​A secondary containment tank is constructed to handle overflow from fuel in a storage area. If a 540 kW/m fire occurs from the fuel in the trench, determine most nearly the flame height.
     a. 1.1 m
     b. 2.3 m
     c. 4.6 m
     d. 11 m

Solution | Posted 10/18/18

White Oak wood having a density of 450, moisture-content of 25% is exposed to a standard fire (ASTM E119) test for 2 hours. What is the expected char depth most nearly?
     a. 1 mm
     b. 64 mm
     c. 78 mm
     d. 224 mm

Solution | Posted 10/15/18

Use Alpert's Correlation to determine the maximum temperature (in degrees Celsius) of a ceiling jet at a point 1.3 meters (horizontally) from a 1.8 MW fire which burns within a 2.2 m tall room. Assume an ambient temperature of 22 deg C.
a. 25 deg C
b. 78 deg C
c. 326 deg C
d. 384 deg C

Solution | Posted 09/21/18

If the relationship below describes the growth phases of fire, what point does the arrow indicate?
a. ignition
b. ceiling jet creation
c. flashover
d. growth

Solution | Posted 09/12/18

A trench is built to handle overflow of heavy oil from a common garage workspace area to a containment tank. Determine the flame height (in meters) for an open linear fire (130 kW/m) within this trench.
a. 0.44 m
b. 0.87 m
c. 2.2 m
d. 25.7 m

Solution | Posted 08/07/18

An atrium houses furniture in varying arrangements at the floor level, of which heat transfer is a primary concern between combustible objects. Determine the rate of convective heat transfer (in kW) between a 31 sqft section of wood-faced wall at 22 deg C with an effective heat transfer coefficient of 0.54 kW/m^2K and a burning surface at 425 deg C.
a. 218 kW
b. 627 kW
c. 6746 kW
d. 7115 kW

Solution | Posted 08/01/18

Of the following substances, which would have the greatest total heat output for the same amount of mass?
a. ethane
b. methanol
c. toulene
d. vinyl acetate

Solution | Posted 07/23/18

The essence of the fire process is an exothermic reaction which releases heat and other products. Oxidation which takes place with reactants in the gas phase, as opposed to the solids phase, results primarily in what kind of combustion?
a. flaming
b. smoldering
c. detonation
d. backdraft

Solution | Posted 07/10/18

The temperature where the vapor pressure of a liquid is the same as the surrounding atmospheric pressure is which of the following?
a. boiling point
b. fire point
c. flash point
d. lower flammability limit

Solution | Posted 07/05/18