NYC FLSD LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Who may be exempt from fire drills in New York City?
A. guests
B. maintenance
C. security
D. front desk clerks - ✔✔A. guests
✔✔When may office building fire wardens order the use of elevators?
A. as needed
B. never
C. elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
D. before the smoke detectors recall elevators in the early stage of the fire - ✔✔C.
elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
✔✔A 30,000 sq/ft office floor would require how many deputy floor wardens?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four - ✔✔D. four (one every 7,500 sq/ft)
✔✔Who selects persons for the fire warden team?
A. tenant
B. building owner
C. Fire Safety Director
D. Building Evacuation Supervisor - ✔✔A. tenant
✔✔When would fire wardens NOT begin evacuation of their floor?
A. upon orders to evacuate from the Fire Safety Director and no sign of fire
B. when seeing smoke at ceiling level
C. with alarm sounding but ordered to stand by from the Fire Safety Director
D. when the office floor is below grade - ✔✔C. with alarm sounding but ordered to stand
by from the Fire Safety Director
✔✔Instructions for the fire brigade members does NOT include:
A. reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
B. leaving one member on the floor below the fire to meet the fire department
C. attempting to control fire if conditions pose not personal threat
D. upon arrival of the Fire Department on floor below, brigade returning to lobby - ✔✔A.
reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
✔✔What conditions permit the use of elevators during a high-rise fire emergency?
A. when the elevator bank serves the fire floor
,B. only if the cars are operated by the fire brigade
C. for brief periods when the fire is small
D. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and have no shaft openings on floors
affected by the fire or smoke - ✔✔D. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and have
no shaft openings on floors affected by the fire or smoke
✔✔Which is NOT an objective of a Fire Safety Plan?
A. to establish method for response to alarms
B. to educate employees to report fires promptly
C. to train floor warden teams to fight fires
D. to safeguard human life and contain fire - ✔✔C. to train floor warden teams to fight
fires
✔✔Which item is NOT described as a key element of a Fire Safety Plan?
A. Signage
B. Names of all floor wardens
C. Floor plans
D. building information form details - ✔✔B. Names of all floor wardens
✔✔Supervisory signals monitor all of the following items EXCEPT:
A. Battery operated smoke detectors in hotel rooms.
B. Fire pump electric power.
C. Pressure tank water levels.
D. Gravity tank water temperature - ✔✔A. Battery operated smoke detectors in hotel
rooms.
✔✔Class E & J (class B & R-1 new code) systems have three distinctive features.
Those are:
A. Sprinklers, standpipes, pull station.
B. Pull stations, warden phones, elevator recall.
C. Selective interior alarm system, public address, 2 way voice communications.
D. Interior alarms, strobes, public address system. - ✔✔C. Selective interior alarm
system, public address, 2 way voice communications.
✔✔What is the difference between a class E ( class B new code) and a Mini-E system?
A. Warden phones.
B. Central office connection to FD.
C. Two way communication.
D. Interior alarms. - ✔✔D. Interior alarms.
✔✔The required system for an office building over 75' but less than 100' is:
, A. Mini-E with public address to each floor
B. Full modified E system.
C. Mini-E without central office connection.
D. Coded interior alarm system. - ✔✔A. Mini-E with public address to each floor
✔✔All operations are automatic at the Fire Command Station EXCEPT:
A. Flashing fire sign.
B. Alarm signals sent to fire floor and one above.
C. Purges smoke from fire floor.
D. Alarm signal sent to central station. - ✔✔C. Purges smoke from fire floor.
✔✔Required battery back up hour rating should be:
A. 24 & 6
B. 6 & 24
C. 48 & 2
D. 6 & 6 - ✔✔A. 24 & 6
✔✔All of the following are components of a modified J-1 system for hotels more than
75', EXCEPT:
A. Warden phones
B. Public Address systems above 1st floor
C. A Central Office Connection
D. Fire Command Station - ✔✔A. Warden phones
✔✔In the event of an alarm for fire in an Office building, who shall ascertain the location
of the fire or cause?
A. Fire Brigade
B. Deputy Fire Safety Director
C. Fire Warden
D. The owner - ✔✔C. Fire Warden
✔✔When determining action during emergencies, Fire Wardens must consider all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. evacuating floor for an alarm
B. waiting for instructions
C. avoiding attack stairs
D. Using smoke-free stairs - ✔✔B. waiting for instructions
✔✔During a fire, when may a multi-bank elevator be used?
A. when they serve the fire floor
B. when smoke-free
C. when cars manned by trained building personnel or firefighters
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Who may be exempt from fire drills in New York City?
