F80 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
After what date was the F-24 certificate of Fitness not recognized.
July 31, 2014
How often must this certificate be renewed?
Every 3 years
In what types of buildings and occupancies are coordinators of fire safety and alarm systems in homeless shelte...
F80 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
After what date was the F-24 certificate of Fitness not recognized.
July 31, 2014
How often must this certificate be renewed?
Every 3 years
In what types of buildings and occupancies are coordinators of fire safety and
alarm systems in homeless shelter required?
Homeless shelters, one-way voice communication systems, or occupied for more tha n
fifteen persons for a period of more than 30 days.
What is the certificate of occupancy?
Determines the number of occupants authorized to be in the shelter.
Alarm Silence Switch
Silences the building's audible and visual devices after evacuation is complete while the
source of the alarm is being investigated.
Building Occupants
All persons in the shelter
Carbon Monoxide Detector
Device that senses carbon monoxide
Central Station Company
Receives alarm signals from a protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports
such alarm signals to the FDNY
Evacuation
Emptying of a building
Emergency Preparedness Plan
Provide the information, guidance, direction and assistance needed to protect the safety
of building occupants.
Fire Drill
A training exercise
Fire Guard
Fire guards report any fire safety violations to the Coordinator of Fire Safety and Alarm
Systems in Homeless Shelters.
Fire Triangle
A fire requires fuel, oxygen, and heat.
Free Burning Stage of a Fire
Second stage of the three stages of a fire. The fully developed stage of a fire.
Incipient Stage of a Fire
First stage of the three stages of a fire. The growth stage.
In-Building Relocation Area (IBRA)
A designated are in a building to which building occupants may be relocated
Off-Line
Periods of time when CS will, per request of building owner, not transmit fire alarm
signals.
One-Way Voice Communication
Makes announcements from the lobby to building occupants in their apartments/rooms.
Out of Service Signage
, placard (tag) over a defective device (job of impairment coordinator)
Partial Evacuation
The emptying of a building of some but no all building occupants in response to a fire or
an emergency
Phase 1 Emergency Elavator Recall
Involves using a keyed switch to bring the elevators back to the lobby.
Shall
Refers to a requirement of the fire code
Should
Refers to policies, procedures, and practices recommended but not required.
Smoldering Stage of a Fire
The third stage in the three stages of a fire. Fire has an unlimited supply of fuel but
limited oxygen. Visible flames will have diminished and the fire will smolder and
continue to produce smoke and toxic gases.
Unnecessary Alarm
Response proved unnecessary.
Unwarranted Alarm
Result of improper installation, improper maintenance, malfunction, or other factor.
How many people were estimated to have spent the night in a NYC homeles
shelter in 2013. How many were children?
45,000. 19,000 children.
It is imperative that Coordinators or Fire Safety and Alarms Systems in Homeless
Shelters ensure:
immediate correction of any fire safety violations and familiarity with emergency
preparedness plan
Fire summary of homelss shelter in Paris, Texas
When: 2009
42 bed shelter
28 men
Why: Ignition of table inside the shelter that was piled hight with donated clothing.
20 residents evacuated
Five men were killed
The building had no sprinkler system, fire alarms, or smoke detectors.
Hadn't been inspected for at least five years
Fire summary of homeless shelter in Bronx, NY
When: December 7, 2012 and December 9, 2012
Why: Improperly stored mattresses were ignited in two separate incidents only two days
apart.
Two building occupants tried to use portable fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire but
found them empty and inoperable
Some of the fire escapes were broken
Four adults and two children being seriously injured
Fire summary of homeless shelter in New York, NY
When: August 28, 2012
Complete evacuation
Why: Lit cigarette left unattended by a tenant ignited a mattress on the fourth floor.
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