NYS BEFO exam guide
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answers,
Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, was
developed to provide a consensus standard for an occupational safety and health
program for the fire service. - correct answer✔️✔️NFPA 1500
This standard identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for
career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature. -
correct answer✔️✔️NFPA 1001
At what temperature does steel melt? - correct answer✔️✔️Around 1000
Degrees
At what temperature does wood off gas - correct answer✔️✔️Around 500
degrees
A rapid transition from the growth stage to the fully developed stage - correct
answer✔️✔️flashover
The first stage of the burning process in a confined space in which the substance
being oxidized is producing some heat, but has not spread to other substances, is
known as? - correct answer✔️✔️Incipient stage
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The total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space or fire area,
including interior finishes - correct answer✔️✔️Fuel load
Step-by-step written plan that is closely related to a policy. Procedures help an
organization to ensure that is consistently approaches a task in the correct way, in
order to accomplish a specific objective and comply with a policy. - correct
answer✔️✔️Procedure
Rule on how personnel should perform routine functions or emergency
operations - correct answer✔️✔️Standard Operating procedure (SOP)
A set of principles, protocols or procedures that explain how to do something or
provide a set of minimum standards to be followed. - correct
answer✔️✔️Standard
Guide to decision making in an organization - correct answer✔️✔️policy
A window with two or more slashes in which one moves horizontally within the
window frame. - correct answer✔️✔️Horizontal Sliding
A window that has one or more top hinged, outward-swinging sashes. The
arrangement permits the window to be open during rain. Hopper windows are
similar to this window except that they are hinged at the bottom. - correct
answer✔️✔️Awning
A window that includes a large number of narrow over lapping glass sections
swinging outward - correct answer✔️✔️Jalousie
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