What is code for fire alarms?
For many years NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, has required as a minimum that smoke alarms be installed inside every sleep room (even for existing homes) in addition to requiring them outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home. (Additional smoke alarms are required for larger homes.)
What is a fire alarm sound called?
A fire alarm is an electronic sounder or a bell. The alarm makes a loud, high pitched sound to notify people that there is a fire in the building. Most fire alarm sounders in Europe sound like a siren. The bell makes a continuous ringing sound.
At what point do you sound the fire alarm?
When the fire alarm is activated, building occupants will hear a horn which will sound FOUR-FOUR-FOUR (4-4-4). The duration of this signal will be approximately fifteen (15) seconds. A pre-recorded voice message (female voice) will be heard over the building intercom system.
Which type of evacuation should be considered first?
Stay in Place. The first type of evacuation is known as stay in place and is used during a chemical or biological attack. You should stay inside your building. Do not go outside.
What is Level 3 fire evacuation?
Level 3: Means “GO” evacuate now. Leave immediately! Danger to your area is current or imminent, and you should evacuation immediately.
What is a Level 2 fire evacuation?
Level 2 evacuations indicate there is a significant risk to your area, and residents should either voluntarily relocate to a shelter or with family/friends outside of the area, or, be ready to leave at a moments notice.
What is a staged evacuation?
A staged fire alarm alerts the staff and occupants of a building to an alarm of fire in stages. After a pre-determined time the evacuation signal may sound throughout the premises or in progressive stages throughout the building.
What is a defend in place strategy?
What is Defend in Place? Defend in Place is an alternative strategy used to protect patients, staff, and visitors in the event of a fire or fire alarm in a health care facility.
What occupancies are called defend in place?
Defend in place is a strategy that is used mainly in healthcare for those occupants that are physically unable to leave the facility. Many of these occupants are connected to life-supporting equipment, and could be in even more danger if they are moved or removed from the facility.
What is reverse evacuation?
Reverse evacuation procedures are implemented when conditions inside the building are safer than outside. Reverse evacuation procedures are often implemented in combination with other procedures (e.g. lockdown, shelter-in-place) in order to ensure the safety of students and staff who are outside the building.
What is fire race?
RACE: Remove, Alarm, Confine and Extinguish or Evacuate This easy to remember acronym is our University procedure in the case of a fire. Particularly in the hospital, every staff member is trained to recognize and respond appropriately in the case of a fire using this term.
Which element does not need to be present for fire to exist?
Oxygen, heat, and fuel are frequently referred to as the “fire triangle.” Add in the fourth element, the chemical reaction, and you actually have a fire “tetrahedron.” The important thing to remember is: take any of these four things away, and you will not have a fire or the fire will be extinguished.