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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
Q

These are conducted to assist firefighting operations should there ever be an incident at the building or facility

Code enforcement inspections
Preincident survey

A

Preincident survey

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These aim to ensure that buildings are up to code and therefore less likely to be at risk for fires or other hazards

Preincident surveys
Code enforcement inspections

A

Code enforcement inspections

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What is a reason that Preincident surveys should not be done alongside inspections

A

Preincident surveys require cooperation
People may not be as cooperative during inspections

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Information a company officer can provide to facility owners/occupants can provide the type and size of the _____ that is appropriate for the occupancy

Fire extinguisher
First aid kit
Standpipes

A

First aid kit

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Who is responsible for ensuring that buildings and facilities are inspected

Fire chief
Asst chief
Company officer

A

Fire chief

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6
Q

Most fire codes require each building or facility to be inspected at least

Once per year
Every other year
Twice per year

A

Once each year

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When conducting fire and life safety inspections, officers must identify hazardous conditions that might cause fire or contribute to its spread and identify conditions that might

Impede egress during emergency
Block extinguishing agents
Block traffic

A

Impede the occupants egress from the structure in an emergency

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When a violation has been reported to the occupant and the required corrective action has been explained, a written notice that includes ____ will be issued

reason for warning
How to resolve the issue
Date and time of follow up reinspection

A

Date and time of follow up reinspection

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9
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One of the best information sources about an occupancy is

The blue prints
Information from tax assessor
Record of previous inspections and incident reports

A

The record of previous inspections and incident reports

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10
Q

The most specific and authoritative information sources about any particular occupancy class or type are the ________ adopted by the jurisdiction

Nfpa
Osha
Model building and fire codes
Life safety codes

A

Model building and fire codes

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11
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What is an inspections primary concern?

Fire hazards
Life safety
Building components
Hazmat

A

Life safety

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The most important consideration is to ensure that the inspection is done in a way that results in

Building trust in the community
The inspection of every compartment in the building
Maintaining good relations

A

The inspection of every compartment within the building

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13
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What is the single most important life safety item to be inspected?

Sprinkler systems
Means of egress from the building
Fire extinguishers

A

Means of egress from the building

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The three parts that means of egress consist of

Interior, gate, and exterior
Building, doors, warnings
Access to the exit, the exit itself, and the exit discharge

A

Access to the exit, the exit itself, and the exit discharge

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Six specific general fire and life safety items that must be inspected at all occupancy include (means of egress, Fire protection, storage, waste management, housekeeping, and ___

A

Processes

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16
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When regarding water supply systems, the inspector or company level personnel will not determine the systems adequacy. They will only determine

The flow in GPM
How well it is maintained
How to operate it

A

How well it is maintained

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17
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In addition to being visible and well signed unblocked and unobstructed, fire extinguishers should be placed where

Where people can read the instructions
Where management can handle them
Near points of egress or ingress and in normal paths of travel

A

Near points of egress, or ingress, and in normal paths of travel

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The process of gathering, and evaluating information, providing information that can be used to formulate plans, and ensuring that the information remains current is referred to as

Preincident surveys
Preincident planning
Planning for disaster

A

Pre-incident planning

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19
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The first step to completing a successful Preincident survey is

Confirming a time and date

Building relationship between company officer and the owner/occupant

Delivering a life safety speech

A

Building the relationship between the company officer and the business owner/occupant

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20
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This ensures that pre-incident survey Results will be valuable and the process will Not inconvenience the facility owners/occupant

Good people skills
Good preparation
Verbal communication

A

Good preparation

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21
Q

The company officer should explain that while the Pre-incident survey is not a code enforcement inspection, any serious fire, or life, safety hazards found we will have to be

Corrected
Issued warnings
Counted against the owner

A

Corrected

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22
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When serious hazards are found, the best approach is to attempt to obtain

A momentary fix
An immediate correction
A full interest

A

An immediate correction

23
Q

Pre-incident surveys should be conducted using a systematic and logical approach, and divided between

Each floor of the building
The exterior and interior of structure
The management and staff

A

the exterior and interior of the structure

24
Q

A rough drawing of a building prepaired during the facility survey, which generally shows information about building dimensions and other related outside information, such as fire, hydrant, water, tanks, and distances to nearby exposures

Field sketch
Home work
Doodles

A

Field sketches

25
Q

For Preincident surveys, This can show relationships between buildings, manufacturing process, and how the facility might appear to someone moving through it.

Field sketches
Pictures
Videos
Voice tapes

A

Videos

26
Q

When can company members begin The exterior survey of the facility or building?

