45 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Building occupants - correct answer -All persons in the building, including
employees, building personnel and visitors.
CENTRAL STATION COMPANY - correct answer -A facility that receives
alarm signals from a protected premise and retransmits or otherwise
reports such alarm signals to the FDNY.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN - correct answer -also known as the fire
safety and evacuation plan and/or emergency action plan.
EVACUATION - correct answer -- the emptying of a building of all building
occupants in response to a fire or an emergency
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM - correct answer -- any system, including any
interconnected fire alarm sub-system, of components and circuits arranged
to monitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or supervisory signal-
initiating devices.
FIRE GUARD - correct answer -- A person holding a Certificate of Fitness for
such purposes, who is trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire
watch.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS - correct answer -- Approved devices,
equipment and systems or combinations of systems used to detect a fire,
, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire, control or manage fire alarm
systems, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
FIRE WATCH - correct 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, including detecting early signs of fire, raising an
alarm of fire, notifying the department, and performing such other fire
safety duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
IMPAIRMENT - correct answer -- Any condition in which a fire protection
system cannot perform its designed fire safety function.
IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR - correct answer -- The person designated by
the building owner who is responsible for ensuring that proper notification
and safety precautions are taken when a standpipe system, sprinkler system
or fire alarm system is out of services
NON-FIRE EMERGENCY - correct answer -A biological, chemical or nuclear
incident or release; declaration of emergency by a lawful authority;
explosion; medical emergency; natural disaster; or other emergency
affecting the premises or the safety of building occupants.
OWNER/OCCUPANT RESPONSIBILITY - - correct answer -The owner shall be
responsible at all times for the safe maintenance of a building, structure and
premises in accordance with this code.