FLSD Study guide
1-Manual pull stations are red. Those in Group "B" buildings and Group "R-1" hotels have a one-inch
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diagonal white stripe from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. What is the meaning of the white
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stripe? Why are these white-striped pull stations found in "B" and "R-1" properties? Explain your answer. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The white stripe indicates that when a manual pull station is activated, the fire
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alarm signal will be automatically sent to the Fire Alarm Control Panel, the Central Station and the Fire
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Department. Group "B" and "R-1" properties must have the fire alarm systems monitored by Central
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Stations; therefore, the fire alarm does not stay "in-house." Note: The 2008 Fire Code mandated that all
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buildings with fire alarm systems have central station monitoring, regardless of whether the manual pull
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stations have the white stripe.
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2-A smoke detector is designed to detect smoke and activate a fire alarm. Why must area smoke detectors
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be located in elevator lobbies? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Area smoke detectors must
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be located in elevator lobbies to activate elevator recall. The elevator lobby area smoke detectors activate
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because there is smoke in the elevator lobby, hence the proximity of the smoke to the elevators and their
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occupants is prioritized and the elevators recall to the Ground Floor or lowest terminal landing to protect
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the elevator occupants and allow them to escape the property. When two smoke detectors are located in
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elevator lobbies, they must both activate to sound the alarm and recall the elevators. They are known as
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"cross-over smoke detectors."
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3-A "sky lobby" is an upper floor where passengers must transfer from one elevator bank to another to
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reach the desired floor. In a two-bank building, will there be a blind shaft on the bank that services the
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higher floors? Yes/No? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No. A sky lobby exists when
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passengers must transfer from one elevator bank to another elevator bank to reach the desired floor. The
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option of getting in the high-rise bank elevators on the lobby level does not exist. Therefore, the high-rise
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bank elevators are not express elevators. In the high-rise bank, the space between the second floor and the
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sky lobby floor consists of office space.
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,4- The FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor is not required to hold a certificate of fitness FLS Director but
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must have a certificate of fitness fire guard in the event there is a torch operations job scheduled when the
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building has 500 people or less. True or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. The FLS
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Building Evacuation Supervisor (FLS BES) is not required to hold a Certificate of Fitness of any category.
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Because the FLS BES must be available to respond to the Fire Alarm Control Panel when the building has 450
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occupants or less and a fire alarm activates, then it is impossible for the FLS BES to oversee torch operations
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as a Fire Guard, even if the FLS BES did in fact have a Certificate of Fitness Fire Guard F-60.
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5- The heat that is generated by the sun is transferred via radiation. Why is it not via conduction? Explain
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your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Heat transfer via conduction requires an intervening medium (direct
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contact) that allows the heat to transfer from point "A" to point "B." For example, a metal pipe heated at
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one end will eventually heat the opposite end and anything touching the pipe. There is no solid object
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connecting the sun to Earth. Heat transfer from the sun is via Radiation (electromagnetic waves).
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6- The ball-drip valve in a fire suppression system is located on the first sub-Grade level of a building. Why is
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it not located on another level? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Ball-Drip Valve is
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designed to detect when the Lower Check Valve in the system is defective or has failed completely. It is also
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designed to drip excess water from the pipe between the Fire Department Connection and the Lower Check
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Valve to prevent the water from freezing after the Fire Department disconnects the fire hoses from the Fire
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Department Connection. Hence, the Ball-Drip Valve must be at a level that is lower (Cellar level) than the
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location of the Fire Department Connections (street level).
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7- aww If a FLS Director is not required to be present in a Group "B" building, then who is required to be in
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the building to address fire and non-fire emergencies in the absence of the FLS Director? And, what
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determines when a FLS Director is required to be in the building? Explain your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER
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✔✔The FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor (FLS BES) is required to be in the Group "B" property when the
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Fire and Life Safety Director is not required to be in the property. A Fire and Life Safety Director is required
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to be in the property when there are more than 450 in the entire building or more than 100 people above or
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below the Ground Floor, excluding the Ground Floor; and during normal business hours of the building.
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8- No fire alarm activation goes directly from an alarm-sending device to the Fire Department. In a fire alarm
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system, where do all fire alarms first report the activation of an alarm-sending device and why? Explain
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your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔All automatic and manual alarm-sending (peripheral) devices first
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send the signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel to alert the Fire and Life Safety Director that a fire alarm has
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activated.
