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FIRE 4 –
Building Construction for Fire Protection
Fire Behavior and Building Construction Chapter 5 –
Chief V’s Review
Chapter 4 – Chief V’ Review
1. Explain the simplest definition of fire.
2. Explain the element of a fire that is known as a reducing agent.
3. Explain the type of heat transfer when heat is transferred into another area of a bldg. along a steel I-beam.
4. Explain the type of heat transfer associated with autoignition.
5. In a multistory bldg., explain auto-exposure and the types of heat transfer with fire spreads to floors above.
6. Explain the term for an enclosure around the fire.
7. Explain the stage of fire considered to be the second stage, which the fire spreads to adjacent combustibles. 8. Explain the stage of fire characterized by glowing combustion.
9. Explain the term neutral plane in a compartment fire.
10. Explain the term entrainment and the process of fresh air being drawn into the fire.
Chapter 4 – Chief V’ Review
11. Explain which element of the triangle that has a major influence of fire in a room.
12. Explain why fire duration and size plays a significant role in the degradation of construction materials.
13. Explain what greatly influences the growth and spread of fire in a structure.
14. Explain what was a major factor in the loss of lives at the Cocoanut Grover nightclub fire in 1942.
15. Explain the hazards associated with plywood on interior finishes of a structure and past incidents.
16. Explain why interior finishes may increase the fire hazard. 17. Identify the year when a low-density fiberboard made of sugar cane and wood fibers was first produced.
18. Explain the 1949 contributing factor for the tragic fire occurring in Illinois at St. Anthony's Hospital.
19. Explain why adhesives used to glue ceiling tiles are considered a hazard associated with interior finishes.
20. Explain the destruction time of the 1967 U.S. Pavilion fire in the Montreal.
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Chapter 4 – Chief V’ Review
21. Explain the leading factor in the deaths of six firefighters in the Worcester Cold Storage fire in 1999.
22. Explain the thickness / diameter of the brick walls of the Worcester Cold Storage building.
23. Explain why polyurethane foam was used as an interior finish during the Station nightclub deadly fire. 24. Explain why material alterations must meet the same fire code used during original construction. 25. Explain why real-cut Christmas trees were removed from San Antonio, Texas, hotels & businesses.
26. Explain which type of material has been called solidified gasoline.
27. Explain why all holiday decorations are hazardous and need to be monitored in their use.
28. Explain why in recent years the fire load and heat release rates of homes and offices have increased. 29. Identify a state requiring interior designers to pass exams on interior design, building codes and fire safety.
30. Identify a classic film that was produced to show how fast fire can grow and reach flashover.
Chapter 4 – Chief V’ Review
31. Identify during a fire which fire gas is the most prevalent of the toxic gases?
32. Explain Haber's rule that illustrates a formula that measures minutes exposed equals states 33,000 ppm. 33. Explain the 10-minutes exposure example in the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook
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34. Explain what type of damage is considered the most expensive by-product incurring during a fire.
35. Explain where polychlorinated biphenyl liquid is used as an equipment coolant. 36. Explain which fire stage could be effectively extinguished with a fire extinguisher.
37. Explain the association with the terms of phenomenon of rollover and flameover. 38. Explain ceiling layer and the collection of gases that congregate at the very top of a room.
39. Explain the term flameover.
40. Explain the term flow path.
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