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9781449670825

Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual

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  • ISBN13:

    9781449670825

  • ISBN10:

    1449670822

  • Edition: 9th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-06-05
  • Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Summary

The Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual, Ninth Edition is the most up-to-date inspection reference manual for those interested in fire protection, fire safety, and life safety inspections. It provides step-by-step guidance through the complete fire inspection process, with special emphasis on life safety considerations. This text identifies dangerous and hazardous conditions that could be encountered in a structure and spells out the chief areas the inspector should be focused on during an inspection. Inspectors should use the Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual, Ninth Edition to identify existing deficiencies, imminently dangerous conditions, or a fault in a procedure or protocol that may result in a fire. Six new chapters have been added to make sure fire inspectors have the knowledge and resources available to effectively conduct all types of fire inspections. These new chapters include: Chapter 5 Certification and Training for Inspectors Chapter 6 Green Technologies and the Inspector Chapter 24 Commissioning Process for Fire Protection Systems Chapter 25 Accessibility Provisions Chapter 26 Grass, Brush, and Forest Fire Hazards Chapter 27 Tunnels More than three hundred codes and standards form the basis for the criteria, recommendations, and requirements that are found throughout the text. Early chapters provide important background information, while the second half presents inspection guidelines for specific fire protection systems and occupancies that are based on the Life Safety Code®.This text is packaged with an access code that provides free access to easy-to-follow checklists to help you remember and record every important detail.Whether you#146;re just starting your career as a fire inspector or ready to brush up on the basics, the Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual, Ninth Edition has the reliable inspection advice you need.

Table of Contents

Section1 General
Chapter1 The Fire Inspector
Chapter2 Inspection Procedures
Chapter3 Housekeeping and Building Procedures
Chapter4 Report Writing and Record Keeping
Chapter5 Certification and Training for Inspectors
Chapter6 Green Technologies and the Inspector
Section2 BUILDING SYSTEMS AND FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Chapter7 Building Construction Elements
Chapter8 Classification of Construction Types
Chapter9 Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations
Chapter10 Protection of Openings in Fire Subdivisions
Chapter11 Electrical Systems
Chapter12 Heating Systems
Chapter13 Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems
Chapter14 Smoke-Control Systems
Chapter15 Fire Alarm Systems
Chapter16 Water Supplies
Chapter17 Automatic Sprinkler and Other Water-Based Fire Protection Systems
Chapter18 Water Mist Systems
Chapter19 Special Agent Extinguishing Systems
Chapter20 Clean Agent Extinguishing Systems
Chapter21 Portable Fire Extinguishers
Chapter22 Means of Egress
Chapter23 Interior Finish, Contents, and Furnishings
Chapter24 Commissioning Process for Fire Protection Systems
Chapter25 Accessibility Provisions
Chapter26 Urban Wildland Interface
Chapter27 Tunnels
Chapter28 Assembly Occupancies
Chapter29 Educational Occupancies
Chapter30 Day-Care Facilities
Chapter31 Health Care Facilities
Chapter32 Ambulatory Health Care Facilities
Chapter33 Detention and Correctional Occupancies
Chapter34 Hotels
Chapter35 Apartment Buildings
Chapter36 Lodging or Rooming Houses
Chapter37 Residential Board and Care Occupancies
Chapter38 One and Two-Family Dwellings
Chapter39 Mercantile Occupancies
Chapter40 Business Occupancies
Chapter41 Industrial Occupancies
Chapter42 Storage Occupancies
Chapter43 Special Structures and High-Rise Buildings
Section4 Process and Storage Hazards
Chapter44 Waste-Handling and Processing Systems
Chapter45 Radioactive Materials
Chapter46 Materials-Handling Systems
Chapter47 General Storage
Chapter48 Storage and Handling of Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chapter49 Gas Hazards
Chapter50 Combustible Dusts
Chapter51 Combustible Metals
Chapter52 Chemicals
Chapter53 Plastics and Rubber
Chapter54 Explosives and Blasting Agents
Chapter55 Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
Chapter56 Heat-Utilization Equipment
Chapter57 Spray Painting and Powder Coating
Chapter58 Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work
Chapter59 Hazards of Manufacturing Processes
Chapter60 Aerosol Manufacturing and Storage
Chapter61 Protection of Commercial Cooking Equipment

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