End of Element IC3 Questions.

1. List the five principles (VICES) to be applied when working safely with flammable substances.
2. Identify the measures needed to help control the risks from flammable liquids.
3. Outline the points that should be remembered when handling flammable dusts.
4. Outline the 5 steps that you need to take when conducting a fire risk assessment.
5. List the main headings that would be expected to be included in a fire risk assessment form.
6. Identify the factors that should be considered when assessing the means of escape.
7. Outline the factors that should be considered in a fire risk assessment in relation to the risk
of arson.
8. Identify the three types of fire detection system.
9. State the two categories of fire protection systems
10. Outline the significance of the categories of fire protection systems identified above.
11. Outline the sub-categories of the two types of fire protection systems.
12. Outline the purpose of type M fire protection systems.
13. Explain the principles of tactile alarm signalling devices.
14. Complete the following table:

Class A Fires involving solid materials where combustion normally takes

place with the formation of glowing embers

Class B Fires involving ........

Class C Fires involving .........

Class D Fires involving.........

Class F Fires involving .........

15. List the five types of fire extinguisher according to the extinguishing medium they contain.
16. Define `means of escape`.
17. Identify the three stages of escape for people on the upper stories of a building
18. Outline the following:
(i) `places of relative safety` (comparative safety) and;
(ii) `places of ultimate safety`.
19. Outline the factors that must be considered in establishing the basic occupancy of occupied
and unoccupied buildings.
20. Identify the regulations that contain the calculations as required for escape stairs.
21. With reference to the building regulations, outline the two defined types of stairway.
22. Explain what is meant by `phased evacuation’.
23. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of `phased evacuation’.
24. Explain what is meant by `travel distance’.
25. Outline the basic principles of an emergency escape lighting system.
26. Outline the management actions required to maintain evacuation routes.
27. Define `refuge`
28. List the five sections of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
29. Explain the role of the fire marshal.
30. Explain the principle of `Progressive Horizontal Evacuation’ as a method employed by a
hospital.