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Minimum exit door width.
Minimum floor to ceiling height.
Maximum stair rise height for a class A stair.
Maximum height between landings for class A stair.
Minimum headroom for class A & B stairs.
Unit area per person for waiting areas or standing rooms.
Number of exits for place of assembly for 1000 occupants
Travel distance to an exit without fire sprinkler system.
Travel distance to an exit with fire sprinkler system.
Minimum spacing of rows of seats from back to back for a public assembly building.
Maximum number of seats in a row in between aisles.
Maximum number of seats in a row opening on to an aisle at one side.
Standard width of a seat without dividing arms for places of assembly.
Minimum width of an aisle serving an occupant of 60.
Minimum headroom created by any projection from the ceiling.
Minimum clear width of turnstiles.
Minimum dimension of landings in direction of travel for class A & B stairs.
Minimum number of risers in any one (1) flight of stairs.
Minimum height of a handrail above the upper surface of the tread.
Minimum clearance of a handrail from any wall.
Minimum height of a guard rail.
Maximum height of a guard rail.
Minimum inner radius of a monumental stair.
Minimum width of any balcony or bridge.
Minimum width of a class A ramp.
Maximum rise of any floor from the balcony floor to which an access door leads.
Maximum vertical height in floors for an escalator.
Minimum width of a fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Minimum width of landing for a fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Minimum tread for a fire escape stair for small buildings.
Maximum rise of fire escape stair for a small building.
Maximum rise of fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Maximum height between landings for a fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Minimum headroom clearance for a fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Minimum headroom clearance for a fire escape stair for small buildings.
Number of exits for place of assembly for 600-1000 occupants.
Maximum occupant load for a class C public assembly.
Minimum number of exit for an Institutional type of structure.
Maximum travel distance between room door intended as exit access and exit with sprinkler system for institutional use.
Maximum travel distance from the door of any room to exit for hotels with sprinkler.
Maximum travel distance from the main entrance door to exit for apartments with sprinkler.
Minimum increase in width for an aisle per linear meter.
Minimum width of an aisle serving an occupant of 60 or more serving one side for a public assembly building.
Minimum width of an aisle serving an occupant of 60 or more serving two sides for a public assembly building.
Minimum width of an aisle serving an occupant of below 60 for a public assembly building.
Minimum width of an aisle for an educational use building.
Minimum width of an aisle for hospitals or nursing homes.
Minimum width of an aisle for custodial care institutions.
Minimum width of an aisle for business use structure.
Minimum width of an aisle for an industrial building.
Occupant load per person for laboratories.
Jails are classified under what classification of occupancy.
Courtrooms with an occupant load of more than 100 are classified under what classification of occupancy.
Armories with an occupant load of more than 100 are classified under what classification

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2.30 mts.
0.19 mtr.
2.75 mts.
2.00 mts.
0.28 sqm.
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1.00 mtr.
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1.83 mts.
112 cms.
112 cms.
4.60 sqm.
Institutional
Assembly
Assembly

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Libraries are classified under what classification of occupancy.
Rooms where baled, bundled or piled materials segregated into desired sizes or groups.
Buildings or structures 15 meters or more in height.
Buildings or structures used for the storage of explosives, shells, projectile, etc.
An air compartment or chamber to which 1 or more ducts are connected and which form part of an air distribution system.
A kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion.
Descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
A material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or support combustion. A process where a piece of metal is heated prior to changing its shape and dimension.
The process of first raising the temperature to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts and then cooling and condensing the result vapor so as to produce a nearly purified substance.
A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion.
Temperature rating at flash point.
A class of fire with flammable liquid and gasses.
The temperature at which a liquid is transformed or converted into vapor.
Minimum fire resistance rating for a firewall.
A continuous passageway for the transmission of air.
The minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air.
A gas, fume or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects, fungi, vermin, germs, rodents or other pests.
Minimum width of any driveway in and around a lumber yard / piles.
Minimum height of fence for a lumber yard for exterior storage of lumbers.
Maximum width of sumps for the retention of oil and petroleum products.
For Refineries, distilleries, and chemical plants, the minimum height for a fence.
Minimum travel distance from any individual room subject to occupancy by not more
6 persons.
Maximum distance of travel from the high hazard area to an exit.
Minimum distance of an incinerator from any structure used other than a single family dwelling. Maximum reduction in width of a stair by a handrail.
Minimum door width of a single door in a door way.
Maximum change in elevation between the interior of a door to the outside of it other than a balcony.
Maximum force in kilograms required for a panic hardware.
Maximum height required for a panic hardware installation.
Minimum height required for a panic hardware installation.
Maximum number of occupant for a subdivided room or space by a folding partition.
Minimum width of a door for family day care homes.
Minimum stair width for a class B stair serving an occupant load of less than 50.
Length of a nosing or effective projection over the level immediately below it for tread below 25 cms in dimension.
Maximum height of a handrail.
A combustible liquid is any liquid having a flash point at or above.
The time duration that a material or construction can withstand the effect of standard fire test is known as.
Any material which by its nature or as a result of its reaction with other elements produces a rapid drop in temperature of the immediate surrounding.
Classified as mercantile occupancies, the travel distance from exits shall be.
Under what classification of occupancy does pool rooms fall.
Under what classification of occupancy does home for the aged fall.
Under what classification of occupancy does court houses fall.
Under what classification of occupancy does refineries fall.

