NYS BEFO EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NYS BEFO EXAM QUESTIONS AND 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 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 A window that swings outward at the top or bottom and slides upward or downward in grooves. This window usually is operated by a push bar that is notched to hold the window in place. - Correct Answer-Projectin