FIRE AND LIFE CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the first step in managing performance? - ✔✔Setting expectations
✔✔What is the 5 step process in planning a public fire education program? -
✔✔Identification, selection, design, implementation, and evaluation
✔✔What 2 data bases are potentially useful in planning a public education program? -
✔✔National Fire Database
National Injury Data Sources
✔✔What year did the NFPA annual survey start? - ✔✔1977
✔✔What year was America Burning released? - ✔✔1973
✔✔What year was Injury in America released? - ✔✔1985
✔✔What was established in 1964, functioning as a voluntary registry of specialized
burn-care facilities? - ✔✔National Burn Information Exchange
✔✔What is the code for a nonprofit, tax exempt organization? - ✔✔501 (c) 3
, ✔✔What type of contributions do not involve gifts of money, usually time, services, or
products - ✔✔In-kind
✔✔Long term success of any program is due to the success of its many What? -
✔✔Individual presentations
✔✔What are the 6 methods of evaluating a program? - ✔✔Pretest-posttest, Skills test,
Survey, Inspection, Observation, and Injury/loss statistics
✔✔What is knowledge gained through observation and study, resulting in change in
behavior attitude? - ✔✔Learning
✔✔What is the process of teaching, instructing, or training students in new skills? -
✔✔Education
✔✔Shows students how to master a new skill. - ✔✔Teaching
✔✔Facts, knowledge, data, or publicity - ✔✔Information
✔✔Children ____ to ____ grow and change more rapidly than any other fire safety
audience - ✔✔3-5
✔✔Two NFPA programs successful for children are? - ✔✔Learn Not to Burn, The Pre-
school Program
✔✔How may people died in the Coconut Grove fire in 1942? - ✔✔492
✔✔How many people died in the Our Lady of Angels fire in 1958? - ✔✔95
✔✔How many people died in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in 1977 - ✔✔165
✔✔How many people die in the MGM Grand Hotel fire in 1980 - ✔✔85
✔✔ Who was the NFPA general manager from 1939-1969, also known as "Mr. Fire
Protection"? - ✔✔Percy Bugbee
✔✔What is a collection of principles or rules? - ✔✔Cannon
✔✔What year was "America Burning" released by the National Commission on Fire
Control? - ✔✔1973
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the first step in managing performance? - ✔✔Setting expectations
✔✔What is the 5 step process in planning a public fire education program? -
✔✔Identification, selection, design, implementation, and evaluation
✔✔What 2 data bases are potentially useful in planning a public education program? -
✔✔National Fire Database
National Injury Data Sources
✔✔What year did the NFPA annual survey start? - ✔✔1977
✔✔What year was America Burning released? - ✔✔1973
✔✔What year was Injury in America released? - ✔✔1985
✔✔What was established in 1964, functioning as a voluntary registry of specialized
burn-care facilities? - ✔✔National Burn Information Exchange
✔✔What is the code for a nonprofit, tax exempt organization? - ✔✔501 (c) 3
, ✔✔What type of contributions do not involve gifts of money, usually time, services, or
products - ✔✔In-kind
✔✔Long term success of any program is due to the success of its many What? -
✔✔Individual presentations
✔✔What are the 6 methods of evaluating a program? - ✔✔Pretest-posttest, Skills test,
Survey, Inspection, Observation, and Injury/loss statistics
✔✔What is knowledge gained through observation and study, resulting in change in
behavior attitude? - ✔✔Learning
✔✔What is the process of teaching, instructing, or training students in new skills? -
✔✔Education
✔✔Shows students how to master a new skill. - ✔✔Teaching
✔✔Facts, knowledge, data, or publicity - ✔✔Information
✔✔Children ____ to ____ grow and change more rapidly than any other fire safety
audience - ✔✔3-5
✔✔Two NFPA programs successful for children are? - ✔✔Learn Not to Burn, The Pre-
school Program
✔✔How may people died in the Coconut Grove fire in 1942? - ✔✔492
✔✔How many people died in the Our Lady of Angels fire in 1958? - ✔✔95
✔✔How many people died in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in 1977 - ✔✔165
✔✔How many people die in the MGM Grand Hotel fire in 1980 - ✔✔85
✔✔ Who was the NFPA general manager from 1939-1969, also known as "Mr. Fire
Protection"? - ✔✔Percy Bugbee
✔✔What is a collection of principles or rules? - ✔✔Cannon
✔✔What year was "America Burning" released by the National Commission on Fire
Control? - ✔✔1973
