Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
You run a company that uses all of the latest fire protection
features and services available. What type of insurance would
be most beneficial to your bottom line? - Correct Answers
✅Mutual fire insurance
Some of the greatest successes in fire loss prevention have
evolved from efforts of __________ protecting their financial
interests. - Correct Answers ✅businesses
The Great fire of Chicago in 1871 is an example of a: -
Correct Answers ✅conflagration.
Founded in 1735, the first fire insurance company in the
American colonies was called: - Correct Answers
✅CharlestonÕs Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of
Houses Against Fire.
Which of the following is an indirect cost of fire? - Correct
Answers ✅Loss of business while rebuilding
The National Commission on Fire Prevention, the 24-member
panel appointed by President Richard Nixon, released the
report: - Correct Answers ✅America Burning
,Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following
EXCEPT: - Correct Answers ✅developing model codes.
__________ is the largest state fire prevention agency and is
responsible for providing fire protection for the stateÕs
privately owned wildlands, as well as fire safety education,
code enforcement, and investigation services. - Correct
Answers ✅CAL FIRE
Since the Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationÕs
inception in 1970, the rate of work-related fatalities has been
reduced by: - Correct Answers ✅50 percent.
The wildland fire that took place on October 8, 1871, burning
3,780,000 acres and killing at least 1,500 people, is called
the: - Correct Answers ✅Peshtigo fire.
Lost business, psychological damage, medical expenses,
temporary lodging, and pets killed are all examples of: -
Correct Answers ✅indirect costs of fire.
Following the Great Fire of London, Nicholas Barbon formed a
group for the insurance of buildings against fire. It grew into: -
Correct Answers ✅The London Fire Office.
,Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
__________ perform fire risk reduction and prevention
inspections for properties, working on behalf of the
companies that insure the properties. - Correct Answers
✅Factory Mutual engineers
Which is NOT a way in which the insurance industry has
encouraged fire prevention practices? - Correct Answers
✅Paying premium holders when a fire occurs
The __________ develops consumer product safety standards,
conducts research, informs and educates the public, and
recalls unsafe products when necessary. - Correct Answers
✅U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
After several complaints of faulty triggers on kitchen fire
extinguishers, which organization would research the charges
and ultimately issue a recall for the fire extinguishers if
needed? - Correct Answers ✅U. S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission
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: - Correct
Answers ✅obtaining data for the revision and
reconstruction of state and municipal building codes.
, Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
__________ perform the bulk of fire prevention activities in the
United States. - Correct Answers ✅Federal fire services
In 1913, the first American National Fire Prevention
Convention was held in - Correct Answers ✅Philadelphia
A law of a political subdivision of a state is a(n) - Correct
Answers ✅ordinance
Known as the father of fire protection engineering, __________
developed the tin-clad door, advocated for the installation of
sprinklers in New England mills, and eventually became
president of Factory Mutual. - Correct Answers ✅Edward
Atkinson
The __________ industry is responsible for much of the
regulatory system used to prevent fires and reduce fire loss. -
Correct Answers ✅insurance
Dedicated to coordinating the efforts of U.S. standards-
making organizations, the __________ does not actually
develop standards of its own. - Correct Answers
✅American National Standards Institute
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
You run a company that uses all of the latest fire protection
features and services available. What type of insurance would
be most beneficial to your bottom line? - Correct Answers
✅Mutual fire insurance
Some of the greatest successes in fire loss prevention have
evolved from efforts of __________ protecting their financial
interests. - Correct Answers ✅businesses
The Great fire of Chicago in 1871 is an example of a: -
Correct Answers ✅conflagration.
Founded in 1735, the first fire insurance company in the
American colonies was called: - Correct Answers
✅CharlestonÕs Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of
Houses Against Fire.
Which of the following is an indirect cost of fire? - Correct
Answers ✅Loss of business while rebuilding
The National Commission on Fire Prevention, the 24-member
panel appointed by President Richard Nixon, released the
report: - Correct Answers ✅America Burning
,Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following
EXCEPT: - Correct Answers ✅developing model codes.
__________ is the largest state fire prevention agency and is
responsible for providing fire protection for the stateÕs
privately owned wildlands, as well as fire safety education,
code enforcement, and investigation services. - Correct
Answers ✅CAL FIRE
Since the Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationÕs
inception in 1970, the rate of work-related fatalities has been
reduced by: - Correct Answers ✅50 percent.
The wildland fire that took place on October 8, 1871, burning
3,780,000 acres and killing at least 1,500 people, is called
the: - Correct Answers ✅Peshtigo fire.
Lost business, psychological damage, medical expenses,
temporary lodging, and pets killed are all examples of: -
Correct Answers ✅indirect costs of fire.
Following the Great Fire of London, Nicholas Barbon formed a
group for the insurance of buildings against fire. It grew into: -
Correct Answers ✅The London Fire Office.
,Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
__________ perform fire risk reduction and prevention
inspections for properties, working on behalf of the
companies that insure the properties. - Correct Answers
✅Factory Mutual engineers
Which is NOT a way in which the insurance industry has
encouraged fire prevention practices? - Correct Answers
✅Paying premium holders when a fire occurs
The __________ develops consumer product safety standards,
conducts research, informs and educates the public, and
recalls unsafe products when necessary. - Correct Answers
✅U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
After several complaints of faulty triggers on kitchen fire
extinguishers, which organization would research the charges
and ultimately issue a recall for the fire extinguishers if
needed? - Correct Answers ✅U. S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission
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: - Correct
Answers ✅obtaining data for the revision and
reconstruction of state and municipal building codes.
, Fire Prevention Codes and Inspections
FIRT – 1307 Questions With Complete
Solutions
__________ perform the bulk of fire prevention activities in the
United States. - Correct Answers ✅Federal fire services
In 1913, the first American National Fire Prevention
Convention was held in - Correct Answers ✅Philadelphia
A law of a political subdivision of a state is a(n) - Correct
Answers ✅ordinance
Known as the father of fire protection engineering, __________
developed the tin-clad door, advocated for the installation of
sprinklers in New England mills, and eventually became
president of Factory Mutual. - Correct Answers ✅Edward
Atkinson
The __________ industry is responsible for much of the
regulatory system used to prevent fires and reduce fire loss. -
Correct Answers ✅insurance
Dedicated to coordinating the efforts of U.S. standards-
making organizations, the __________ does not actually
develop standards of its own. - Correct Answers
✅American National Standards Institute
