FLS DIRECTOR QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS MARKED
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✔✔Occupancy groups (1968 Building Code) - ✔✔Assembly (F), Business (E),
Educational (G), Factory and Industrial (D), High Hazard (A), Institutional (H), Mercantile
(C), Residential (J), Hotels (J-1), Apartment Buildings (J-2), Storage (B), Utility and
Miscellaneous (N/A).
✔✔Occupancy groups (2008/2014 Building Code) - ✔✔Assembly (A), Business (B),
Educational (E), Factory and Industrial (F), High Hazard (H), Institutional (I), Mercantile
(M), Residential (R), Hotels (R-1), Apartment Buildings (R-2), Storage (S), Utility and
Miscellaneous (U).
✔✔A Group B occupancy - ✔✔Designed and arranged to provide offices and other
areas for the conduct of business ordinarily conducted in offices.
✔✔OUT-OF-SERVICE SYSTEM - ✔✔A fire protection system that is not fully functional,
or whose operation is impaired or is otherwise not in good working order.
✔✔OVERCROWDING - ✔✔A condition that exists when: (1) the number of occupants
present in any premises or part thereof exceeds (a) the maximum number of occupants
specified for such premises or part thereof by the certificate of occupancy or other
authorization issued by the Department of Buildings; or (b) in the absence of such
certificate or authorization, the maximum number of occupants established by using the
applicable occupant-area allowances set forth in Section 1004.1 of the Building Code;
or (c) with respect to a rooftop place of assembly or place of public gathering, the
number of occupants present in any such place exceeds one person per 10 square feet
(0.929 m2) of the rooftop area to be used for such purpose; or (2) the commissioner
determines that a threat exists to the safety of the occupants of any premises or part
thereof by reason of the number of persons on the premises and/or the presence of
persons sitting and/or standing in locations that may obstruct or impede access to
means of egress, including obstructing or impeding access to aisles, passages,
corridors, stairways, or exits.
✔✔OWNER - ✔✔The owner of the freehold of any real property (as defined in section
two of the Real Property Law), or of a lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in
possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent, or any other
person, firm, or corporation, directly or indirectly in control of real property.
✔✔REFRIGERANT - ✔✔The fluid used for heat transfer in a refrigerating system; the
refrigerant absorbs heat and transfers it at a higher temperature and a higher pressure,
usually with a change of state.
, ✔✔REFRIGERATING SYSTEM - ✔✔A combination of interconnected refrigerant-
containing parts constituting one closed refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant is
circulated for the purpose of extracting then expelling heat.
✔✔REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS - ✔✔Times of day and days of the week during
which a building or occupancy is normally occupied and business is conducted, and any
time when a building or occupancy required to have a Comprehensive Fire and
Emergency Action Plan is occupied by more than five hundred persons or more than
one hundred persons above or below the street level.
✔✔PERMIT - ✔✔A written statement issued by the commissioner authorizing the
manufacture, storage, handling, use, or transportation of a hazardous material, or other
material, or to conduct an operation or to maintain a facility, for which a permit is
required by this code.
✔✔PERSONAL SUPERVISION - ✔✔Except as otherwise provided in this code,
supervision by the holder of any department certificate who is required to be personally
present on the premises, or other proximate location acceptable to the department,
while performing the duties for which the certificate is required.
✔✔PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SALES COMPANY CERTIFICATE - ✔✔A
certificate issued by the commissioner to a person engaged in the business of selling
portable fire extinguishers door to door to owners of buildings or business for use on
their premises, which authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise
such sales.
✔✔Portable Fire Extinguisher Sales Certificate - ✔✔A certificate issued by the
commissioner to a person engaged in the business of selling portable fire extinguishers
door to door to owners of buildings or business for use on their premises, which
authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise such sales.
✔✔Portable Fire Extinguisher Servicing Company Certificate - ✔✔A certificate issued
by the commissioner to a person engaged in the business of servicing portable fire
extinguishers, which authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise
the provision of such servicing by certificate of fitness holders.
✔✔Presignal System - ✔✔A fire alarm system having a feature that allows initial fire
alarm signals to sound in a constantly attended central location and for which a human
action is subsequently required to achieve a general alarm, or a feature that allows the
control equipment to delay the general alarm by more than one minute after the start of
the alarm processing.
