Now, imagine that you are an active firefighter creating a power point to educate City Council members in your jurisdiction about fire prevention. Include the following items in your video.
Identify the basic concept of education, enforcement, and engineering.
Explain how code is enforced in your jurisdiction.
Describe how your local jurisdiction applies code to new and existing occupancies.
Identify local organizations that determine fire resistance of building materials.
Identify the types of tests used to determine fire ratings of certain building components/materials in your area.
Describe how fire tests and fire ratings apply to inspection and code enforcement in your area.
Identify characteristics of unsafe structures in your area as they relate to code requirements.
Identify the building construction type in your area that poses the biggest hazards for potential conflagration and fire spread.
Explain how plans review and structural control as a means for fire protection would improve the safety of unsafe structures in your area.