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,9- Area smoke detectors are readily visible and usually appear on the ceiling level of a room. Duct smoke
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detectors are also designed to detect smoke. What are duct smoke detectors and why are they necessary?
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Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Duct smoke detectors are positioned to detect smoke
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particles in the duct work associated with the Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Upon
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detecting smoke, the duct smoke detectors activate a fire alarm signal and commences the process of
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controlling the smoke by closing smoke dampers and shutting down HVAC fans.
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10- In all instances when the system is "off-line" with the central station, what must the FLS Director do to
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ensure a Fire Department response and why? Explain your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Fire and
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Life Safety Director must call 911 upon activation of a fire alarm since being "off-line" prohibits the central
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station from transmitting the signal to the Fire Department. When the system is "off-line", the Fire and Life
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Safety Director or FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor, as a "Rule of Thumb", must remain at the Fire Alarm
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Control Panel until the system is back "on-line".
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11- A "drain down" occurs when the building engineers have to drain the water from the branch lines on a
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floor in order to perform work on the sprinkler system. Will the fire alarm activate when the water is
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drained from the branch lines or when the branch lines are refilled with water after the work is completed?
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Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Because of the location of the Waterflow Switch in the fire
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suppression system, it will only activate when the Branch Lines are re-filled. If the Waterflow switch is not
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disabled upon the drain down, it will not activate a fire alarm signal, but the Tamper Switch will transmit a
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signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel.
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12. What is the purpose of the OS&Y valve? Why is it chained/padlocked in the open position even when a
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Tamper Switch already exists? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The OS&Y valves cut off water
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to the fire suppression system, therefore as a precautionary measure the valves are usually
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chained/padlocked in the open position even when monitored by Tamper Switches, this will prevent
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anyone from physically attempting to close the valve.
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13. Besides asking someone or searching online, where can a person find the name of the FLS Director in a
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Group "R-1" hotel? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Fire and Life Safety Director's name
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appears in the Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan.
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, 14. The stairwell design that allows tenants to travel freely between two or more floors is known as an
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access stair or "convenience stair." Why it is critical for all access stairs in the building to be listed in the
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Comprehensive Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
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Access stairs are listed in the Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan because they are a means of smoke
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spread to all the floors connected by the access stairs. Upon a fire condition all the floors connected by
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access stairs must be in-building relocated or evacuated, depending on the location of the access stairs.
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15. If alarm-sending devices are disabled (by-passed) where necessary, for example, due to construction
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work, it is also necessary to go "off-line". Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔False. When a peripheral device such as a smoke detector is disabled, the smoke detector will
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not activate a fire alarm signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel, therefore a fire alarm signal will not be
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transmitted to the central station. Hence, there is no need to take the system "off-line" since the Fire
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Department will not be responding to the property.
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16. Manual pull stations are programmed to not activate fail-safe door release due to security concerns.
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This then prevents the fire alarm from being transmitted to the Fire Department. True or false? Explain your
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answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. The fail-safe door release system is mutually exclusive from "taking
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the system off-line". The activation of a manual pull station will transmit the signal to the Fire Alarm Control
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Panel, central station and Fire Department.
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17. Elevators recall upon the activation of certain automatic smoke and water-flow detecting devices. In
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Phase I of elevator recall, elevator occupants may communicate with a security officer at the lobby desk via
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the activation of the elevator's "alarm" button. Is this true or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔True. The two-way communication system that is activated by pressing the "Alarm" button in
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elevators does not become inoperable during Elevator Recall Phase I (or Phase II).
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18. The sprinkler system's Fire Department connections have color-coded caps to identify the type of
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system in the building. Why are the caps made of metal? Explain your answer while considering the
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integrity of the Lower Check Valve. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The caps are made of metal (Iron) in the event
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the Lower Check Valve fails. If the Lower Check Valve fails, the caps will not allow the water from the
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standpipe/sprinkler system to be discharged out to the street via the Fire Department Connections.
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19. The "Inspector's Test Valve" in a sprinkler system is located in a specific area of the system to ensure that
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there is water in the entire system upon inspection. Based on the premise that "if there is water at this
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point, there must be water in the entire system," where should the Inspector's Test Valve be located?
