Fire 118 Prevention Technology midterm

In addition to manufacturing, mutual insurance companies were first formed within all of the following EXCEPT the:

healthcare industry

Funding for government agencies charged with public safety is often:

inadequate

Lost business, psychological damage, medical expenses, temporary lodging, and pets killed are all examples of:

indirect costs of fire.

An administrative warrant issued by a court with jurisdiction commanding an officer to inspect a specific premise is a(n):

inspection warrant.

A(n)_______________________ is an occupancy that houses persons whose capacity for self preservation is limited or diminished by reason of age, infirmity, or confinement.

institutional occupancy

The _________________industry is the most prominent example of a nongovernmental entity that has had a significant impact on fire prevention through the development of regulations.

insurance

The_________________________ industry is responsible for much of the regulatory system used to prevent fires and reduce fire loss.

insurance

A community's Public Protection Classification System is based on all of the following EXCEPT its:

insurance rate

When establishing an inspection program, initial steps include determining all of the following EXCEPT:

the types of fires that have been covered most frequently in the news.

Inspection or testing by an approved non-governmental agency that is forwarded to the code official for action or an inspection performed on behalf of the local government is a:

third-party inspection.

The National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies certifies fire protection technicians:

through testing, employment history, and personal recommendation

The primary purpose of the plan review process is to:

verify that a proposed structure is code compliant before work begins

___________________made large contributions to our present-day system of fire prevention and protection, and can be tied to the NFPA, UL, and ISO.

The National Board of Fire underwriters

The Great fire of Chicago in 1871 is an example of a:

conflagration.

All of the following are responsibilities of the plan examiner EXCEPT

creating codes for the ICC

________________________________have the broadest mandate within inspection and enforcement of codes by state and local governments.

Fire officials

Which of the following is NOT a result of commercial fire prevention and protection enterprises?

Fire suppression services

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which killed 147 factory workers in 1911, led to the development of the:

Life Safety Code

________________________perform the bulk of fire prevention activities in the United States.

Local fire departments and fire prevention bureaus

Which of the following is an indirect cost of fire?

Loss of business while rebuilding

Which is NOT an objective of fire prevention activities?

Lowering property values

You run a company that uses all of the latest fire protection features and services available. What type of insurance would be most beneficial to your bottom line?

Mutual fire insurance

is a not-for-profit system in which all policyholders are members of the company; when premiums exceed losses, surplus funds are distributed among the members.

Mutual fire insurance

__________ are allowed to vote in the ICC process.

Only code officials representing member jurisdictions

Which is NOT an example of a holiday-specific fire hazard that can be anticipated?

Parties at nightclubs

Which is NOT a way in which the insurance industry has encouraged fire prevention practices?

Paying premium holders when a fire occurs

______________________can be revoked for failure to comply with the code or violation of permit conditions.

Permits

The wildland fire that took place on October 8,1871, burning 3,780,000 acres and killing at least I,500 people, is called the:

Peshtigo Fire.

In 1913, the first American National Fire Prevention Convention was held in:

Philadelphia

As the newly elected governor of Alabama, you are looking to analyze current state fire incidence data and overhaul the state's fire safety codes if necessary. Which organization would be most helpful in this process?

National Association of State Fire Marshals

The mission of the___________________ is to protect human life, property, and the environment from fire and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness-of -stat; fire marshals' operations

National Association of State Fire Marshals

The __________________________ developed the National Electric Code, the National Building Code and the National Fire Prevention Code.

National Board of Fire underwriters

The ____________________may well be the most widely used model code in the world.

National Electrical code

USFA training programs operate out of the:

National Emergency Training center.

The______________________publishes Fire in the United States and studies and reports on the nation's fire problem, proposes solutions and priorities, and monitors proposed solutions.

National Fire Data center.

The __________ maintains more than 300 codes, standards, guides, and recommended practices.

National Fire Protection Association

Located in Boise, Idaho, the___________________________is a cooperative effort among member agencies of the National Wildlife Coordinating Group.

National Inter-agency Fire center

________________were a major factor in the thousand-fold increase in fire losses between 1865 and 1922.

New technologies and products

You are the owner of a fertilizer plant and are looking for guidelines for reducing fire and explosion hazards. What agency would be most helpful?

Occupational safety and Health Administration

The site plan is normally the ____________ plan submitted for review.

first

NFPA code-change committees are structured so that no more than __________ committee represents a single interest in the group.

one-third

Codes use the term____________________ to indicate a positive and definitive requirement of the code that must be performed; action is mandatory.

