Security Guard F-80 questions with verified answers
4.1 Fire Guards Ans✓✓✓ must patrol the entire homeless shelter at
least once an hour.
must maintain records of their patrols.
Acknowledge switch or button Ans✓✓✓ ACK used to acknowledge
alarm, trouble or supervisory signals and silence the panel.
Alarm Signal Ans✓✓✓ Signal initiated by a fire alarm device indicating
the presence of fire.
Alarm Silence Switch Ans✓✓✓ is used to silence the building audible
and visual devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the
alarm is being investigated.
Automatic Detection Devices Ans✓✓✓ Automatic detection devices
have sensors which detect heat, smoke or the flow of water in a fire
alarm system.
Automatic Sprinkler System Ans✓✓✓ System of water pipes, discharge
nozzles, and control valves designed to activate during fires by
automatically discharging enough water to control or extinguish a fire.
B. Area Smoke Detector Ans✓✓✓ is a device that detects visible or
invisible particles of combustion.
,should be cleaned and maintained every six months by an S-97 or S-98
Certificate of
Beam detectors Ans✓✓✓ are used to protect large areas where spot
type
area smoke detectors are not practical.
Bronx, NY Dec 7 & Dec 9 Ans✓✓✓ 1st incident: Child set mattress on
fire while playing with a match on 2nd floor
2 incident: similar to 1st but happened in the lobby.
No building wide alarm and hallway detector inside the building.
Fire extinguisher were empty and inoperable
Building didn't have fire Alarm or sprinkler system
Building Occupants Ans✓✓✓ All persons in the shelter, including
employees, clients, staff and visitors.
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Ans✓✓✓ A single or multiple-station alarm
responsive to carbon monoxide, containing a build-in initiation sensor,
audible sounder (notification device), and power supply
And is not connected to a system.
, Carbon Monoxide Detector Ans✓✓✓ - An automatic device that
senses carbon monoxide and is connected to the fire alarm control
panel.
Requires in building that has fossil, gas and oil.
shall be installed, tested, and maintained by qualified personnel.
Central Station Company Ans✓✓✓ A facility that receives alarm signals
from a protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such
alarm signals to the FDNY.
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters
Ans✓✓✓ F-80 Certificate of Fitness holders; also referred to as
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems throughout this study
material.
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems Responsibilities Ans✓✓✓
They are responsible for keeping everyone safe in the case of a fire or
non-fire emergency.
They must be present at the shelter at all times.
Report to and be fully competent in the operation of the fire alarm
control panel.
4.1 Fire Guards Ans✓✓✓ must patrol the entire homeless shelter at
least once an hour.
must maintain records of their patrols.
Acknowledge switch or button Ans✓✓✓ ACK used to acknowledge
alarm, trouble or supervisory signals and silence the panel.
Alarm Signal Ans✓✓✓ Signal initiated by a fire alarm device indicating
the presence of fire.
Alarm Silence Switch Ans✓✓✓ is used to silence the building audible
and visual devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the
alarm is being investigated.
Automatic Detection Devices Ans✓✓✓ Automatic detection devices
have sensors which detect heat, smoke or the flow of water in a fire
alarm system.
Automatic Sprinkler System Ans✓✓✓ System of water pipes, discharge
nozzles, and control valves designed to activate during fires by
automatically discharging enough water to control or extinguish a fire.
B. Area Smoke Detector Ans✓✓✓ is a device that detects visible or
invisible particles of combustion.
,should be cleaned and maintained every six months by an S-97 or S-98
Certificate of
Beam detectors Ans✓✓✓ are used to protect large areas where spot
type
area smoke detectors are not practical.
Bronx, NY Dec 7 & Dec 9 Ans✓✓✓ 1st incident: Child set mattress on
fire while playing with a match on 2nd floor
2 incident: similar to 1st but happened in the lobby.
No building wide alarm and hallway detector inside the building.
Fire extinguisher were empty and inoperable
Building didn't have fire Alarm or sprinkler system
Building Occupants Ans✓✓✓ All persons in the shelter, including
employees, clients, staff and visitors.
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Ans✓✓✓ A single or multiple-station alarm
responsive to carbon monoxide, containing a build-in initiation sensor,
audible sounder (notification device), and power supply
And is not connected to a system.
, Carbon Monoxide Detector Ans✓✓✓ - An automatic device that
senses carbon monoxide and is connected to the fire alarm control
panel.
Requires in building that has fossil, gas and oil.
shall be installed, tested, and maintained by qualified personnel.
Central Station Company Ans✓✓✓ A facility that receives alarm signals
from a protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such
alarm signals to the FDNY.
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters
Ans✓✓✓ F-80 Certificate of Fitness holders; also referred to as
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems throughout this study
material.
Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems Responsibilities Ans✓✓✓
They are responsible for keeping everyone safe in the case of a fire or
non-fire emergency.
They must be present at the shelter at all times.
Report to and be fully competent in the operation of the fire alarm
control panel.
