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n a company design for the extent of injuries and damage that will be caused by fire in its plant 2. Explain the fire triangle and the fire pyramid propyl alcohol was being used to clean saw blades in a sawmill while the t directly over the pan of alcohol. Did the alcohol ignite? erature was 50°F. Without thinking, the worker lit a cigarette 4 Name four major priorities for good fire-safety practices. 5. How does a cementitious coating protect a steel column from fire? 6. Name three characteristics of a fire wall, and how it is different from a fire-barrier wall. . Study a laboratory building, or a building with several laboratories in it, and try to determine if fire walls or smoke doors would be beneficial. What is the largest size glass or plastic container that can be used to store the following materials inside a building where people work (a) kerosene, (b) formaldehyde, (c) methyl alcohol, (d) turpentine? 8. 9. Name several substances that are subject to spontaneous combustion. 10. Why is a smoke detector usually preferable to a heat detector as a means 11. Examine the fire extinguishers in one or more buildings on campus to 12. How would you protect a restaurant from a cooking fire? of detecting fire? determine the extinguishing agent. Considering the most likely causes of fire in those areas, are the extinguishing agents good choices? 13. What is the rate of water discharge from a sprinkler in a typical grocery 14. Why is a wet sprinkler system preferred over a dry-pipe sprinkler 15. What advantage is offered by a looped sprinkler system as compan 16. From your calculations in question 13 above, what pressure is needed 17. A CO, system is being designed for an electrical room with dry trans- 18. Name several methods of smoke control in a large public high store? system? with a traditional arrangement? at the sprinkler assuming a K factor of 5.6? orm ers. If the room measures 6.2 m × 8.0 m × 4.0 m, what is the ed minimum volume of CO, that should be supplied? building huting to the intense fire discussed in the first

Problems: 1,4,6,8,12,15,18

Answer 1