F-80 Fire Alarm System in a Homeless Shelter not
requiring a FLSD questions with verified answers
How frequent should drills be performed? Ans✓✓✓ Monthly on each
shift
How many shelters can a F-80Certificate of Fitness holders be certified
in? Ans✓✓✓ Two homeless shelter locations at one time without
applying for a variance.
In what types of buildings are Coordinators of Fire Safety & Alarm
Systems in Homeless Shelters Required? Ans✓✓✓ 1.) Any building
required to have a one-way voice communication system
2.) Operated for more than fifteen persons for a period of more than 30
days, including emergency shelters.
Name 16 things that a Fire alarm System may included Ans✓✓✓ 1.)
Standpipe fire pump
2.) Sprinkler Booster fire pump
3.) Standpipe (limited service fire pump)
4.) Emergency Voice/alarm communication system
5.) Carbon Monoxide alarms and detectors
6.) Automatic Sprinkler system
7.) Automatic Fire Alarm System
8.) Manual Fire Alarm System
,9.) Manual and automatic fire alarm systems
10.) Emergency Alarm Systems
11.) Smoke control system
12.) Fire Command center
13.) Post-fire smoke purge systems
14.) Sub-systems (Range hood, Halon and FM200)
15.) Auxiliary Radio Communication system
Participation in Drills Ans✓✓✓ -Difficulties experienced in determining
that all building occupants are accounted for
-Identifying any problems with the fire alarm system
- Ensuring that there are no locks, bolts or chains installed on exits
Portable fire extinguishers Ans✓✓✓ Portable fire extinguishers
weighing 40 lbs. or less must be installed so that the top of the
extinguisher is not more than 5 ft above the floor. Hand-held portable
fire extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs must be installed so that
the top of the extinguisher is not more than 3.5 feet above the floor.
Public Address System Ans✓✓✓ An electronic sound amplification and
distribution system with a microphone, amplifier and loudspeakers,
used to allow a person to address a large public. Public address systems
enable voice communications from a central location, usually in the
building lobby
, Smoke Alarm Ans✓✓✓ A single or multiple-station alarm responsive to
smoke, containing a built-in initiation sensor, audible sounder
(notification device), and power supply (battery or electric with battery
backup) and is not connected to a system.
Smoke Detector Ans✓✓✓ An automatic device that senses smoke and
is connected to the fire alarm control panel.
The fire guard(s) is/are required to be immediately available when the
system is out-of service with the following exception: Ans✓✓✓ 1.)
When the affected area does not exceed 50,000 square feet
2.) A fire guard should be available to patrol all areas in which the fire
protection system is out of service at least once every hour. No
individual fire guard should patrol more than 50,000 square feet of
building floor area.
The recommended coverage for performing fire watch in affected
area(s) is Ans✓✓✓ 50,000 ft2 One C of F as fire guard holder per
50,000 square fee
The three components that make up the fire triangle Ans✓✓✓ oxygen,
heat and fuel
The three stages of a fire Ans✓✓✓ 1.) Incipient stage
2.) Free burning stage
requiring a FLSD questions with verified answers
How frequent should drills be performed? Ans✓✓✓ Monthly on each
shift
How many shelters can a F-80Certificate of Fitness holders be certified
in? Ans✓✓✓ Two homeless shelter locations at one time without
applying for a variance.
In what types of buildings are Coordinators of Fire Safety & Alarm
Systems in Homeless Shelters Required? Ans✓✓✓ 1.) Any building
required to have a one-way voice communication system
2.) Operated for more than fifteen persons for a period of more than 30
days, including emergency shelters.
Name 16 things that a Fire alarm System may included Ans✓✓✓ 1.)
Standpipe fire pump
2.) Sprinkler Booster fire pump
3.) Standpipe (limited service fire pump)
4.) Emergency Voice/alarm communication system
5.) Carbon Monoxide alarms and detectors
6.) Automatic Sprinkler system
7.) Automatic Fire Alarm System
8.) Manual Fire Alarm System
,9.) Manual and automatic fire alarm systems
10.) Emergency Alarm Systems
11.) Smoke control system
12.) Fire Command center
13.) Post-fire smoke purge systems
14.) Sub-systems (Range hood, Halon and FM200)
15.) Auxiliary Radio Communication system
Participation in Drills Ans✓✓✓ -Difficulties experienced in determining
that all building occupants are accounted for
-Identifying any problems with the fire alarm system
- Ensuring that there are no locks, bolts or chains installed on exits
Portable fire extinguishers Ans✓✓✓ Portable fire extinguishers
weighing 40 lbs. or less must be installed so that the top of the
extinguisher is not more than 5 ft above the floor. Hand-held portable
fire extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs must be installed so that
the top of the extinguisher is not more than 3.5 feet above the floor.
Public Address System Ans✓✓✓ An electronic sound amplification and
distribution system with a microphone, amplifier and loudspeakers,
used to allow a person to address a large public. Public address systems
enable voice communications from a central location, usually in the
building lobby
, Smoke Alarm Ans✓✓✓ A single or multiple-station alarm responsive to
smoke, containing a built-in initiation sensor, audible sounder
(notification device), and power supply (battery or electric with battery
backup) and is not connected to a system.
Smoke Detector Ans✓✓✓ An automatic device that senses smoke and
is connected to the fire alarm control panel.
The fire guard(s) is/are required to be immediately available when the
system is out-of service with the following exception: Ans✓✓✓ 1.)
When the affected area does not exceed 50,000 square feet
2.) A fire guard should be available to patrol all areas in which the fire
protection system is out of service at least once every hour. No
individual fire guard should patrol more than 50,000 square feet of
building floor area.
The recommended coverage for performing fire watch in affected
area(s) is Ans✓✓✓ 50,000 ft2 One C of F as fire guard holder per
50,000 square fee
The three components that make up the fire triangle Ans✓✓✓ oxygen,
heat and fuel
The three stages of a fire Ans✓✓✓ 1.) Incipient stage
2.) Free burning stage
