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Conduct research about your occupancy(educational) , its occupants, and the egress (or life safety) of those occupants. Provide a detailed analysis of the following: .
Discuss some of the features of NFPA 101 that make it unique, such as discussing the classification of hazard of contents; construction requirements; protection from hazards, detection, alarm, and notification; drills and extinguisher training; building services, etc (other than listed in NFPA 101 - Ch. 7-10)
b. Occupant characterization – use as a guide the information from Chapter 6 of the text and NFPA 101: 5.4.5 (with Appendix
c. Occupant reaction and response in emergency situations
d. Occupant risk factors
2.Research a fire of significance that occurred within your occupancy that you can use as a case study
a. Provide a summary of the fire of significance (its cause, reasons for occupant injuries and fatalities)
b. Write about the fire of significance as it relates contextually to the time period, Identify some factors that may have led to the fire (and spread) and/or the occupant fatalities.
c. What improvements have been made to prevent loss of life?
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Running Head: Fire in Educational Occupation
Fire in Educational occupation research outline
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Introduction
Educational, occupational occupancy usually involves both students, teachers, and
support staff. The students mostly spend their time in classrooms, teachers in the staffroom, and
other departmental offices, while support staffs spend most of their time either in the servant's
quarter or their workstations. Students are also provided with dormitories or hostels for those
who board in the educational institution (Wang et al., 2015). All these occupancies are prone to
fire outbreaks and, therefore, the need to have an emergency response protocol. In case of fire
outbreaks, there are various response mechanisms used to prevent adverse damages in the
school. Some of the guidelines are provided in the NFPA 101 that details how fire accidents are
to be responded to. Also, institutions have a fire response policy that guides occupants on ways
in which they are expected to respond to incidences of fire outbreaks.
The educational occupation is made of teaching and training staff in levels of education
that distinguish each professional. However, the professionals are not equipped with fire
response skills and the various ways in which they may respond in case of a ...
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