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1-Manual pull stations are red. Those in Group "B" buildings and Group "R-1" hotels have a one-inch
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diagonal white stripe from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. What is the meaning of the white
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stripe? Why are these white-striped pull stations found in "B" and "R-1" properties? Explain your answer. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The white stripe indicates that when a manual pull station is activated, the fire
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alarm signal will be automatically sent to the Fire Alarm Control Panel, the Central Station and the Fire
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Department. Group "B" and "R-1" properties must have the fire alarm systems monitored by Central
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Stations; therefore, the fire alarm does not stay "in-house." Note: The 2008 Fire Code mandated that all
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buildings with fire alarm systems have central station monitoring, regardless of whether the manual pull
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stations have the white stripe.
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2-A smoke detector is designed to detect smoke and activate a fire alarm. Why must area smoke detectors
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be located in elevator lobbies? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Area smoke detectors must
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be located in elevator lobbies to activate elevator recall. The elevator lobby area smoke detectors activate
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because there is smoke in the elevator lobby, hence the proximity of the smoke to the elevators and their
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occupants is prioritized and the elevators recall to the Ground Floor or lowest terminal landing to protect
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the elevator occupants and allow them to escape the property. When two smoke detectors are located in
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elevator lobbies, they must both activate to sound the alarm and recall the elevators. They are known as
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"cross-over smoke detectors."
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3-A "sky lobby" is an upper floor where passengers must transfer from one elevator bank to another to
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reach the desired floor. In a two-bank building, will there be a blind shaft on the bank that services the
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higher floors? Yes/No? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No. A sky lobby exists when
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passengers must transfer from one elevator bank to another elevator bank to reach the desired floor. The
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option of getting in the high-rise bank elevators on the lobby level does not exist. Therefore, the high-rise
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bank elevators are not express elevators. In the high-rise bank, the space between the second floor and the
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sky lobby floor consists of office space.
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,4- The FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor is not required to hold a certificate of fitness FLS Director but
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must have a certificate of fitness fire guard in the event there is a torch operations job scheduled when the
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building has 500 people or less. True or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. The FLS
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Building Evacuation Supervisor (FLS BES) is not required to hold a Certificate of Fitness of any category.
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Because the FLS BES must be available to respond to the Fire Alarm Control Panel when the building has 450
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occupants or less and a fire alarm activates, then it is impossible for the FLS BES to oversee torch operations
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as a Fire Guard, even if the FLS BES did in fact have a Certificate of Fitness Fire Guard F-60.
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5- The heat that is generated by the sun is transferred via radiation. Why is it not via conduction? Explain
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your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Heat transfer via conduction requires an intervening medium (direct
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contact) that allows the heat to transfer from point "A" to point "B." For example, a metal pipe heated at
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one end will eventually heat the opposite end and anything touching the pipe. There is no solid object
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connecting the sun to Earth. Heat transfer from the sun is via Radiation (electromagnetic waves).
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6- The ball-drip valve in a fire suppression system is located on the first sub-Grade level of a building. Why is
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it not located on another level? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Ball-Drip Valve is
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designed to detect when the Lower Check Valve in the system is defective or has failed completely. It is also
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designed to drip excess water from the pipe between the Fire Department Connection and the Lower Check
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Valve to prevent the water from freezing after the Fire Department disconnects the fire hoses from the Fire
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Department Connection. Hence, the Ball-Drip Valve must be at a level that is lower (Cellar level) than the
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location of the Fire Department Connections (street level).
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7- aww If a FLS Director is not required to be present in a Group "B" building, then who is required to be in
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the building to address fire and non-fire emergencies in the absence of the FLS Director? And, what
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determines when a FLS Director is required to be in the building? Explain your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER
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✔✔The FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor (FLS BES) is required to be in the Group "B" property when the
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Fire and Life Safety Director is not required to be in the property. A Fire and Life Safety Director is required
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to be in the property when there are more than 450 in the entire building or more than 100 people above or
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below the Ground Floor, excluding the Ground Floor; and during normal business hours of the building.
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8- No fire alarm activation goes directly from an alarm-sending device to the Fire Department. In a fire alarm
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system, where do all fire alarms first report the activation of an alarm-sending device and why? Explain
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your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔All automatic and manual alarm-sending (peripheral) devices first
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send the signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel to alert the Fire and Life Safety Director that a fire alarm has
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activated.
