NISP FIRE SAFETY UPDATED TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔developing model codes.
✔✔In 1904, a leaf fire on the grounds of the then-Bureau of Standards led to: - ✔✔a
national standard for hose coupling threads.
✔✔In 1913, the first American National Fire Prevention Convention was held in: -
✔✔Philadelphia.
✔✔__________ is the largest state fire prevention agency and is responsible for
providing fire protection for the state's privately owned wildlands, as well as fire safety
education, code enforcement, and investigation services. - ✔✔CAL FIRE
✔✔Located in Boise, Idaho, the __________ is a cooperative effort among member
agencies of the National Wildlife Coordinating Group. - ✔✔National Interagency Fire
Center
✔✔__________ perform the bulk of fire prevention activities in the United States. -
✔✔Federal fire services
✔✔President Woodrow Wilson was responsible for which of the following in 1920? -
✔✔Issuing the first National Fire Prevention Day Proclamation
✔✔Research and fire tests conducted by the federal government had a twofold purpose
early in the 20th century: reducing the fire threat to government institutions and: -
✔✔obtaining data for the revision and reconstruction of state and municipal building
codes.
✔✔Since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's inception in 1970, the
rate of work-related fatalities has been reduced by: - ✔✔50 percent.
, ✔✔The Certified Fire Investigator program produces the only federal investigators
trained by a federal law enforcement agency to qualify as expert witnesses in fire cause
determination. The program is headed by the: - ✔✔Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives.
✔✔The Department of Defense's fire inspector course was originally developed by the
Air Force in 1967 and reduced fire losses across the Air Force by an estimated
__________ over the next 10 years. - ✔✔80 percent
✔✔The __________ develops consumer product safety standards, conducts research,
informs and educates the public, and recalls unsafe products when necessary. - ✔✔U.
S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
✔✔The fire prevention programs and efforts of the __________ are designed to protect
the assets of the U.S. military and ensure the ability of its branches to carry out their
missions. - ✔✔Department of Defense
✔✔The __________ is an NFA program whose mission is to "establish an organization
of post-secondary institutions to promote higher education and to enhance the
recognition of the fire and emergency services as a profession to reduce loss of life and
property from fire and other hazards." - ✔✔Fire and Emergency Services Higher
Education Program
✔✔The National Commission on Fire Prevention, the 24-member panel appointed by
President Richard Nixon, released the report: - ✔✔America Burning.
✔✔The __________ publishes Fire in the United States and studies and reports on the
nation's fire problem, proposes solutions and priorities, and monitors proposed
solutions. - ✔✔National Fire Data Center.
✔✔The __________ was created in 1974 and focuses its efforts on public education;
training for fire and emergency response personnel; and technology, testing and
research. - ✔✔U.S. Fire Administration
✔✔__________, a piano manufacturer, patented the first practical automatic sprinkler
head in 1874. - ✔✔Henry S. Parmalee
✔✔As the newly elected governor of Alabama, you are looking to analyze current state
fire incidence data and overhaul the state's fire safety codes if necessary. Which
organization would be most helpful in this process? - ✔✔National Association of State
Fire Marshals
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔developing model codes.
✔✔In 1904, a leaf fire on the grounds of the then-Bureau of Standards led to: - ✔✔a
national standard for hose coupling threads.
✔✔In 1913, the first American National Fire Prevention Convention was held in: -
✔✔Philadelphia.
✔✔__________ is the largest state fire prevention agency and is responsible for
providing fire protection for the state's privately owned wildlands, as well as fire safety
education, code enforcement, and investigation services. - ✔✔CAL FIRE
✔✔Located in Boise, Idaho, the __________ is a cooperative effort among member
agencies of the National Wildlife Coordinating Group. - ✔✔National Interagency Fire
Center
✔✔__________ perform the bulk of fire prevention activities in the United States. -
✔✔Federal fire services
✔✔President Woodrow Wilson was responsible for which of the following in 1920? -
✔✔Issuing the first National Fire Prevention Day Proclamation
✔✔Research and fire tests conducted by the federal government had a twofold purpose
early in the 20th century: reducing the fire threat to government institutions and: -
✔✔obtaining data for the revision and reconstruction of state and municipal building
codes.
✔✔Since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's inception in 1970, the
rate of work-related fatalities has been reduced by: - ✔✔50 percent.
, ✔✔The Certified Fire Investigator program produces the only federal investigators
trained by a federal law enforcement agency to qualify as expert witnesses in fire cause
determination. The program is headed by the: - ✔✔Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives.
✔✔The Department of Defense's fire inspector course was originally developed by the
Air Force in 1967 and reduced fire losses across the Air Force by an estimated
__________ over the next 10 years. - ✔✔80 percent
✔✔The __________ develops consumer product safety standards, conducts research,
informs and educates the public, and recalls unsafe products when necessary. - ✔✔U.
S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
✔✔The fire prevention programs and efforts of the __________ are designed to protect
the assets of the U.S. military and ensure the ability of its branches to carry out their
missions. - ✔✔Department of Defense
✔✔The __________ is an NFA program whose mission is to "establish an organization
of post-secondary institutions to promote higher education and to enhance the
recognition of the fire and emergency services as a profession to reduce loss of life and
property from fire and other hazards." - ✔✔Fire and Emergency Services Higher
Education Program
✔✔The National Commission on Fire Prevention, the 24-member panel appointed by
President Richard Nixon, released the report: - ✔✔America Burning.
✔✔The __________ publishes Fire in the United States and studies and reports on the
nation's fire problem, proposes solutions and priorities, and monitors proposed
solutions. - ✔✔National Fire Data Center.
✔✔The __________ was created in 1974 and focuses its efforts on public education;
training for fire and emergency response personnel; and technology, testing and
research. - ✔✔U.S. Fire Administration
✔✔__________, a piano manufacturer, patented the first practical automatic sprinkler
head in 1874. - ✔✔Henry S. Parmalee
✔✔As the newly elected governor of Alabama, you are looking to analyze current state
fire incidence data and overhaul the state's fire safety codes if necessary. Which
organization would be most helpful in this process? - ✔✔National Association of State
Fire Marshals
