Fire Safety

Question 1

Fire Safety requirements apply only to on campus housing facilities. What areas of the housing facility count for fire stats?

Answer 1

Inside or exterior walls of housing facility.

Question 2

An institution with on campus housing is required to do what three things?

Answer 2

Maintain a fire log
publish an annual fire safety report
submit fire statistics to ED

Question 3

Do you describe the fire safety system?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

True or False:

You do not need to disclose fire drills.

Answer 4

False, you do and if you don’t conduct any drills you must state so.

Question 5

Should you list the titles of each person or organization to which students and employees should report that a fire occured?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Are you required to include plans for future improvements?

Answer 6

Yes and if there are no future improvements necessary you must state this.

Question 7

What is included in the fire statistics?

Answer 7

Number of fires and causes
number of persons injured
number of deaths
damaged property value

Question 8

True of False:

A row of townhouses can be treated as a single facility if they share a name and have the same fire safety policies and systems.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False:

You must identify each facility by name and street address

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Any instance of open flame or other burning in a place not intended to contain the burning or in an uncontrolled manner.

Answer 10

Fire

Question 11

Which is an example of a fire in a place not intended to contain burning

Grease fire on a stovetop
Fireplace

Answer 11

Grease fire on a stovetop

Question 12

Which is an example of a fire burning in an uncontrolled manner

Fire in a fireplace
Chimney fire

Answer 12

Chimney fire

Question 13

True or False:

A lit candle does not meet the definition of a fire, but if a candle catches drapes on fire due to brushing against lit candle, then the burning drapes meets the definition of fire.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False:

You must count fires for ALL garages and dining halls for all on campus housing facilities.

Answer 14

False - only if it is attached.

Question 15

Accessible means?

Answer 15

access to without leaving the building.

Question 16

Are fires on the lawn around student housing counted?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

Are the following included in statistics?

Sparks or smoke where there is no open flame or other burning?

Burnt microwave popcorn that has open flames?

Attempted arson when there is no burnt item?

Answer 17

No
Yes
No

Question 18

Are fires reported to any official are included in statistics?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Which of the following is not an unintentional fire example?

grease fire
discarded cigarette butt
spontaneous combustion of hazardous product
match used to light paper towel

Answer 19

match used to light paper towel

Question 20

If a person dies within 1 year of injuries sustained as a result of a fire, do you include stats?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Fire-related deaths include which causes?

Natural
Accidental
neither
both

Answer 21

both

Question 22

True or False:

If property damaged does not have a value then you are not required to report any value.

Answer 22

False, you must report $0-99 range.

Question 23

When determining damage value, should you ever ask the property owner for valuation?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

True or False:

If a fire spreads from a restaurant kitchen of a facility attached to housing, but not owned or controlled by the institution then you have to report injuries, damages, etc for both locations.

Answer 24

False, just the housing only!