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,9- Area smoke detectors are readily visible and usually appear on the ceiling level of a room. Duct smoke
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detectors are also designed to detect smoke. What are duct smoke detectors and why are they necessary?
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Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Duct smoke detectors are positioned to detect smoke
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particles in the duct work associated with the Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Upon
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detecting smoke, the duct smoke detectors activate a fire alarm signal and commences the process of
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controlling the smoke by closing smoke dampers and shutting down HVAC fans.
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10- In all instances when the system is "off-line" with the central station, what must the FLS Director do to
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ensure a Fire Department response and why? Explain your answers. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Fire and
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Life Safety Director must call 911 upon activation of a fire alarm since being "off-line" prohibits the central
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station from transmitting the signal to the Fire Department. When the system is "off-line", the Fire and Life
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Safety Director or FLS Building Evacuation Supervisor, as a "Rule of Thumb", must remain at the Fire Alarm
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Control Panel until the system is back "on-line".
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11- A "drain down" occurs when the building engineers have to drain the water from the branch lines on a
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floor in order to perform work on the sprinkler system. Will the fire alarm activate when the water is
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drained from the branch lines or when the branch lines are refilled with water after the work is completed?
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Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Because of the location of the Waterflow Switch in the fire
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suppression system, it will only activate when the Branch Lines are re-filled. If the Waterflow switch is not
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disabled upon the drain down, it will not activate a fire alarm signal, but the Tamper Switch will transmit a
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signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel.
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12. What is the purpose of the OS&Y valve? Why is it chained/padlocked in the open position even when a
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Tamper Switch already exists? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The OS&Y valves cut off water
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to the fire suppression system, therefore as a precautionary measure the valves are usually
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chained/padlocked in the open position even when monitored by Tamper Switches, this will prevent
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anyone from physically attempting to close the valve.
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13. Besides asking someone or searching online, where can a person find the name of the FLS Director in a
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Group "R-1" hotel? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The Fire and Life Safety Director's name
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appears in the Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan.
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, 14. The stairwell design that allows tenants to travel freely between two or more floors is known as an
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access stair or "convenience stair." Why it is critical for all access stairs in the building to be listed in the
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Comprehensive Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan? Explain your answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
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Access stairs are listed in the Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan because they are a means of smoke
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spread to all the floors connected by the access stairs. Upon a fire condition all the floors connected by
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access stairs must be in-building relocated or evacuated, depending on the location of the access stairs.
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15. If alarm-sending devices are disabled (by-passed) where necessary, for example, due to construction
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work, it is also necessary to go "off-line". Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔False. When a peripheral device such as a smoke detector is disabled, the smoke detector will
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not activate a fire alarm signal to the Fire Alarm Control Panel, therefore a fire alarm signal will not be
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transmitted to the central station. Hence, there is no need to take the system "off-line" since the Fire
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Department will not be responding to the property.
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16. Manual pull stations are programmed to not activate fail-safe door release due to security concerns.
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This then prevents the fire alarm from being transmitted to the Fire Department. True or false? Explain your
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answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False. The fail-safe door release system is mutually exclusive from "taking
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the system off-line". The activation of a manual pull station will transmit the signal to the Fire Alarm Control
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Panel, central station and Fire Department.
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17. Elevators recall upon the activation of certain automatic smoke and water-flow detecting devices. In
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Phase I of elevator recall, elevator occupants may communicate with a security officer at the lobby desk via
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the activation of the elevator's "alarm" button. Is this true or false? Explain your answer. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔True. The two-way communication system that is activated by pressing the "Alarm" button in
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elevators does not become inoperable during Elevator Recall Phase I (or Phase II).
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18. The sprinkler system's Fire Department connections have color-coded caps to identify the type of
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system in the building. Why are the caps made of metal? Explain your answer while considering the
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integrity of the Lower Check Valve. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The caps are made of metal (Iron) in the event
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the Lower Check Valve fails. If the Lower Check Valve fails, the caps will not allow the water from the
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standpipe/sprinkler system to be discharged out to the street via the Fire Department Connections.
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19. The "Inspector's Test Valve" in a sprinkler system is located in a specific area of the system to ensure that
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there is water in the entire system upon inspection. Based on the premise that "if there is water at this
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point, there must be water in the entire system," where should the Inspector's Test Valve be located?
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