A. guests
B. maintenance
C. security
D. front desk clerks - ✔✔A. guests
✔✔When may office building fire wardens order the use of elevators?
A. as needed
B. never
C. elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
D. before the smoke detectors recall elevators in the early stage of the fire - ✔✔C.
elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
✔✔A 30,000 sq/ft office floor would require how many deputy floor wardens?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four - ✔✔D. four (one every 7,500 sq/ft)
✔✔Who selects persons for the fire warden team?
A. tenant
B. building owner
C. Fire Safety Director
D. Building Evacuation Supervisor - ✔✔A. tenant
✔✔When would fire wardens NOT begin evacuation of their floor?
A. upon orders to evacuate from the Fire Safety Director and no sign of fire
B. when seeing smoke at ceiling level
C. with alarm sounding but ordered to stand by from the Fire Safety Director
D. when the office floor is below grade - ✔✔C. with alarm sounding but ordered to stand
by from the Fire Safety Director
✔✔Instructions for the fire brigade members does NOT include:
A. reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
B. leaving one member on the floor below the fire to meet the fire department
C. attempting to control fire if conditions pose not personal threat
D. upon arrival of the Fire Department on floor below, brigade returning to lobby - ✔✔A.
reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
✔✔What conditions permit the use of elevators during a high-rise fire emergency?
A. when the elevator bank serves the fire floor
,B. only if the cars are operated by the fire brigade
C. for brief periods when the fire is small
D. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and have no shaft openings on floors
affected by the fire or smoke - ✔✔D. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and have
no shaft openings on floors affected by the fire or smoke
✔✔Which is NOT an objective of a Fire Safety Plan?
A. to establish method for response to alarms
B. to educate employees to report fires promptly
C. to train floor warden teams to fight fires
D. to safeguard human life and contain fire - ✔✔C. to train floor warden teams to fight
fires
✔✔Which item is NOT described as a key element of a Fire Safety Plan?
A. Signage
B. Names of all floor wardens
C. Floor plans
D. building information form details - ✔✔B. Names of all floor wardens
✔✔Supervisory signals monitor all of the following items EXCEPT:
A. Battery operated smoke detectors in hotel rooms.
B. Fire pump electric power.
C. Pressure tank water levels.
D. Gravity tank water temperature - ✔✔A. Battery operated smoke detectors in hotel
rooms.
✔✔Class E & J (class B & R-1 new code) systems have three distinctive features.
Those are:
A. Sprinklers, standpipes, pull station.
B. Pull stations, warden phones, elevator recall.
C. Selective interior alarm system, public address, 2 way voice communications.
D. Interior alarms, strobes, public address system. - ✔✔C. Selective interior alarm
system, public address, 2 way voice communications.
✔✔What is the difference between a class E ( class B new code) and a Mini-E system?
A. Warden phones.
B. Central office connection to FD.
C. Two way communication.
D. Interior alarms. - ✔✔D. Interior alarms.
✔✔The required system for an office building over 75' but less than 100' is:
, A. Mini-E with public address to each floor
B. Full modified E system.
C. Mini-E without central office connection.
D. Coded interior alarm system. - ✔✔A. Mini-E with public address to each floor
✔✔All operations are automatic at the Fire Command Station EXCEPT:
A. Flashing fire sign.
B. Alarm signals sent to fire floor and one above.
C. Purges smoke from fire floor.
D. Alarm signal sent to central station. - ✔✔C. Purges smoke from fire floor.
✔✔Required battery back up hour rating should be:
A. 24 & 6
B. 6 & 24
C. 48 & 2
D. 6 & 6 - ✔✔A. 24 & 6
✔✔All of the following are components of a modified J-1 system for hotels more than
75', EXCEPT:
A. Warden phones
B. Public Address systems above 1st floor
C. A Central Office Connection
D. Fire Command Station - ✔✔A. Warden phones
✔✔In the event of an alarm for fire in an Office building, who shall ascertain the location
of the fire or cause?
A. Fire Brigade
B. Deputy Fire Safety Director
C. Fire Warden
D. The owner - ✔✔C. Fire Warden
✔✔When determining action during emergencies, Fire Wardens must consider all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. evacuating floor for an alarm
B. waiting for instructions
C. avoiding attack stairs
D. Using smoke-free stairs - ✔✔B. waiting for instructions
✔✔During a fire, when may a multi-bank elevator be used?
A. when they serve the fire floor
B. when smoke-free
C. when cars manned by trained building personnel or firefighters
