NFPA 99
Healthcare Safety Quiz
Test Your Knowledge!
1. What code covers the testing and maintenance of medical gas systems?
2. How often should portable fire extinguishers be inspected?
Monthly (quick check) and annually (maintenance)
3. What is the maximum allowable gap under a smoke barrier door in a health care facility?
3/4 in
4. What is the maximum travel distance to a fire extinguisher?
75 Feet
5. What is the maximum size of a sleeping suite in a health care occupancy?
10,000 sq ft
6. What is the maximum travel distance to an exit in a health care occupancy that is fully sprinklered?
The maximum travel distance is 200 feet
7. What is the maximum travel distance to an in-healthcare occupancy that is not sprinklered?
The maximum travel distance is 150 feet
8. What chapter in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code covers new health care occupancies?
Chapter 18
9. What chapter in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code covers existing health care occupancies?
Chapter 19
10. What chapter in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code do you refer to for building rehabilitation?
Chapter 43
11. How frequently must fire drills be conducted in a healthcare occupancy?
Once per shift, per quarter
12. True or False: You are allowed to silence the fire alarms any time you run a fire drill?
False: The life safety code only allows this during the hours of 9pm to 6am
13. True or False: If you have a building that was constructed after July 2016, you are allowed to use an early addition of the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code?
False: CMS adopted the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2012 edition in July 2016; Any building constructed after this time must follow the 2012 edition
14. What three components make up an exit?
Exit Access, Exit, and Exit Discharge
15. What edition of the NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code does CMS currently follow?
2012 edition
16. What is the max installation height of a 25lb fire extinguisher?
5 feet
17. Which class fire extinguisher must be available within 30 feet of grease producing kitchen equipment?
Class K
18. How many size E oxygen cylinders can be stored outside a protected room within a smoke compartment?
12
19. How frequently must an emergency generator be inspected and tested?
Weekly (inspected) and monthly (tested)
20. To what load should an emergency generator be tested to if the manufacture stack temp can’t be obtained?
30% of the manufacturers’ name plate rating
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