Assembly
Business
Picking rooms.
High rise building
Explosive magazine
Plenum
Fulminate
Phyrophoric
Oxidizing material
Forging
Distillation
Dust
37.8 oC (100 oF)
Class B
Boiling Point
4 hrs.
Duct System
Flash Point
Fumigant
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1.80 mts.
3.70 mts.
1.50 mts.
15.00 mts.
23.00 mts.
3.00 mts.
9 cms.
71 cms.
20.5 cms.
7 kgs.
112 cms.
76 cms.
20
61 cms.
91 cms.
25 mm
86.5 cms.
37.8 oC (100 oF)
Fire resistance rating
Cryogenic
30.50 mts.
Assembly
Institutional
Business
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Under what classification of occupancy does drugstores fall.
Minimum width of an aisle in a store for mercantile occupancies.
Minimum number of aisles for Class 'A' stores.
Minimum clear width of aisles for a Class 'A' store.
Minimum clear width of an exit access through a covered mall.
Minimum height of buildings requiring automatic sprinkler protection.
Standard inner radius of a curved stair in business occupancies.
Maximum height of riser for Class 'A' stairs.
Maximum height of riser for Class 'B' Stairs.
Minimum width of stair for Class 'B' stairs serving more than 50 persons.
Minimum width of stair for Class 'B' stairs serving 50 persons and below.
Maximum horizontal projection of a handrail over a stair.
Minimum width of a stair width for Class 'A' stairs.
Maximum height between landings for a Class 'B' stairs.
Minimum width of landings in direction of travel for Class 'A / B' stairs.
Minimum width of Class 'A' ramp.
Minimum width of Class 'B' ramp.
Standard slope of Class 'B' ramp in percentage.
Maximum height between landings for Class 'A' ramp.
Maximum height between landings for Class 'B' ramp.
Minimum width of ramps of 3 stories or more in height.
Minimum width for fire escape for existing stairs.
Minimum horizontal dimension of any landing of platform for existing stairs for fire escape.
Maximum rise for a fire escape for very small buildings.
Maximum height between landings for fire escape for existing stairs.
Minimum distance travel to an exit for storage occupancies of high hazard commodities.
Class of fire involving combustible metals, such as magnesium, sodium, potassium, and other similar materials.
Class of fire involving ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, papers, cloth, rubber, and plastics.
A tank, vat or container of flammable or combustible liquid in which articles or materials are immersed for the purpose of coating, finishing, treating or similar processes.
An integrated system of under ground or overhead piping or both connected to a source of extinguishing agents or medium and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards which when actuated by its automatic detecting device, suppresses fire within the area protected.
A continuous and unobstructed route of exit from any point in a building to a public way.
Minimum distance of an incinerator containing kindled fire or rubbish fire or bonfires.
Under what classification of occupancy does museums fall?
Under what classification of occupancy does town halls fall?
Maximum width of a single door in a doorway.
Minimum tread for a fire escape stair for existing stairs.
Maximum spacing of rungs for a fire escape ladder.
Minimum spacing of rungs for a fire escape ladder.
Class III combustible liquids shall mean any liquid having a flash point at how many degrees Celsius?
In standard seating, the minimum spacing from back to back.
Minimum space from the back of chair to the front of the chair behind.
Maximum slope for aisles for public assembly structures.
Size of standpipe provided for each stage for public assembly building.
Occupant load per person for classrooms.
Where exterior corridors or balconies are provided as means of exit, they shall open to the outside and shall be spaced ___ meters apart. (Educational)
Minimum dimension of a rescue window for educational occupancies.
Maximum height from the floor for a rescue window for educational occupancies.
Minimum width of corridors, aisles, and ramps for exits in hospitals and nursing homes.
Minimum width of corridors, aisles, and ramps for exits in residential-custodial care.
Any room for sleeping in institutional occupancies if subdivided shall have a maximum

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15 mts.
763 cms.
19 cms.
20 cms.
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91 cms.
38 mm.
25 mm.
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112 cms.
76 cms.
10-17%
No limit
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1.20 mts.
55.9 cms.
55.9 cms.
30.5 cms.
3.66 mts.
23 mts.
Class D
Class A
Dip Tank
Automatic
Fire
Suppression
System
Means of Egress
5.00 mts.
Assembly
Business
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22.9 cms.
30.5 cms.
25 cms.
60 oC
0.83 mtr.
30 cms.
(1:8) 12.5%
63.5 mm.
1.8 sqm.
76.25 mts.
55 cms.
82 cms.
2.44 mts.
1.83 mts.
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area of how many square meters?
Includes buildings or groups of building under the same management in which there are more than 15 sleeping accommodations for hire.
Includes buildings containing three or more living units independent cooking and bathroom facilities, whether designed as rowhouse, apartment house, tenement, garden apartment, or by any other name.
Minimum number of stories of apartment buildings requiring fire alarm system.
Minimum number of apartment units requiring fire alarm system.

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Hotel
Apartment Buildings
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