Fire Safety Flashcards
Fire Safety requirements apply only to on campus housing facilities. What areas of the housing facility count for fire stats?
Inside or exterior walls of housing facility.
An institution with on campus housing is required to do what three things?
Maintain a fire log
publish an annual fire safety report
submit fire statistics to ED
Do you describe the fire safety system?
Yes
True or False:
You do not need to disclose fire drills.
False, you do and if you don’t conduct any drills you must state so.
Should you list the titles of each person or organization to which students and employees should report that a fire occured?
Yes
Are you required to include plans for future improvements?
Yes and if there are no future improvements necessary you must state this.
What is included in the fire statistics?
Number of fires and causes
number of persons injured
number of deaths
damaged property value
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.
True
True or False:
You must identify each facility by name and street address
True
Any instance of open flame or other burning in a place not intended to contain the burning or in an uncontrolled manner.
Fire
Which is an example of a fire in a place not intended to contain burning
Grease fire on a stovetop
Fireplace
Grease fire on a stovetop
Which is an example of a fire burning in an uncontrolled manner
Fire in a fireplace
Chimney fire
Chimney fire
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.
True
True or False:
You must count fires for ALL garages and dining halls for all on campus housing facilities.
False - only if it is attached.
Accessible means?
access to without leaving the building.
Are fires on the lawn around student housing counted?
No
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?
No
Yes
No
Are fires reported to any official are included in statistics?
Yes
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
match used to light paper towel
If a person dies within 1 year of injuries sustained as a result of a fire, do you include stats?
Yes
Fire-related deaths include which causes?
Natural
Accidental
neither
both
both
True or False:
If property damaged does not have a value then you are not required to report any value.
False, you must report $0-99 range.
When determining damage value, should you ever ask the property owner for valuation?
Yes
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.
False, just the housing only!
