2009 IFC Code Sample Test

Section 302 Definitions. Section 309 is the detailed section. Big hazards are the refueling process and the ventilation and storage of combustibles near the battery chargers

703.2.3

806.2

105.1.2

503.1.1 FYI...Read exceptions. Fire code official can approve alternative means AND sprinklers give you an exception

315.2.1

304.1 As the fire code designee on an inspection this covers many of the housekeeping issues that are found in our cities. It is a broad stroke that lets us point out excessive COMBUSTIBLE crap we find

Recognize the table. check the exceptions before you answer

H-5 occupancies manufacture motherboards and circuitry for computers. This code was the result of many fires in Silicon Valley in the 80s from the use of Silane Gas. See chapter 18

407.2 The line next to the section tells the reader that this is a new section or that it is a change from the 2006. Test writers notice this to. In this case the code expanded to accept an electronic version of the MSDSIn cha

904.11.5

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603.4

703.4

P.22 Read the description of Business Group B. This one always comes up cause we look at the list and not the description

311.2.2 Becoming more prevalent in the current economy. Building owners do not want to pay for the upkeep on fire protections systems when there is no revenue coming in

605.3

803.1.1

503.2.1 FYI....Appendix D refers to fire apparatus access roads being 26 feet if there is a hydrant on the road OR if the building is more than 30 feet tall to allow for the Ladder. Appendices are not mandatory unless adopted by the AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction)

DEFINITIONS IN CHAPTER 3. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RECREATIONAL FIRE, AND OPEN BURNING, A BONFIRE IS A TYPE OF RECREATIONAL FIRE

312.2 (1) Posts are used so you don't back into stuff like gas mains

105.6.43. ALSO 2403.2 which is the chapter for Tents and other membrane structures. It will give you the exceptions and the other detailed requirements specific to tents and membrane structures

109.2.4, sometimes they will give you answers like fire chief or fire marshal, but the key answer is always fire code official.

Table 608.1

308.1.7 Candles have been the source of tragic fires in the past. Instead of outlawing them completely they said you light them when the fire official approved AND you could not pass them from person to person

603.4.2.3.3

807.4.3.2

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You will never see a question this straight forward on the test. I just wanted identify the covered mall building as an animal all its own within areas of the code boo,

603.3.1

605.9

804.2.2

Table 105.6.8

308.1.4. BUT READ THE EXCEPTIONS. "What the code giveth, the exceptions taketh away" The exceptions part is when the special interest groups weigh in on perfectly good life safety measures and make them ambiguous

603.4.2.2.3

805.2.1.2 upholstered furniture is the key word to direct you to chapter 8. Otherwise you might got to chapter 2 definitions, chapter 9 for sprinklers, and spend 10 minutes of the question

105.6.16 (2)

507.5.1 FYI.... if it has a sprinkler you can have 600 feet. The sprinkler is designed to contain the fire. Therefore its okay if we have to lay another couple sections of supply. "Those who write the code do not pick up hose"

508.1.3 This is a change from the 2006

904.11.5

906.9.3

903.2.11.1.1 This one killed me for time on a test once. It is just hidden in there. You would think it would be in chapter 10

903.2.9.2

903.2.4.1

313.1 read the exceptions

Table 105.6.20. When reviewing for tests, pay special attention to the Tables, ALWAYS CHECK THE EXCEPTIONS

105.6.16 (3)

When you are taking the test you may see the Aircraft hanger under U occ's, This is for one that is attached to a Single family or Duplex. Found on small rural private airstrips

p. 22) You think it would be an E, but that only goes through 12th grade. Also lecture halls are classified as an A-3.

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