Fire Alarm System
This is how often the initiating devices (smoke detectors, pull stations) must be tested.
What is annually?
Activation of the initiating device shall occur within this amount of time of waterflow at the alarm initiating device.
What is 90 seconds?
The level/classification of the emergency power supply system (EPSS) required at a SNF.
What is level 1 EPSS?
Provisions of this chapter in NFPA 101 shall not apply to means of escape in existing ICFs, unless specifically referenced in chapter 33.
What is chapter 7?
A string of 6 random numbers/letters, followed by the suffix “L1.”
What is an LSC survey ID in iQIES?
This is how often the load voltage test of a sealed lead-acid battery of the fire alarm control panel must be performed.
What is semi-annually?
This effect occurs when quick‑response and standard‑response sprinklers are mixed in the same area, causing uneven activation.
What is sprinkler skipping?
This device must be operated monthly by electrically switching it from the normal position to the alternate position and back again.
What is a transfer switch?
Section 32.3 of the Life Safety Code applies to facilities providing sleeping accommodation for more than this number of clients.
What is 16 clients?
Acting Program Manager of the Life Safety Code Unit.
Who is Lena Resurreccion?
According to NFPA 72, this procedure cannot be performed using any device that introduces an unmeasured concentration of smoke or aerosol into a detector or smoke alarm.
What is the smoke detector sensitivity calibration test?
This type of gate valve, commonly referred to by the acronym OS&Y, is installed to control the flow of water in a sprinkler system.
What is outside screw and yoke or outside stem and yoke?
This device must be installed outside the generator room to allow safe manual shutdown without entering a hazardous area.
What is a remote stop switch?
Attics not used for living purposes, storage, or fuel-fired equipment are protected by one of these criteria.
What is protected by heat detectors, protected by sprinkler system, constructed of noncombustible or limited-combustible construction, or constructed of fire-retardant-treated wood?
The state timesheet we submit monthly to CPDH, commonly referred to by the acronym TEAM.
What is Time Entry and Activity Management?
The operable part of the pull station must be installed within this height range.
What is between 42 inches and 48 inches?
175°F – 225°F.
What is the temperature rating of an intermediate sprinkler (yellow or green bulb)?
The name of the tool used to check the electrolyte specific gravity of a flooded (wet cell) battery?
What is a hydrometer?
This date determines whether a facility — including one newly constructed or modified to become an ICF — is surveyed under the existing or new occupancy chapters of the Life Safety Code.
What is July 5, 2016?
Formerly known as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSPHD), commonly referred to by the acronym HCAI.
What is the Department of Health Care Access and Information?
This is the amount of visual notification appliances (fire alarm strobe lights) in a single field of view in which NFPA code necessitates they flash in synchronization.
What is more than 2/at least 3 strobe lights in your field of view?
Something that needs to be stored inside the spare sprinkler cabinet, aside from spare sprinklers and a special sprinkler wrench.
What is a list of all sprinklers installed in the property?
Minimum percentage of a diesel generator’s EPS nameplate kW rating that must be exercised monthly for a minimum of 30 minutes.
What is 30%?
The evacuation capability score (E-Score) an ICF may score to have a level of evacuation capability of ‘Slow.’
What is an e-score greater than 1.5 but less than or equal to 5.0?
Deputy Director of Health Protection
Who is Azar Kattan?