✔✔Protected Premises - ✔✔A building, occupancy, or structure located in the city that
is equipped with a fire alarm system that transmits an alarm signal to the department or
a central station that monitors such system for the purposes of reporting fire alarms to
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✔✔Occupancy groups (1968 Building Code) - ✔✔Assembly (F), Business (E),
Educational (G), Factory and Industrial (D), High Hazard (A), Institutional (H), Mercantile
(C), Residential (J), Hotels (J-1), Apartment Buildings (J-2), Storage (B), Utility and
Miscellaneous (N/A).
✔✔Occupancy groups (2008/2014 Building Code) - ✔✔Assembly (A), Business (B),
Educational (E), Factory and Industrial (F), High Hazard (H), Institutional (I), Mercantile
(M), Residential (R), Hotels (R-1), Apartment Buildings (R-2), Storage (S), Utility and
Miscellaneous (U).
✔✔A Group B occupancy - ✔✔Designed and arranged to provide offices and other
areas for the conduct of business ordinarily conducted in offices.
✔✔OUT-OF-SERVICE SYSTEM - ✔✔A fire protection system that is not fully functional,
or whose operation is impaired or is otherwise not in good working order.
✔✔OVERCROWDING - ✔✔A condition that exists when: (1) the number of occupants
present in any premises or part thereof exceeds (a) the maximum number of occupants
specified for such premises or part thereof by the certificate of occupancy or other
authorization issued by the Department of Buildings; or (b) in the absence of such
certificate or authorization, the maximum number of occupants established by using the
applicable occupant-area allowances set forth in Section 1004.1 of the Building Code;
or (c) with respect to a rooftop place of assembly or place of public gathering, the
number of occupants present in any such place exceeds one person per 10 square feet
(0.929 m2) of the rooftop area to be used for such purpose; or (2) the commissioner
determines that a threat exists to the safety of the occupants of any premises or part
thereof by reason of the number of persons on the premises and/or the presence of
persons sitting and/or standing in locations that may obstruct or impede access to
means of egress, including obstructing or impeding access to aisles, passages,
corridors, stairways, or exits.
✔✔OWNER - ✔✔The owner of the freehold of any real property (as defined in section
two of the Real Property Law), or of a lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in
possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent, or any other
person, firm, or corporation, directly or indirectly in control of real property.
✔✔REFRIGERANT - ✔✔The fluid used for heat transfer in a refrigerating system; the
refrigerant absorbs heat and transfers it at a higher temperature and a higher pressure,
usually with a change of state.
, ✔✔REFRIGERATING SYSTEM - ✔✔A combination of interconnected refrigerant-
containing parts constituting one closed refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant is
circulated for the purpose of extracting then expelling heat.
✔✔REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS - ✔✔Times of day and days of the week during
which a building or occupancy is normally occupied and business is conducted, and any
time when a building or occupancy required to have a Comprehensive Fire and
Emergency Action Plan is occupied by more than five hundred persons or more than
one hundred persons above or below the street level.
✔✔PERMIT - ✔✔A written statement issued by the commissioner authorizing the
manufacture, storage, handling, use, or transportation of a hazardous material, or other
material, or to conduct an operation or to maintain a facility, for which a permit is
required by this code.
✔✔PERSONAL SUPERVISION - ✔✔Except as otherwise provided in this code,
supervision by the holder of any department certificate who is required to be personally
present on the premises, or other proximate location acceptable to the department,
while performing the duties for which the certificate is required.
✔✔PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SALES COMPANY CERTIFICATE - ✔✔A
certificate issued by the commissioner to a person engaged in the business of selling
portable fire extinguishers door to door to owners of buildings or business for use on
their premises, which authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise
such sales.
✔✔Portable Fire Extinguisher Sales Certificate - ✔✔A certificate issued by the
commissioner to a person engaged in the business of selling portable fire extinguishers
door to door to owners of buildings or business for use on their premises, which
authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise such sales.
✔✔Portable Fire Extinguisher Servicing Company Certificate - ✔✔A certificate issued
by the commissioner to a person engaged in the business of servicing portable fire
extinguishers, which authorizes such person to engage in such business and supervise
the provision of such servicing by certificate of fitness holders.
✔✔Presignal System - ✔✔A fire alarm system having a feature that allows initial fire
alarm signals to sound in a constantly attended central location and for which a human
action is subsequently required to achieve a general alarm, or a feature that allows the
control equipment to delay the general alarm by more than one minute after the start of
the alarm processing.
✔✔Protected Premises - ✔✔A building, occupancy, or structure located in the city that
is equipped with a fire alarm system that transmits an alarm signal to the department or
a central station that monitors such system for the purposes of reporting fire alarms to
