FDNY C14 UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Separation of incompatible material options - ✔✔1 - distance of >20ft
2 - in hazardous material storage cabinets, not in same cabinets
3 - gas cabinets/exhausted enclosures
4 - isolating by a noncombustible partition extending no less than 18 inches above and
to sides
✔✔Where must there be hazard identification signs? - ✔✔stationary containers
entrances to locations where hazardous materials are stores, handled, used, or
dispensed
✔✔Pre-existing lab door sign - ✔✔"Laboratory - Potentially Hazardous Substances"
also required to provide signs whenever water reactive, radioactive, and/or flammable,
or poisonous gases, or bio-hazardous materials were in use
✔✔New laboratories door sign - ✔✔"Laboratory - Caution: Hazardous Materials"
✔✔Door signs required for all labs - ✔✔- store or use materials that are a unusual or
severe fire hazard
lettered or pictured signs acceptable
✔✔No smoking signs required when/where - ✔✔- rooms or areas where hazardous
materials are stored
- within 25ft of outdoor hazardous material storage, handling, and use areas
- facilities or areas within facilities in which smoking has been entirely prohibited
✔✔Which hoods are approved for use in NYC? - ✔✔Hoods that draw fresh air into the
open side of the fume hood, and expel the air outside of the building
, ✔✔Which hoods are not approved for use in NYC? - ✔✔Hoods made safe through
filtration and fed back into the room
✔✔What conditions allow for chemicals to be stored in a hood? - ✔✔- chemicals used in
long term experiment or research
- chemicals for which special ventilation requirements are recommended based on the
unusually hazardous nature
- any other chemical storage approved by Fire Department
✔✔Opening of hood sashes - ✔✔slowly and only when needed
✔✔Where should hoods be locataed - ✔✔areas with minimal air turbulence
people walking past minimized
✔✔C of F hood responsibilities - ✔✔- systems maintained in good working order
- face velocity, exhaust systems and lab special exhaust systems inspected and tested
annually
✔✔pre-existing lab hood requirements - ✔✔- average face velocity of 100ft per min
- minimum face velocity of 75ft per min
- maximum face velocity of 120-150ft per min
- sash height 12-18in
✔✔new lab hood requirements - ✔✔- face velocity of 80-120ft per min
✔✔How often should hood air system flow detectors be inspected/tested? - ✔✔annually
frequency increased where potentially corrosive or obstructive conditions exist
✔✔What must be on a sign affixed to the hood or in a properly maintained log? - ✔✔-
inspection interval
- last inspection date
- average face velocity
- location of fan that serves hood
- inspectors name
✔✔Special requirements for hood using perchloric acid - ✔✔- must be identified as
"FOR PERCHLORIC ACID OPERATIONS"
- heating process must only be conducted in hood specially designed for p. acid
operations
- or in hood that vapors can be trapped and scrubbed before they are released into the
hood
- hood, exhaust duct work, and fan are acid resistant, nonreactive, and impervious
- water spray system for washing down hood and exhaust system
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Separation of incompatible material options - ✔✔1 - distance of >20ft
2 - in hazardous material storage cabinets, not in same cabinets
3 - gas cabinets/exhausted enclosures
4 - isolating by a noncombustible partition extending no less than 18 inches above and
to sides
✔✔Where must there be hazard identification signs? - ✔✔stationary containers
entrances to locations where hazardous materials are stores, handled, used, or
dispensed
✔✔Pre-existing lab door sign - ✔✔"Laboratory - Potentially Hazardous Substances"
also required to provide signs whenever water reactive, radioactive, and/or flammable,
or poisonous gases, or bio-hazardous materials were in use
✔✔New laboratories door sign - ✔✔"Laboratory - Caution: Hazardous Materials"
✔✔Door signs required for all labs - ✔✔- store or use materials that are a unusual or
severe fire hazard
lettered or pictured signs acceptable
✔✔No smoking signs required when/where - ✔✔- rooms or areas where hazardous
materials are stored
- within 25ft of outdoor hazardous material storage, handling, and use areas
- facilities or areas within facilities in which smoking has been entirely prohibited
✔✔Which hoods are approved for use in NYC? - ✔✔Hoods that draw fresh air into the
open side of the fume hood, and expel the air outside of the building
, ✔✔Which hoods are not approved for use in NYC? - ✔✔Hoods made safe through
filtration and fed back into the room
✔✔What conditions allow for chemicals to be stored in a hood? - ✔✔- chemicals used in
long term experiment or research
- chemicals for which special ventilation requirements are recommended based on the
unusually hazardous nature
- any other chemical storage approved by Fire Department
✔✔Opening of hood sashes - ✔✔slowly and only when needed
✔✔Where should hoods be locataed - ✔✔areas with minimal air turbulence
people walking past minimized
✔✔C of F hood responsibilities - ✔✔- systems maintained in good working order
- face velocity, exhaust systems and lab special exhaust systems inspected and tested
annually
✔✔pre-existing lab hood requirements - ✔✔- average face velocity of 100ft per min
- minimum face velocity of 75ft per min
- maximum face velocity of 120-150ft per min
- sash height 12-18in
✔✔new lab hood requirements - ✔✔- face velocity of 80-120ft per min
✔✔How often should hood air system flow detectors be inspected/tested? - ✔✔annually
frequency increased where potentially corrosive or obstructive conditions exist
✔✔What must be on a sign affixed to the hood or in a properly maintained log? - ✔✔-
inspection interval
- last inspection date
- average face velocity
- location of fan that serves hood
- inspectors name
✔✔Special requirements for hood using perchloric acid - ✔✔- must be identified as
"FOR PERCHLORIC ACID OPERATIONS"
- heating process must only be conducted in hood specially designed for p. acid
operations
- or in hood that vapors can be trapped and scrubbed before they are released into the
hood
- hood, exhaust duct work, and fan are acid resistant, nonreactive, and impervious
- water spray system for washing down hood and exhaust system
