1. After what date was the F-24 certificate of Fitness not recognized.: July
31, 2014
2. How often must this certificate be renewed?: Every 3 years
3. 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.
4. What is the certificate of occupancy?: Determines the number of
occupants authorized to be in the shelter.
5. Alarm Silence Switch: Silences the building's audible and visual
devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the alarm is
being investigated.
6. Building Occupants: All persons in the shelter
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,7. Carbon Monoxide Detector: Device that senses carbon monoxide
8. Central Station Company: Receives alarm signals from a protected
premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the
FDNY
9. Evacuation: Emptying of a building
10.Emergency Preparedness Plan: Provide the information, guidance,
direction and assistance needed to protect the safety of building
occupants.
11.Fire Drill: A training exercise
12.Fire Guard: Fire guards report any fire safety violations to the
Coordinator of Fire Safety and Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters.
13.Fire Triangle: A fire requires fuel, oxygen, and heat.
14.Free Burning Stage of a Fire: Second stage of the three stages of a
fire. The fully developed stage of a fire.
15.Incipient Stage of a Fire: First stage of the three stages of a fire. The
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, growth stage.
16.In-Building Relocation Area (IBRA): A designated are in a building to
which building occupants may be relocated
17.Off-Line: Periods of time when CS will, per request of building
owner, not transmit fire alarm signals.
18.One-Way Voice Communication: Makes announcements from the
lobby to building occupants in their apartments/rooms.
19.Out of Service Signage: placard (tag) over a defective device (job of
impairment coordinator)
20.Partial Evacuation: The emptying of a building of some but no all
building occupants in response to a fire or an emergency
21.Phase 1 Emergency Elavator Recall: Involves using a keyed switch to
bring the elevators back to the lobby.
22.Shall: Refers to a requirement of the fire code
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