Fire & Life Safety questions with
accurate answers
NFPA ✔✔national fire protection agency
NFPA 3 things ✔✔1. codes & standards
2. training
3. compliance/inspections
A ✔✔common combustibles
common combustibles ✔✔wood, paper, cloth
B ✔✔flammable liquids and gases
flammable liquids and gases ✔✔gasoline, propane and solvents
C ✔✔live electrical equipment
live electrical equipment ✔✔computers, fax machines
K ✔✔cooking media
cooking media ✔✔cooking oils and fats
Egress ✔✔the path to outside
egress plan developed by ✔✔architect and reviewed by fire department
considerations for egress plan ✔✔1. local code puts limit on how far you can travel
before reading an emergency exit (typically 100 feet)
2. must have adequate number of stairwells and exit doors (depends on occupancy)
public assembly ✔✔-limited by the capacity for safe egress from the location, not by the
physical capacity of the space
-set by governing fire marshal
fire systems by category ✔✔1. fire detection
2. fire notification and communication
3. fire suppression
4. fire control or containment
accurate answers
NFPA ✔✔national fire protection agency
NFPA 3 things ✔✔1. codes & standards
2. training
3. compliance/inspections
A ✔✔common combustibles
common combustibles ✔✔wood, paper, cloth
B ✔✔flammable liquids and gases
flammable liquids and gases ✔✔gasoline, propane and solvents
C ✔✔live electrical equipment
live electrical equipment ✔✔computers, fax machines
K ✔✔cooking media
cooking media ✔✔cooking oils and fats
Egress ✔✔the path to outside
egress plan developed by ✔✔architect and reviewed by fire department
considerations for egress plan ✔✔1. local code puts limit on how far you can travel
before reading an emergency exit (typically 100 feet)
2. must have adequate number of stairwells and exit doors (depends on occupancy)
public assembly ✔✔-limited by the capacity for safe egress from the location, not by the
physical capacity of the space
-set by governing fire marshal
fire systems by category ✔✔1. fire detection
2. fire notification and communication
3. fire suppression
4. fire control or containment
