Fire and Life Safety Initiatives
questions and answers
What is a firefighter air replenishing system? ✔✔Could be placed on different floors of a
high-rise building so that firefighters don't need to log multiple bottles of air up the stairs
What type of patient cannot move themselves to an area of safety during emergency
owing to their physical conditions, medical treatment, and other factors ✔✔Non-
ambulatory patients
what is the philosophy used when designing fire protection for healthcare facilities,
presumes that patient will not be able to escape from a fire without assistance, and that
there may not be enough staff present to move all the patients out of the structure.
Instead, the occupants may be relocated to a safe place within the structure.
✔✔Defendant place
What is the approach used to move patients from a dangerous area on a floor to a safe
location on the same floor ✔✔Horizontal evacuation+
what is the NFPA number for symbols?* ✔✔170
how often should smoke alarm batteries be replaced? how often should smugglers be
replaced and how often should carbon monoxide detectors be replaced?* ✔✔twice per
year, 10yr smoke, and 7yr CO
what is a common reason and main reason for checking a place of assembly*
✔✔Unfamiliar with that area and need to make sure it is safe and no unidentified
hazards in case of fire starts there
building use and occupancy helps us out by what* ✔✔Identifying hazards when people
will be there and not be there
what are you looking for in a survey?* ✔✔Providing your professional opinion on
potential hazards
what is the negative issue with our fire codes and building codes?* ✔✔They are not
retroactive. The building. Doesn't have to update standards of codes change because it
was up to code when it was built.
True or false one of the goals of community risk reduction is to provide the public with
fire and life safety education so that they know how to prevent loss of life, injuries and
property damage from occurring and to teach them how to react in an appropriate
manner if an emergency does occur ✔✔true
, Are educational messages more effective when they are tied to real life experiences
that have happened or could happen ✔✔yes
True or false when educating both children and adults, the best method is usually to use
storytelling and analogies ✔✔true
Is the stop drop and roll message outdated ✔✔yes
when should the stop drop and roll message be used ✔✔When clothes are on fire
The stop drop and roll a message should not be a default message for all students, but
rather only be used for campfire, safety or other similar times when there is a serious
potential for clothes catching on fire ✔✔
What does EDITH stand for? ✔✔exit drills in the home
What is the first part of EDITH? ✔✔identifying two escape routes from each bedroom in
case there is smoke heat or flames present in the primary escape route
True or false during the fire occupants should stay low and crawl to the primary exit. If
that exit is impossible, they should crawl to the secondary exit. ✔✔true
Once outside the house should residence gather at a predetermined meeting spot
✔✔yes
Once residence have gathered at a predetermined meeting spot what should they do?
✔✔Make sure the fire department has been called or make the call themselves
What was traditionally referred to as fire prevention falls into three categories what are
the ✔✔Fire prevention, fire, safety, and survival and miscellaneous
Should fire prevention messages, influence, actions that will prevent fires and injuries
from happening ✔✔yes
What is the 3 foot zone? ✔✔Keep children 3 feet from fireplaces, stoves fire pits, and
grills
True or false if you truly educate the public about fire prevention, you'll see a
corresponding reduction in the number of fires in your community ✔✔true
After every run department officers spend time completing reports that ultimately go to
the what ✔✔National fire incident reporting system NFIRS
questions and answers
What is a firefighter air replenishing system? ✔✔Could be placed on different floors of a
high-rise building so that firefighters don't need to log multiple bottles of air up the stairs
What type of patient cannot move themselves to an area of safety during emergency
owing to their physical conditions, medical treatment, and other factors ✔✔Non-
ambulatory patients
what is the philosophy used when designing fire protection for healthcare facilities,
presumes that patient will not be able to escape from a fire without assistance, and that
there may not be enough staff present to move all the patients out of the structure.
Instead, the occupants may be relocated to a safe place within the structure.
✔✔Defendant place
What is the approach used to move patients from a dangerous area on a floor to a safe
location on the same floor ✔✔Horizontal evacuation+
what is the NFPA number for symbols?* ✔✔170
how often should smoke alarm batteries be replaced? how often should smugglers be
replaced and how often should carbon monoxide detectors be replaced?* ✔✔twice per
year, 10yr smoke, and 7yr CO
what is a common reason and main reason for checking a place of assembly*
✔✔Unfamiliar with that area and need to make sure it is safe and no unidentified
hazards in case of fire starts there
building use and occupancy helps us out by what* ✔✔Identifying hazards when people
will be there and not be there
what are you looking for in a survey?* ✔✔Providing your professional opinion on
potential hazards
what is the negative issue with our fire codes and building codes?* ✔✔They are not
retroactive. The building. Doesn't have to update standards of codes change because it
was up to code when it was built.
True or false one of the goals of community risk reduction is to provide the public with
fire and life safety education so that they know how to prevent loss of life, injuries and
property damage from occurring and to teach them how to react in an appropriate
manner if an emergency does occur ✔✔true
, Are educational messages more effective when they are tied to real life experiences
that have happened or could happen ✔✔yes
True or false when educating both children and adults, the best method is usually to use
storytelling and analogies ✔✔true
Is the stop drop and roll message outdated ✔✔yes
when should the stop drop and roll message be used ✔✔When clothes are on fire
The stop drop and roll a message should not be a default message for all students, but
rather only be used for campfire, safety or other similar times when there is a serious
potential for clothes catching on fire ✔✔
What does EDITH stand for? ✔✔exit drills in the home
What is the first part of EDITH? ✔✔identifying two escape routes from each bedroom in
case there is smoke heat or flames present in the primary escape route
True or false during the fire occupants should stay low and crawl to the primary exit. If
that exit is impossible, they should crawl to the secondary exit. ✔✔true
Once outside the house should residence gather at a predetermined meeting spot
✔✔yes
Once residence have gathered at a predetermined meeting spot what should they do?
✔✔Make sure the fire department has been called or make the call themselves
What was traditionally referred to as fire prevention falls into three categories what are
the ✔✔Fire prevention, fire, safety, and survival and miscellaneous
Should fire prevention messages, influence, actions that will prevent fires and injuries
from happening ✔✔yes
What is the 3 foot zone? ✔✔Keep children 3 feet from fireplaces, stoves fire pits, and
grills
True or false if you truly educate the public about fire prevention, you'll see a
corresponding reduction in the number of fires in your community ✔✔true
After every run department officers spend time completing reports that ultimately go to
the what ✔✔National fire incident reporting system NFIRS