"shall"

TEE NFPA's code change process requires __________ weeks and relies on meetings of the ___________ individual technical committees.

14; 205

In the United States, fire departments respond to an average of_______________fire calls annually.

2 million

More than____________________ ASTM standards are referenced in the International Building Code and the International Fire Code.

200

Buildings built before __________ designed under a construction code different from the code in effect today.

2000

The ICC code change process occurs on a __________ cycle

36-month

Statistics show the incidence of fire could potentially be reduced by up to______________________ by undertaking a comprehensive program in which every public building is inspected.

50 percent

Since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's inception in 1970, the rate of work-related fatalities has been reduced by:

50 percent.

The Department of Defense's fire inspector course was originally developed by the Air Force in 1967 and reduced fire losses across the Air Force by an estimated __________________over the next 10 years.

80 percent

Which of the following is NOT a KSA for a job in the fire prevention bureau?

Ability to act quickly and calmly under emergency conditions

. __________________________is/are the level of fire risk that the general public is willing to bear at a given time:

Acceptable risk

Which is NOT a goal of the in-service inspection program?

Adding duties to fire prevention bureaus

__________ is one way model code groups can make money

Adoption by transcription

The jurisdiction's site plan approval may be subject to certain conditions such as:

All of the above

Which is a source of training courses for plan review staff?

All of the above

Which of the following are threatened by hostile fires?

All of the above

The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the 20-member panel appointed by President Richard Nixon, released the report:

America Burning.

Dedicated to coordinating the efforts of U.S. standards-making organizations, the ______________does not actually develop standards of its own.

American National Standards Institute

Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflagration?

Black Death

The __________ was the regional model code organization that served the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states in the 20th century.

Building Officials and Code Administrators International

The_________________________is a system developed by the IS0 to evaluate the potential effectiveness of local government building regulatory systems, patterned after the fire department grading schedule.

Building code Effectiveness Grading schedule

The Certified Fire Investigator program produces the only federal investigators trained by a federal law enforcement agency to qualify as expert witnesses in fire cause determination. The program is headed by the:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

. _______________________is the largest state fire prevention agency and is responsible for providing fire protection for the state's privately owned wildlands, as well as fire safety education, code enforcement, and investigation services.

CALFIRE

Founded in 1735, the first fire insurance company in the American colonies was called:

Charleston's Friendly society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire.

Which is a good option for saving time and improving communication during the site plan review process?

Co-locating fire department plan review staff at the building department

__________ tell us what to do; __________ tell us how.

Codes; standards

____________ is the classification of a building or structure into one of the five types or subtypes included in the model building codes, based on types of materials and structural protection afforded.

Construction classification

In 1066, William the Conqueror decreed that all home fires were to be extinguished and covered every evening at a time signaled by the ringing of a bell. This eventually led to the concept of:

Curfew

Which of the following measures would have been LEAST effective in preventing the 1985 fire at the Valley Parade Soccer Stadium in Bradford, England; the 2003 nightclub fire at The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island; and the 2007 Sofa Super Store fire?

Decreasing fines for code violations

The fire prevention programs and efforts of the_________________ are designed to protect the assets of the U.S. military and ensure the ability of its branches to carry out their missions.

Department of Defense

Known as the father of fire protection engineering,______________________ developed the tin-clad door, advocated for the installation of sprinklers in New England mills, and eventually became president of Factory Mutual.

Edward Atkinson

In 1998, the remaining Factory Mutuals merged to form:

FM Global

perform fire risk reduction and prevention inspections for properties, working on behalf of the companies that insure the properties.

Factory Mutual engineers

The primary purpose of a(n)_________________ is to prevent hostile fires and explosions, protect people through proper planning and preparation, and reduce fire spread potential through regulation of fuels and the maintenance of fire protection features.

Fire Code

. ____________________is a computer tool for evaluating the risk of exposure to wildfires.

Fire Line

The__________________________ is an NFA program whose mission is to "establish an organization of post-secondary institutions to promote high\er education and to enhance the recognition of the fire and emergency services as a profession to reduce loss of life and property from fire and other hazards."

Fire and Emergency services Higher Education program

____________ input is most valuable in the review and approval of sprinkler, fire alarm, smoke control and other fire protection systems.

Fire department

____________ review site plans, plans for structural fire protection and separation or fire protection ratings, emergency egress and fire protection systems.

