Fire! Designing Means of Escape

Understanding fire is the first step toward designing features to prevent and protect against it. We cannot eliminate the potential for fire, but we can achieve a high level of fire safety by applying fundamental life safety principles during building planning, design, and operation.

This 2-hour online course focuses on one of the important life safety protection features-adequate means of egress-in the context of two of the leading codes used in the U.S. today: the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA®) Life Safety Code, and the International Code Council (ICC) International Fire Code.

There is a test at the end of this course.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

The goal of this course is to provide an overview of basic fire safety design considerations affecting number and capacity of means of egress in an occupied space.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe characteristics of fire and common flammable substances
  • Identify major codes and regulations that affect fire safety design
  • Discuss fundamental life safety principles and their application to means of egress
  • Complete simple calculations of occupant load and exit capacity

Specs

Course Level Advanced
Languages English
Compatibility MobileReady, Responsive

Course Applies To

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