Fire 118 Chapter 4 Quiz

NFPA code change committees are structured so that no more than ______ Committee represents a single interest in the group

1/3

NFPA's code change process requires ____ weeks and relies on meetings of the _____ individual technical committees

14; 205

Building built before _____ designed under construction code different from the code in effect today

2000

_______ major regional codes involved in the 20th century, and almost every state adopted at least one of them

3

The ICC code change process occurs on a ______ cycle

36-month

What is the first step in the ICC code change process?

Submit code change form

The 2007 ______ fire that killed nine firefighters spread quickly because of an illegally constructed loading dock that should have been identified during a fire inspection, but the building had not been inspected since 1998

Super super store

Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job, _____ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process

The fire service

______ was established by the ICC to represent the common interest of the fire service and the ICC, and gives members direct access to the ICC board

The fire service membership council

______ was formed when the building officials and code administrators international, the southern building code Congress international, and the international conference of building officials combined in 1994

The international code Council

The international conference of building code officials published:

The uniform building code, them uniform mechanical code, and the uniform fire code

______ is one way model code groups can make money

Adoption by transcription

Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and developers prefer:

Mini-Maxi codes

The ________ developed the national electric code, the national building code, and the national fire prevention code

National board of fire underwriters

The ______ May well be the most widely used model code in the world

National electric code

The ______ maintains more than 300 code standards, guides, and recommended practices

National fire protection Association

______ are allowed to vote in the ICC process

Only code officials member jurisdiction

The number of voting delegates in the ICC code change process is based on the:

Population of the jurisdiction

Codes and laws can only be effective in preventing tragedies from happening if they:

Are obeyed

The ______ was the regional model code organization that served at the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and midwestern states in the 20th century

Building officials and code administrators international

After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry developed ______ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of conflagration potential

Codes and standards

______ tell us what to do; _____ tell us how to do them

Codes; standards

Which of the following measures would have been LEAST effective in preventing the 1985 fire at the Valley parade soccer stadium in Bradford England; the 2003 nightclub fire in the Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island; and the 2007 Soffa superstore fire?

Decreasing fines for code violations

The national fire protection Association publishes all of the following EXCEPT the

International fire code

The triangle shirt waist fire, which killed 147 factory workers in 1911, led to the development of the:

Life safety code