Fire And Life Safety Director (FLSD) - Fire Guard:
Model Exam Questions With Appropriate Answers
Responsibility of the Building Owner Accurate Answer:- The building
owner or their agent shall give an impairment coordinator all the necessary
documents. That may include records, tests, servicing and other items relating
to maintenance of fire protection systems. Such records shall be kept at work
for a period of three years and made available for inspection by any member
of the FDNY. In absence of an impairment coordinator the building owner
shall act as the impairment coordinator.
Fire Guard Accurate Answer:- A person holding a Certificate of Fitness
for such purposes, who is trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire
watch and performing such fire safety duties as may be prescribed by the
commissioner.
Fire Watch Accurate Answer:- A temporary measure intended to
ensure continuous and systematic surveillance of a building or portion thereof
by one or more qualified individuals for the purposes of identifying and
controlling fire hazards, detecting early signs of fire, raising an alarm of fire
and notifying the department.
Impairment Accurate Answer:- Any condition in which a fire protection
system cannot perform its designed fire safety function.
What do fire protection systems include? Accurate Answer:- Sprinkler
systems, standpipe/hose systems, fire pumps; fire protection water supplies,
fire mains, fire alarm systems, and special extinguishing systems (i.e. clean
agent, carbon dioxide, wet/dry chemical, foam/water)
Impairment Coordinator Accurate Answer:- The person designated by
the owner and responsible for ensuring that proper notification and safety
precautions are taken when a fire protection system is out of service.
Planned Out Of Service Condition Accurate Answer:- The impairment
coordinator shall be made aware in advance of any planned removal from
service of a standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system, or
system component, for repair, servicing, testing, maintenance, alteration, or to
, allow construction to be performed in the area protected by the system
without unnecessarily activating it.
Unplanned out of service condition: Accurate Answer:- Unplanned out
of service conditions are serious defects such as empty tanks, breaks or major
leaks in the system water piping, inoperative or shut water supply valves,
defective fire department connections, etc. which render a standpipe system,
sprinkler system or fire alarm system inoperable or otherwise causing it to no
longer be in good working order.
Requirements Accurate Answer:- In any occupancy, where a required
fire protection system is out of service, a fire watch shall be maintained. Fire
guard(s) is/are required to be immediately available when the system is out
of service.
How is the fire watch maintained? Accurate Answer:- Fire watch can be
maintained by one or more persons holding an F-01 certificate of fitness for
fire guard.
What is the exception of fire guards not immediately being available when the
system is out of service? Accurate Answer:- For the initial 4 hours of an
unplanned and planned out of service condition when the effected area does
not exceed 50,000 square feet, the impairment coordinator or a trained and
knowledgeable person who is capable of performing fire watch duties and is
designated by the building owner may perform the duties of the fire watch
After, 4 hours of an out of service condition who shall only be conducted
patrols? Accurate Answer:- Fire guards holding F-01 certificate of
fitness.
What do the amount of guards depend on? Accurate Answer:- The
number of fire guards depends on the location and the size of the area affected
by the out of service fire protection.
How often fire guards must be available to patrol all areas in which the fire
protection system is out of service? Accurate Answer:- at least once
every hour.
Model Exam Questions With Appropriate Answers
Responsibility of the Building Owner Accurate Answer:- The building
owner or their agent shall give an impairment coordinator all the necessary
documents. That may include records, tests, servicing and other items relating
to maintenance of fire protection systems. Such records shall be kept at work
for a period of three years and made available for inspection by any member
of the FDNY. In absence of an impairment coordinator the building owner
shall act as the impairment coordinator.
Fire Guard Accurate Answer:- A person holding a Certificate of Fitness
for such purposes, who is trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire
watch and performing such fire safety duties as may be prescribed by the
commissioner.
Fire Watch Accurate Answer:- A temporary measure intended to
ensure continuous and systematic surveillance of a building or portion thereof
by one or more qualified individuals for the purposes of identifying and
controlling fire hazards, detecting early signs of fire, raising an alarm of fire
and notifying the department.
Impairment Accurate Answer:- Any condition in which a fire protection
system cannot perform its designed fire safety function.
What do fire protection systems include? Accurate Answer:- Sprinkler
systems, standpipe/hose systems, fire pumps; fire protection water supplies,
fire mains, fire alarm systems, and special extinguishing systems (i.e. clean
agent, carbon dioxide, wet/dry chemical, foam/water)
Impairment Coordinator Accurate Answer:- The person designated by
the owner and responsible for ensuring that proper notification and safety
precautions are taken when a fire protection system is out of service.
Planned Out Of Service Condition Accurate Answer:- The impairment
coordinator shall be made aware in advance of any planned removal from
service of a standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system, or
system component, for repair, servicing, testing, maintenance, alteration, or to
, allow construction to be performed in the area protected by the system
without unnecessarily activating it.
Unplanned out of service condition: Accurate Answer:- Unplanned out
of service conditions are serious defects such as empty tanks, breaks or major
leaks in the system water piping, inoperative or shut water supply valves,
defective fire department connections, etc. which render a standpipe system,
sprinkler system or fire alarm system inoperable or otherwise causing it to no
longer be in good working order.
Requirements Accurate Answer:- In any occupancy, where a required
fire protection system is out of service, a fire watch shall be maintained. Fire
guard(s) is/are required to be immediately available when the system is out
of service.
How is the fire watch maintained? Accurate Answer:- Fire watch can be
maintained by one or more persons holding an F-01 certificate of fitness for
fire guard.
What is the exception of fire guards not immediately being available when the
system is out of service? Accurate Answer:- For the initial 4 hours of an
unplanned and planned out of service condition when the effected area does
not exceed 50,000 square feet, the impairment coordinator or a trained and
knowledgeable person who is capable of performing fire watch duties and is
designated by the building owner may perform the duties of the fire watch
After, 4 hours of an out of service condition who shall only be conducted
patrols? Accurate Answer:- Fire guards holding F-01 certificate of
fitness.
What do the amount of guards depend on? Accurate Answer:- The
number of fire guards depends on the location and the size of the area affected
by the out of service fire protection.
How often fire guards must be available to patrol all areas in which the fire
protection system is out of service? Accurate Answer:- at least once
every hour.
