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Assembly Occupancy

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Any building, structure, or compartment (room) that is used for gathering of 50 or more persons

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Different classes and loads for assembly occupancies under NFPA?

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Class A - Loads over 1,000

Class B - Loads of 301 to 1,000

Class C - Loads of 50 to 300

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Business occupancies

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Buildings that provide a working place for large numbers of occupants in an office environment

Divided into group areas and individual working spaces

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Educational occupancies

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Any building or portion of a building that is used for the purpose of education 6 or more persons from preschool through the 12th grade

Buildings are not intended for 24-hour ops, but is not uncommon

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Factory/industrial occupancies

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Each model code further separates this category into several subdivisions that's are based upon relative hazard or risk to life created by the process or activity

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Factory/industrial occupancies - NFPA codes

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General purpose

Special purpose

High hazard

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Factory/industrial occupancies - ICC

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Describe factory/industrial occupancies as buildings that are used in manufacturing, packaging, finishing, assembling, or disassembling products that are not classified as hazardous

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Healthcare occupancies

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Facilities that provide health or medical services to 4 or more induvidualsbwho cannot evacuate themselves during emergency without assistance from staff or emergency responders

Identified only in NFPA 1TM and 101

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Ambulatory healthcare occupancies

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Buildings or portions of buildings that provide medical services to 4 or more patients on an outpatient basis

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Detention occupancies

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Locations where the occupants are held under restraints

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Residential board and care occupancies

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Describe in NFPA 1TM and 101 as locations where lodging, boarding, and personal care are provided to 4 or more residents who are unrelated to the owner or operator

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Day care occupancies

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Facilities that provide care, maintenance, and supervision of persons of any age for periods of less than 24 hours per day

NFPA 101 - separates day care facilities into a separate classification category

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Mercantile occupancies

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Any building that used to display or sell merchandise

Contain both large quantities of combustible materials and the potential for high life loss

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Residential occupancies

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Those structures that provide sleeping accommodations under conditions other than those defined for health care or detention and correctional occupancies

1 or 2 family dwellings

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Residential occupancies - 1 or 2 family dwellings

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Defined by NFPA 1TM and 101 as those structures having no more than 2 dwelling units, including detached units, semi-detached units, and duplexes

Depending upon the kind of fire separation between units, walls that are constructed in a dwelling complex determine their occupancy classifications

Dwellings separated by a complete fire wall may be classified as individual units

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Residential occupancies - Lodging (boarding) or rooming house

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May or may not provide meals, but separate cooking facilities are included for individual occupants

NFPA 1TM and 101 describe occupancies that include

1. Guest houses

2. Foster homes

3. Bed and breakfast

4. Motels that provide 24 hour accommodations for 16 or fewer individuals without cooking facilities.

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Residential occupancies - boarding or rooming houses

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Usually separate, distinct occupancies

Cannot be located above mercantile occupany unless separated by 1 hour fire separation wall or mercantile occupancy is equipped with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system.

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Residential occupancies - most common problem for inspector?

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Knowing the number of individuals permitted to be housed in these facilities is the most common problem that an inspector faces during an inspection

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Residential occupancies - hotels

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Any building or group of buildings that provides sleeping rooms for transients

Present wide range of fire and safety challenges for inspectors

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Dormitory

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Any building or portion of a building in which sleeping accommodations are provided to more than 16 persons who are not related

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Apartment buildings

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May be single or multistory structures containing 3 or more independent dwelling units with cooking and bathroom facilities in each unit

May be considered a high rise structure if greater than 7 stories

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Storage occupancies

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Used to store goods, etc

NFPA includes- warehouses, freight terminals, parking garages, aircraft hangars, get on elevators, barns, and stables

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Utility/miscellaneous occupancies

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ICC code only

Usually incidental or accessory buildings or structures that do not pose a hazard to the primary occupancy

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multiple use occupancies

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Include structures that have 2 or more very different types of activities occurring within them

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Incidental use

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Required to conform to the occupancy requirements of the building or portion of the building it is located in; fire separation walls, assemblies, or protection must conform to the requirements fornthe primary use group such as institutional or mercantile

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Mixed use

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Structures containing multiple occupancies

Each type is individually classified by primary occupancy classification and separated from other occupancies by appropriate fire wall separation

*some occupancy classification are not permitted to share the same building

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Mixed use categories

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Accessory- subsidiary to main occupancy. Limited to no more than 10 percent of the area of the story on which they are located

Non separted- building or portion of building that has 2 or more occupancy uses each classified according to its own use

Separated- structure or portion contain several occupancy types within. Each occupancy type is classified individually

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Occupant Loads

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Total number of persons who may occupy a building or a portion of it at any one time

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When should occupant loads be established

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Should be established during plans review

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Occupant load helps building official and plans examiner determine...

