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50% to 83%
50% to 95%
40% to 60%
25% to 45%
To cover only the medically indigent
To relax the rules
To provide relief to middle class elderly
From 3 years to 5 years look back
Is too often ignored by states
Must be used in every state
Is fully voluntary for cities and counties
Has the effect of law in most states
Exit the facility
Help fellow employees as needed
Go to his station
As nearby persons where the fire is located
Required
Not required
At the option of the local fire chief
Optional
Assist the person
Transmit a fire alarm
Aid the person and call aloud "fire"
Aid the person while calling aloud an established code phrase
Removal of directly involved occupants
Transmission of an alarm signal
Confinement of the effects of the fire
All of the above
Unavailability of correct type of extinguisher
Slow thinking responses by personnel
Smoke inhalation
First and second-degree burns
Is permitted for the terminally ill
Must be closely supervised
Is prohibited
Must be in a safe area
Limit spread of a fire to the room of fire origin
Require sprinkler systems or their equivalent as applicable
Educate the public on correct fire procedures
Provide guidelines for the local fire chief
Nursing staff
All staff having patient contact
Nursing and dietary staff
All personnel
Hire additional staff
Use special locks
Get permission from the local fire marshal
Maintain adequate staff to release locks
Fire-resistant
Fire-coded
Noncombustible
Combustible
120 240
100 200
220 440
440 640
1 hand wide
6 inches
1 and one-half inches
8 inches
Limit infiltration of heat, smoke, and fire gases
Contain construction costs
Improve the visual appeal of the building
Totally eliminate smoke and gases
Stairway
Stairway and landings
Stairway and ramp
Ramp
8 feet
3 feet
Within residents' ability to move
Reasonably wide
25 yards
50 feet
Good judgment
Local fire marshal rules
Three exits / remotely
Two exits / remotely
Two ramps / away
Three ramps / remotely
50 Feet
75 Feet
100 Feet
200 Feet
1 Floor
2 Railings
1 Railing
2 Floor
Automatically
With a minimum of operations
From each nursing station
From a switch in the administrator's office
50 Feet
100 Feet
150 Feet
200 Feet
Automatic smoke detection systems
9 feet in clearance
Well decorated walls
Smooth surfaces