FRTA 2011 - Building Construction for the Fire Service

1. Five types of construction
2. Identify safety considerations for firefighters in the five different types of construction.
3. Structural elements and assemblies
4. Fire Behavior
5. Fire stopping
6. Draft stopping
7. Noncombustible and fire-resistive combustion
8. Hazards and risk associated with the types of construction
9. Identify predicted fire travel relating to construction types

1. apply risk analysis to building safety.
2. classify major type of building construction.
3. describe building construction principles.
4. detect structural elements.
5. determine predicted fire behavior.
6. diagnose structural assemblies.
7. diagnose structural elements.
8. differentiate between fire stopping and draft stopping.
9. explain the different loads and stresses that are placed on buildings and their interrelationships.
10. identify characteristic of building materials.
11. discover the differences between noncombustible and fire-resistive construction.

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