

model codes

Front 46

Anytime a new code or amendment is proposed, what group is included in its development

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stakeholders

Front 47

Define stakeholders concerning code amendment

Back 47

stakeholders are composed of all individuals who are affected by the code itself

Front 48

Those most often identified as stakeholders are ___

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- insurance industry
- elected officials
- building industry
- chamber of commerce
- citizen groups

Front 49

When fire and safety code officials determine that a nw code is needed, what should be formed?

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a code development team, or task force

Front 50

The order in which code enforcement upon an individual takes place

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- notification, sometimes referred to as a citation or a liability notice
- follow up inspection
- sanction
- prosecution

Front 51

Define permit

Back 51

an official document that grants a property owner or other party permission to perform a specific activity

Front 52

Name the five typical permits listed in the IFSTA

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1 maintenance, storage or use of haz mat

2 hazardous operations or processes

3 installation/operation of equipment in connection with hazardous operations, maintenance, and storage

4 open burning

5 large area tents

Front 53

What does ANSI stand for

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American National Standard Institute

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What does ANSI do?

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ANSI ensures access to the standards process is made available to anyone directly or materially affected by a standard that is under development

Front 55

One serious drawback to using wood for construction

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is the combustibility

Front 56

What are glulam beams?

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strips of small wood laminated together to make a larger beam

Front 57

What are the two main methods of fire retardant treatment of wood

Back 57

impregnation and surface coating

Front 58

What is a common use of fire retardent treated plywood

Back 58

sheathing for roofs in multi family dwellings

Front 59

What are two disadvantages of building with steel

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rust, and how much it weakens when its been exposed to heat

Front 60

What is the most common way to protect steel in a fire resistive building

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through the use of a insulating material such as lath and plaster, multiple layers of gypsum board, sprayed on cement like coating, mineral and fiberboards

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How is fire rated glass rated

Back 61

minutes of resistance to fire

Front 62

Where are type X and C gypsum board used
?

Back 62

Used in fire rated assemblies

Front 63

What is a cantilever roof

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roof structure wxtending from the edge of the building, which is anchored only at one end

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What is a parapet wall

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walls that extend above the roof of a structure for appearan ce purposes

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What is a live load

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items within a building that are movable but are NOT included as a permanent part of the structure. Examples are addition of people, objects or weather

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What is a fire cut

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cut in wood joists where the joist meets a masonry wall. This allows wook components attached to masonry walls to fall away from the wall under fire conditions without causing the wall to collapse

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Walls constructed with fire rated materials can have fire ratings of ___

Back 67

2 to 4 hours

Front 68

Walls that have a thickness of ___ inches or more have an inherently high degree of fire resistance

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18 inches or more

Front 69

What does the presence of a thrust plate indicate?

Back 69

that the building has undergone repairs to its structural integrity

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What is a thrust plate

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steel plate located on the exterior of a masonry building to which a tension rod is anchored

Front 71

In heavy timber construction columns are not less than _ x _ inches and beams (except roof beams) are not less than _ x _ inches

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8x8 for columns
6x10 for beams

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What is the most popular form of wood construction?

Back 72

light wood framing

Front 73

What is unique about balloon framing

Back 73

the studs are conitinuous from the sill to the top plate of the roof line

Front 74

Openings in masonry walls are usually one of three styles. Name them

Back 74

lintel, arch, corbelling
(LAC)

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Typical brick wall construction terminology

Back 75

course - bricks laid side by side in a horizontal layer

wythe - horizontal courses of bricks laid on top of each other

stretcher - when bricks are laid flat, end to end

soldier - when the bricks are vertically on end

header - bricks laid flat across the top of a wall being used to bond two wythes

Front 76

Define mushroom capital

Back 76

flaring conical head ona concrete column

Front 77

Define drop panel

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thickened concret panel that extends a minimum of 4 inches in all directions from the top of a column to provide support for the concrete slab

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Define flat plate

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plain floor slab about 8 inches thick that rests on columns spaced up to 22 feet apart

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Define corbel

Back 79

bracket or ledge made of stone, wood, brick or other building material protecting from the face of a wall or column used to support a beam, cornice or arch

Front 80

Define fire walls

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in place to limit the maximum spread of fire. Rated in hours, maximum rating for building code is 4 hours

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Define party walls

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a wall that lies on a lot line between two buildings and is common to both buildings.

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Are party walls load bearing?

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almost always

Front 83

Define fire partitions and fire barriers

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interior walls used to subdivide a floor or area of a building but do not qualify as a fire walls

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Define enclosure and shaft walls

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these walls are used to encompass vertical openings such as stairwells, elevator shafts and pipe chases that extend from floor to floor

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Are enclosure walls load bearing?

Back 85

no

Front 86

Define curtain walls (sometimes known as cladding)

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this wall is used to seperate the interior environment from the exterior environment

Front 87

Are curtain walls load bearing?

Back 87

no

Front 88

Name three categories of roof contruction

Back 88

flat
pitched
curved

Front 89

Name 3 methods of classifying fire doors

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1 hourly protection rating
2 alphbetical letter designation
3 combination of hour and letter

Front 90

How does and inpector determine a doors fire rating?

Back 90

look for the labels

Front 91

Are fire rated walls and fire rated doors always interconnected?

Back 91

yes

Front 92

What is a steiner tunnel test

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a test that determines the flame spread rating of a material

Front 93

List the components of a HVAC system (heating, ventilating and air conditioning system)

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- outside air intakes
- fans
- air filtration devices
- air heating and cooling equipment
- air ducts

Front 94

Why do fire escapes pose a high level of danger?

Back 94

because their structural soundness may be suspect and they may fail when put into service. They are subject to outside environment and only supported via anchor points to the outside of the building

Front 95

What is a smoke developed rating

Back 95

a measure of the relative visual obscurity created by the smoke from a tested material

Front 96

In what ways does interior finish contribute to the behavior of fire

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- affects the rate of fire growth to flashover
- adds to the intensity of a fire because it contributes fuel
- produces smoke and toxic gases
- contributes to fire extension by flame spread over its surface

Front 97

What is more rigid -
fire door testing
fire wall testing

Back 97

fire wall testing

Front 98

How are fire doors tested

Back 98

in a furnace exposing the fire doors to the same time and temperature curve used to establish the fire resistance rating of structural assemblies