Fire Safety in Buildings Flashcards

Flashcards based on the Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings (2011, 2024 Edition)

According to the Foreword, fire safety in buildings is determined by the provisions of means of __ in case of fire.

escape

Amendments to the Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings 2011 (2024 Edition) include amendments made in April 2012, January 2013, 2013, October 2014, 2015, June 2023 and September 2024.

September, October

Part A of the Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings contains three sections: General, __ Requirements, and Definitions.

Performance

Clause A1.2 states that this Code provides the Performance Requirements as well as __ requirements for achieving an adequate level of fire safety in buildings.

prescriptive

According to Clause A2.2, fire safety provisions should be provided for the protection of life of building occupants, minimization of fire spread between fire compartments, prevention of building collapse as a result of fire, and __ of firefighting and rescue by fire services personnel.

facilitation

Clause A3.1 describes that the adequacy of fire safety provisions in a building should be demonstrated by complying with the __ in Section 2.

Performance Requirements

According to Clause A4.1, Parts B to E provide the __ requirements of this Code.

prescriptive

A change in one Use Classification to another is considered as a __ under Section 25 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123).

material change in use

According to Subsection A7, Use Classifications are stipulated in __.

Table A1

Residential premises contain sleeping accommodations as well as other living functions, and occupants are generally __ with the building layout.

familiar

In detention and correctional facilities, persons are under various __.

restraints

Functional Statement for Means of Escape follows Building (Planning) Regulation __.

41(1)

According to Performance Requirement B1, a building, fire compartment, or storey should be provided with adequate __ for all occupants to evacuate safely without being overwhelmed by the effects of fire.

means of escape

According to Performance Requirement B4, sufficient __ should be provided to the building occupants to evacuate in case of outbreak of fire.

warning

According to Performance Requirement B6, adequate __ should be provided for identification of the means of escape in case of fire.

signs

Section 35 of the Building (Construction) Regulation provides the Functional Statement for __.

Fire Resisting Construction

According to Performance Requirement C1, a building should be provided with adequate fire safety provisions to __ the spread of fire.

inhibit

Functional statements for means of access follow regulations 41A, 41B, __ and 41D.

41C

Every building shall also be provided with an __ to allow safe and unobstructed access of a vehicle of the Fire Services Department to the building.

emergency vehicular access

According to Performance Requirement F1, the fire safety provisions of a building should be kept in __ order.

good working

Access staircase is designed to allow firemen __ access to all storeys of a building in the event of fire.

safe and unobstructed

Compartment area is the area of the __ of a building contained within the external surfaces of a fire compartment.

floors

__ means the set of fire safety provisions that must be maintained as a result of a performance-based approach to the fire safety design and that if altered will invalidate the performance-based fire safety design.

Bounding Conditions

A fire barrier is the construction that has a __ separating one space from another.

fire resistance rating

Every part of an exit route should be provided at all time with lighting of a horizontal illuminance at floor level of not less than __ lux.

30

Every building, except those buildings permitted under Clause B6.1 to have only one required staircase, should be so constructed that there are available from each storey not less than __ exit routes

2

Every door across an exit, or into an exit route from a room or storey with the occupant capacity exceeding __, should open in the direction of exit.

30

The gradient of every ramp forming part of an exit route should not at any part be steeper than __.

1:12

Every basement should have not less than __ exits.

two

Save as provided in Clause B18.5, refuge floors should be provided for all buildings exceeding __ storeys in height above the lowest ground storey.

25