HOTECHICALUNIVERSITY

NAME: KAKABIKU JOSHUA ERASMUS

COURSE: BUILDING DRAWINGII
DATE:14Agust,2022
INDEX NUMBER: 0321050047
TITTLE: MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Q2A.CLASSES OF FIRE
The following are the classes of fire that can occur in the following facilities.
CLASS A: fire involve in solid materials such as wood.
CLASS B: fire involve inflammable liquid such as petrol
CLASS C: Fire involve in gases
CLASS D: fire involve in metals
CLASS E: fire involve in live electrical appliances

The table below shows the class of fire that may occur in the following facilities
and their fighting mechanism;

FACILITIES CLASSESOFFIRE FIGHTINGMECHANISM

Hospitals Class A, B, Cand E By using powder fire extinguisher,
carbon dioxide fire extinguisher,
wet chemical extinguisher
Education Class A, B, E Powder fire extinguisher, carbon
dioxide fire extinguisher, wet
chemical extinguisher, water fire
extinguisher
Administration Block Class A, E Powder fire extinguisher, wet
chemical extinguisher, water fire
extinguisher
Warehouse for storing Class C, E Carbon dioxide fire extinguisher,
chemical wet chemical extinguisher
Drink bottling Class D, E, C Wet chemical extinguisher, carbon
company dioxide fire extinguisher, dry
powder extinguisher
B)
Thetablebelowshowsomeelementsofthebuildingdesignedforfirefightingandtheirratin
gtime

ELEMENTS RATINGTIME
Walls One hour
Floor 30minutes to one hour
Doors Half an hour
Windows Half an hour
Ceiling Half an hour

QUESTIONTHREE
The table below shows how some building materials/equipment can be stored or
handed on site

MATERILAS/E STORING OR HANDLING

QUIPMENT
Bags of cement Should be stored in dry, leak-proof and moisture proof shed
without minimum berof windows and close fittings doors.
It should be stacked on a wood plank placed about 150 to
200mm above the floor and the space between the exterior
wall should be 450 to 600mm
Sand Should not be stored under tree.
 Maintainsufficientdistancebetweenthestackofsandtoprevents
materialattheedgeofthestockpilesfromgettingintermixed
Gravel(chippings It should be on hard and flat level and should not be separated
) with retaining wall and the storage itself wall edoff from the
surrounding worksite.
Should not be stored under tree

Wood Itshouldbeplacedonaflatdrysurfaceandplacedthelargestpieceat
thebottom
Explosive Keeps chemical containers close, never place any chemical in
chemical the bottle other than the one indicated on the label
Concrete mixer It should be placed in a hard background or surface to prevent
the tire from moving and be covered with tarpaulin or
polythene sheet
Water Should be store in clean and hygienic environment and be
free away from dissolved chemicals

MATERILAS/E STORING OR HANDLING

QUIPMENTS
Workers wash It should be placed at a point where it would be accessible to
rooms all
First aid and kits It should be store in a room and a cool temperature and
accessible to it
Instruction/infor It should be clean and be placed at a vital point
mation
signal(symbols)