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Occupancy groups, means of egress, occupant load, extinguishers, sprinklers, fire alarms, access roads, the NFPA 704 diamond and the inspection walk-through. Every topic gets its own page: first the drawing, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 62 topics.
You're standing in a strip mall with a clipboard: a café, a dental office, a small gym, a self-storage unit out back. You have to put an occupancy group on each one, and you're not sure which.
You've been through Chapter 3 more than once. But the code lays out the 10 occupancy groups in paragraphs, one definition after another, with nothing that ties A, B, M and S together. A week later, A-2 and B blur.
In the book, those same 10 groups are one city block: A, B, E, F, H, I, M, R, S and U, each drawn as a building on the same street. The theater sits next to the office, the office next to the store, the warehouse at the end, each with its letter on the roof.
The rest works the same way: the egress path from exit access to exit discharge, extinguisher distances, fire apparatus access roads, the NFPA 704 diamond. Each one has its own page.
You look at the building and you know the group. You write it on the form without going back to the code book.
The inspector's job and the codes, fire behavior and construction, occupancy classification, means of egress, fire protection systems, access and general safety, hazardous materials and the inspection from start to finish: 66 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're walking a restaurant on a Friday afternoon. The manager follows you and asks why the extinguisher by the door isn't enough for the fryers. You need the answer right there, not back at the office.
In the book you open the extinguisher page and it's drawn: Class A within 75 feet, Class K within 30 feet, top no higher than 5 feet for units up to 40 lb (3.5 feet if heavier), bottom at least 4 inches off the floor.
Same with the occupancy groups, the egress path, fire apparatus access roads, the NFPA 704 diamond and preparing the inspection file: each one on its own page.
Fire Inspector Exam Illustrated is 8 parts and 62 topics, all drawn, and it ends with 10 frequent violations before and after and an exam-day review of the numbers most often mixed up.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What a Fire Inspector I does, ICC vs. Pro Board, your jurisdiction's code edition, how the IFC is organized, which code governs what and your legal authority.
The fire tetrahedron, heat transfer, classes of fire, the 5 construction types, fire-resistance ratings and fire doors.
All 10 occupancy groups on one map, A-1 to A-5, the 50-occupant line, B vs. M, then E, I, R, F, S, H and mixed occupancies.
The egress path left to right, occupant load, gross vs. net, number of exits, exit separation, travel distance, egress width, doors, stairs, exit signs and everyday violations.
Extinguishers, sprinklers (NFPA 13, 13R, 13D), heads and risers, NFPA 25, FDCs and standpipes, fire alarms, smoke alarms vs. detectors and kitchen hoods.
Fire apparatus access roads, address numbers and key boxes, electrical hazards, storage and housekeeping, hot work and fire watch.
The NFPA 704 diamond, placards vs. SDS, flammable and combustible liquid classes, storage cabinets, maximum allowable quantities and compressed gases.
Preparing the file, the walk-through in the same order, talking to the owner, writing the notice of violation, re-inspection, 10 violations before and after and the exam-day review.
At the end of the book: 10 frequent violations before and after, plus an exam-day review of the numbers most often mixed up.
Exam-style questions with every answer explained and the code section to look up, so you practice finding it, not just guessing.
The numbers and classes that are easiest to mix up (extinguisher classes, clearances, occupancy groups) on one-page cards to review before the exam or keep in the truck.
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Years on the street, now the code side. The book lays it out the way an inspection actually runs, one drawn page per topic.
Occupancy groups, egress numbers and extinguisher distances, each on its own page, plus practice questions that send you to the code section to look it up.
Print it and keep it in the truck: the walk-through order, the numbers that get mixed up and how to write the violation citing the right section.
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Yes. Part 2 (fire behavior and construction types) is a short review you can skim. The rest is the code side you didn't need on the street: occupancy groups, occupant load, egress numbers, systems, hazmat quantities and writing the notice of violation citing the right section, organized like a real inspection.
From the 2024 International Fire Code, the 2024 International Building Code and the referenced NFPA standards (10, 13, 25, 72, 96, 704 and NFPA 1030 for the Fire Inspector job performance requirements). Every number was checked against those editions, and each page names the code section. Many sections keep the same number across recent editions (503 for access roads, 906 for extinguishers), but your state or city may use an older edition or local amendments: check the edition your jurisdiction adopted. If your state uses NFPA 1 instead of the IFC (Florida, for example), the topics are the same but the section numbers are not.
No. It's independent study material, not published or endorsed by ICC or NFPA. It explains the code in its own words and drawings and tells you which section to look up.
No. It's a study and review companion for your course, your department's training and the code book your jurisdiction uses. It doesn't give a certificate or CEUs. It covers the topics of both paths: the ICC Fire Inspector I exam and state Fire Inspector I programs accredited by Pro Board or IFSAC under NFPA 1030. Part 1 explains the difference.
No. They're written for this book, in the style of the exam, with every answer explained and the code section to look up.
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