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Fire Prevention and Protection
Homeowners and business owners use fire prevention and protection tactics to mitigate fire damage. Installing fire alarms, sprinkler systems and establishing evacuation plans are all part of fire protection plans. Ask questions here about fire safety.
778 Questions
What is the minimum distance sprinklers should be placed from the home?
National fire code requires at least 18 inches of separation from sprinkler heads to things stored beneath them.
What sprinkler systems are the simplest types of automatic fire sprinkler system?
Automatic Sprinkler of Connecticut LLC specializes in the simplest and most cost-effective types of automatic fire sprinkler systems, wet pipe sprinklers. Wet pipe sprinklers are the most common type of sprinkler system and are very reliable. They use water from a pressurized supply line to activate the sprinklers in case of smoke or heat detection, quickly suppressing any fires while minimizing damage.
Can we use helium as Fire extinguisher?
No, helium is not used in fire extinguishers. We find carbon dioxide (CO2) in some extinguishers, but not helium.
Why should you have a fire safety plan?
fire prevention is important because it doesn't matter how big or small a fire is, it can be very harmful. small fires can get much bigger within a few minutes and big fires can spread easily. many people can get injured or even death can occur.
What is the maximum distance of a upright sprinkler from the ceiling?
Maximum drop of the deflector when the concealed sprinkler cover or what they call escutcheons is released, should be at least 1/4" of an inch from the horizontal height of the ceiling to spray the water during sprinkler operation in case of Fire.
How many gpm does a commercial fire sprinkler put out?
There are many variables.
The sprinkler heads come in different sizes.
Rate of flow will be determined by the head-size, the frictional losses in the supply pipework, and the head of water available.
In a single building example, sprinkler heads of exactly the same type, and fed by exactly the same bore pipework, on three different floors will give three different flow rates.
Simple answer? "It varies"
When are smoke detectors required in a house?
Smoke detectors may be required in any new construction or in any house that is used for anything beyond a one or two-family dwelling, or if it is rented to non-family members.
Other local regulations may apply differently, depending upon where the house is located and what standards or ordinances have been adopted.
Who is the oldest Ronald McDonald Smokey bear or the trix rabbit?
Smokey bear is 66yrs old. Trix rabbit is 53yrs old and Ronald McDonald is 47yrs old.
Fire is bad if it goes up in the wrong place at the wrong time where it threatens lives and homes.
However, fire is not bad in the natural ecosystem. Depending on the plant community or biome, fires have, can (and still should) occur every 5 to 10 years (grasslands) to every 10 to 40 years (some forests like the boreal) all to reduce litter content and put nutrients down for more plants to grow and to encourage plant growth.
What is bad about wildfires, though, is the infrequencyin which they occur due to human efforts to prevent any means of starting a fire. For example, the tall-grass prairie naturally and normally had a fire frequency interval of around 3 to 5 years. With human involvement and efforts to prevent fires from occuring in such grasslands, we end up with a plant community that hasn't seen a fire in 20, 30, even 50 years. When that happens, we get a huge build up of litter over time, less biomass production from live grasses, and when someone throws a cigarrette out of a vehicle or lightning hits, the fires that do occur there occur with a rabid intensity that is truly frightening, far more frightening than if that native grassland was allowed to burn more frequently. It's no different with forest fires: The longer fires are withheld from a forested area and the more litter is built up, the more intense and ferocious the fires.
What is the difference between fire retardant and flame retardant coveralls?
Flame retardant means the material will burn at a slow rate. However, flame resistant is defined as resisting flames and the power to withstand any type of flame.
Why is it a good fire precaution to close doors at night?
Because closing doors can slow down the smoke and fire, giving occupants more time to react to a smoke alarm or other fire alarm. If doors are open, the hot smoke and gases can spread by convection and radiation faster than by conduction of heat through the door or wall.
What is the difference between the storage tank and suction tank?
A storage tank is usually elevated, and feeds water by gravity. A suction tank relies on a pump to move water.
Which of the following are fire prevention guidelines?
B. Never leave a fire unattended
C. Extinguish all fires and burning coals or embers with water or dirt.
E. Hold used matches in your fingers until they are cool.
What is a quick response fire sprinkler?
A quick response fire sprinkler is a fire sprinkler designed to react immediately upon sensing a fire. Typically quick response fire sprinklers are heat activated, where heat from a fire melts a fusible link that allows the fire extinguishant (usually water in the case of fire sprinklers) to put out the fire quickly.
Fire sprinkler systems are an important part of a building's total fire protection system, which should also include fire alarms, fire extinguishers and, where appropriate, specialized fire suppression systems.
How long will a fire door protect you from a fire and smoke?
Fire doors that swing for ordinary use are rated from 1/3 of an hour up to 3 hours. There are specialized fire doors that can last longer, sometimes used in high hazard locations, with fusible links that allow them to slam shut when there is enough heat.
Is it illegal to open a fire door when there is no fire?
It's not illegal no, Some people use the fire door in other emergencies.
Many fire doors are also in everyday use, such as those separating parts of a building into different smoke or fire compartments, or protecting stairwells. Such doors are intended to be opened as necessary to pass through.
However, it would be a code violation to prop open a fire door, which would defeat the purpose of automatic closing in case of fire.
Some buildings may also have other security concerns that require exterior fire doors to remain closed except in an emergency. Such doors may have alarms or delayed exit latches to discourage misuse.
False (ESAMS)
Often reffered to as the Manual Call Point or Break Glass. In other places this may be a Pull Station. When these are activated, they cause the fire alarm to go off.
In some other cases, it could be reffered as the main fire alarm control panel, which controls, monitors and powers the system.
Door between attached garage and house does it need a fireproof door?
Your building code will likely require a fire resistant door. Fire separation (non-combustible construction) is generally required to separate the high fire hazard (garage) from living quarters.
What are the things you need for a fire drill?
A fire drill which is intended to be a fire drill. A fire drill should and needs to be a process where you do it once with telling all the occupants of the building to be prepared and talk them through it. Then, do it again unexpectedly to ensure that they still understand what to do in an event of an emergency evacuation!
Sound the fire alarm for a good period of time aswell, this ensures that every gets the message that they need to leave- as only sounding it for a few seconds will cause the occupants to think that it's just a false alarm or a test and they will not doing anything.
Maybe block an escape route or and exit/corridor for the fire drill purpose. To make people think of other quick ways to escape just in case that did happen in a real fire.
Also alert the fire service that you will be doing a drill, some fire alarm systems automatically link to the fire service, so it will send out a hoax call causing a big fine for you!!! Some people outside the building who hear the fire alarm may also think that there maybe a fire, so just alert them!
Fires are organized into classes that describe?
The type of fuel or source of heat.
For example,
A: ordinary combustibles,
B: flammable liquids,
C: electrical heat source,
D: flammable metals,
K: combustible cooking media (deep fat)