Over the phone
After contacting the owner/occupant
Whenever they feel like it

A

After contacting the owner/occupant

27
Q

The exterior facility survey focuses on obtaining information to create a ____ ____, or compare observations to an existing ____ ____

Pre plan
Plot plan
Street view
Street survey

A

Plot plan

28
Q

All exterior exposures, routes, building features, obstructions accessibility features should be recorded in

Plot plan
Street view
Overall review
Survey

A

Plot plan

29
Q

On the interior of a building, vertical shafts and horizontal openings, control rooms, fire, protection equipment, safe havens, open pits, utility shut offs, exits, and hide and equipment closets should be noted in

Plot plan sketch
Floor plan drawings
Survey notes

A

Floor plan drawings

30
Q

The life safety information collected by survey personnel can be divided into two main topics: Protection and evaluation of occupants, and

Protection of property
Protection of firefighters
Protection of valuables

A

Protection of firefighters

31
Q

This term represents the bulk of fuel available to burn, and generally refers to a buildings continents

Fuel load
Burn pile
Fire pile

A

Fuel load

32
Q

The materials used in the construction of the most modern commercial and mercantile buildings contribute ________ fuel to fire

Most
Relatively little
About half
None

A

Relatively little

33
Q

The major fuel sources of most fires are

Walls and floors
Ceilings
Furnishings and other building contents
Flammable liquids

A

Furnishings and other building contents

34
Q

When company officers observe and record the fuel load of buildings during pre-incident surveys, they are primarily addressing the ___ ______considerations of pre-incident planning

Safety hazard
Fire control
Rescue tactic
Hazmat

A

Fire control

35
Q

True or false – some HVAC systems can be used during emergency operations to remove contaminated atmospheres from a structure

A

True

36
Q

The __________ survey should also identify any built in ventilation devices that can be used to control a fire or a move hazardous atmospheres from a structure

A

Preincident survey

37
Q

Fire resistive, half walls that extend from the underside of a roof to limit the horizontal spread of heat and smoke

Half wall
Curtain boards
Half sheets
Fire walls

A

Curtain boards

38
Q

This releases heat and smoke to the outside through vents that work automatically and are placed at the highest point of a roof or wall to limit spread a fire within a building

Vent openings
Automatic roof and wall vents
HVAC systems

A

Automatic roof and wall vents

39
Q

Smoke detectors may activate some automatic roof vents, but most vents operate through the use of____ Connected to spring loaded or counter weighted to covered assemblies

Detectors
Fusible links
Alarms

A

Fusible links

40
Q

These release heat and smoke from atriums to the outside

Roof vents
Wall vents
Atrium vents

A

Atrium vents

41
Q

True or false building codes in most areas require that atriums be equipped with automatic vents

A

True

42
Q

These release heat and smoke to the outside from square or rectangle or structures that penetrate the buildings roof. They may have metal, glass, wired glass, or louvered sides

Louvers
Heat vents
Monitors

A

Monitors

43
Q

This system introduces thermostatically controlled air into compartments through openings on the floor

HVAC
Underfloor air distribution systems
Heat and roof vents

A

Underfloor air distribution systems

44
Q

True or false – regarding Checking built in fire protection, equipment, or systems during pre-incident survey, it is normally recommended that fire companies not test this equipment, but rather note its presence in condition, and evaluate its usefulness during a fire

A

True

45
Q

True or false – changes in water demand such as construction of additional buildings using the same supply line can reduce the actual water supply available

A

True

46
Q

The success of the pre-incident planning process depends upon the ability of the company to conduct adequate Preincident surveys in the company officers ability to

Process information and complete accurately written reports
Gather information and communicate it verbally
Process information emailed from the owners

A

Process information and complete accurately written reports

47
Q

This survey drawing will indicate how buildings are situated in relation to other buildings and streets in the area

Street address
Plot plan
Area sketch

A

Plot plan

48
Q

This survey drawing will show the layout of individual floors, subfloors and roofs

Plot plan
Building sketch
Floor plan

A

Floor plan

49
Q

This survey drawing will show the side views of structures that depict the number of floors in a building and the grades of surrounding ground

Elevations
Plot plan
Floor plan

A

Elevations

50
Q

The three types of facility survey drawings are plot plan, floor plan and

Elevation
Building sketch
Street view

A

Elevation

51
Q

The content and format of the pre-incident survey will be dictated by

Management
AHJ
Company officer

A

The AHJ

52
Q

True or false – plans can be kept in hard copy Format or provided electronically on apparatus, equipped with mobile data terminals

A

True

53
Q

The three major tasks with any pre-incident plan involves gathering data, entering the data into databases, and

Learning from the data
Keeping the data current
Applying data

A

Keeping the data current

Company Officer 6th (12 decks)

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