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The term _____________ is used to indicate the amount of heat liberated in kilojoules per square metre of floor area of any compartment by the combustion of the content of the building and any combustible part of the building itself.(a) Combustion(b) Fire load(c) Calorific value(d) Heat liberationI have been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.My doubt stems from Fire Resisting Materials topic in division Fire Protection in Building, Carpentry and Joinery of Construction & Building Materials

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The correct option is (b) Fire LOAD

For explanation: The fire load is determined by MULTIPLYING the weights of all COMBUSTIBLE materials by the RESPECTIVE calorific values and dividing by the floor area under consideration. The fire load is used for grading of occupancies as per BSI: 1641-1960.



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