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Capacity of each individual means of egress

Total capacity of all means of egress

Number of exits required

Maximum travel distance to an exit

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What is occupant load formula

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Net floor area ÷ area per person = occupant load

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Means of egress capacity must be equal to what?

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occupant load

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How is means of egress determined?

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Determined by floor area and based on occupancy type

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What is the most common numerical factor to determine egress capacity for stairways and doors?

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0.3 inches per person for stairways

0.2 inches per person for ramps or level exits components

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What are the 3 means of egress elements?

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A. Exit access

E. Exit

D. Exit of discharge

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Element with the largest capacity determines total capacity for entire means of egress. True or False?

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False. The smallest capacity determines the total capacity for entire means of egress.

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What are the occupant load ranges and how many exits are required for each?

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500 or less- at least 2 exits

minimum of exits

500 or more - minimum of exits1000 or more - 4 or more exits

1000 or more - 4 or more exits

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You must measure on the floor or walk along the wall of the natural path of trravel to measure travel distance to exit. True or false?

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False. You measure on the floor or walk along the centerline of the natural path of travel to measure the travel distance.

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What are some Travel distance measurement points?

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Starts from most remote portion of occupancy

Curves around corners or obstruction with 1 foot clearance

Ends at center of exit doorway or other point at which exit begins

If layout of room unknown or changing, maximum distance calculated by starting at most remote point and processing by following walls to door of room

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What are the measurements dead corridors must follow?

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Corridor more than 20 in length and no more than 50 ft in length

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Maps for Evacuation for primary and secondary routes must have what?

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Illustrate routes

Given to each employee and posted in conspicuous locations

Indicate present location of person reading

Indicate routes to the exits

Show the location of the meeting point once they have left the structure

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What must a monitor be responsible for?

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Responsible for ensuring that all people in the particular area know the emergency evacuation plan and their individual duties and responsibilities

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An employee/Occupant can provide information to the IC through the monitor or the representative on types of actions taken. True or false?

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True.

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How many trained crowd managers or crowd manager supervisors shall an assembly occupancy be provided?

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A minimum of 1.

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What is the ratio of of crowd managers to occupant load?

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1 crowd manager to 250 occupants.

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At what levels of management and supervisory staff shall emergency evacuation drills be discussed and who executes them?

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At all level levels and they be executed by loss control or safety staff.

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Where must evacuation drill records be kept?

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In the emergency evacuation drill file

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Frequency varies with type of occupancy for Evacuation drills. What is the minimum?

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At least 2 per year.

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Emergency evacuation drills for schools operating in U.S. DoD facilities fall under what authority?

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DoD authority.

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When are evacuation drills for healthcare facilities conducted?

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Quarterly on each shift.

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What are the phases for Evacuation drills.

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Phase 1. Evacuating single room

Phase 2. Evacuating entire zone of building

Phase 3. Evacuating entire floor and zones on the floor above the incident floor

Phase 4. Evacuating entire building.

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What is R.E.A.C.T?

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R. Remove those in immediate danger

E. Ensure that the room door is closed

A. Activate the fire alarm or notify law enforcement agency

C. Call the fire dept or call local law enforcement agency

T. Try to extinguish or control the fire or remove those at risk without endangering additional lives.

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What is R.A.C.E.

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R. Remove

A. Alert (call 911)

C. Confine (close off area of origin)

E. Extinguish (if able to do so)

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When evacuating you want to evacuate all floors above the fire floor first? True or false?

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False. Evacuate the fire floor first, followed by all floors above the incident.

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When removing patients during evacuation where do you taken them?

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To predetermined sites that are ready to accept and provide adequate shelter and care for special/medical needs.

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Evacuation drill plans must be made available to inmates. True or Fals?

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True

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What unique problem does hotel and motel evacuation drills have?

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Temporary nature of occupants