Fire departments

______________________a piano manufacturer, patented the first practical automatic sprinkler head in 1874.

Henry S. Parmalee

____________ compare a structure to approved plans and the code.

Inspectors

_____________________ is the element of new construction regulation most important to the fire Service.

Installation and acceptance tests for fire extinguishing, alarm, and other fire protection systems

Which industry was perhaps the most persistent and energetic in the development of means and methods of preventing fires?

Insurance industry

The National Fire Protection Association publishes all of the following EXCEPT the

International Fire Code

President Woodrow Wilson was responsible for which of the following in 1920?

Issuing the first National Fire prevention Day proclamation

. _____________ review building and fire protection system plans for code compliance; represent the fire department at meetings with architects, engineers, and developers; and make recommendations for variances and code modifications

Plan examiners

____________________install most fire protection systems.

Private firms

You are attempting to inspect a furniture restoration shop that regularly spray paints furniture. Spray application of flammable finishes without a proper permit is a violation of the fire code. The shop owner is trying to prohibit you from entering. What might convince the shop owner to comply with the inspection?

Reminding the shop owner that violating the fire code is a criminal misdemeanor

__________________________accounted for nearly 80 percent of all structure fires in 2012.

Residential occupancies

Which is NOT an example of institutional occupancy?

Shopping mall

____________ typically include building construction type and location, fire department vehicle access issues, fire protection systems, and fire flow requirements.

Site plan items

. The 2007 ____________ fire that killed nine firefighters spread quickly because of an illegally constructed loading dock that should have been identified during a fire inspection, but the building had not been inspected since 1998.

Sofa Super Store

_________________________are permanent or temporary structures that provide a walkway or method of transportation wherein the required means of egress is not apparent or i; confounded through the use of theatrical or special effects.

Special amusement buildings

____________ is/are a type of passive fire protection.

Structural fire protection

What is the first step in the ICC code change process?

Submit code change form

. __________ was established by the ICC to represent the common interests of the fire service and the ICC, and gives members direct access to the ICC board

The Fire Service Membership Council

In 1871,________________ destroyed 17,500 buildings, killed more than 300 people, and left more than 100,000 homeless.

The Great Chicago Fire

__________ was formed when the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, the Southern Building Code Congress International, and the Intenational Conference of Building Officials combined in 1994.

The International Code Council

Following the Great Fire of London, Nicholas Barbon formed a group for the insurance of buildings against fire. It grew into:

The London Fire office.

The group formed after the Portland conflagration to maintain uniform rates and commissions, repress incendiarism and arson, and devise and give effect to measures to provide for the common interests of the group was called:

The National Board of Fire underwriters.

To promote uniformity in fire prevention standards, in 1896 the National Board of Fire Underwriters formed:

The National Fire protection Association.

How does the Plan Reviewer II differ from the Plan Reviewer I?

The Plan Reviewer II trains personnel at the Plan Reviewer I level.

You are considering the purchase of a new inspection software program. Which of the following points is cause for additional vetting before you make your purchase decision?

The program is not used by any other agency

__________ major regional codes evolved in the 20th century, and almost every state adopted at least one of them.

Three

Fire resistance-rated assemblies are designed and tested by which of the following?

Trade associations

One example of a corporation with an effective fire safety policy that helped prevent significant loss in a 1991 fire is:

Tyson Foods

After several complaints of faulty triggers on kitchen fire extinguishers, which organization would research the charges and ultimately issue a recall for the fire extinguishers if needed?

U. S. Consumer product safety commission

The_________________develops consumer product safety standards, conducts research, informs and educates the public, and recalls unsafe products when necessary.

U. S. Consumer product safety commission

The_____________________was created in 1974 and focuses its efforts on public education; training for fire and emergency response personnel; and technology, testing and research.

U.S. Fire Administration

________________________was involved with some of the earliest fire tests conducted on building materials and assemblies in the United States and currently tests, evaluates, and develops standards.

Underwriters Laboratories

Protection provided for building elements from the effects of fire expressed in terms of time is called:

a fire protection rating

In 1904, a leaf fire on the grounds of the then-Bureau of Standards led to:

a national standard for hose coupling threads.

Stock (for-profit) insurance companies adopted fire prevention as a business strategy following,

a series of conflagrations in major cities

You are a fire department site plan reviewer looking over the plan for a new hospital. You have several concerns, including gates with a clearance 1 foot under the minimum blocking access to the shipping entrance. There are also fire hydrant supply lines that do not meet the 8-inch minimum. In order to address the problems in the most cost- effective and agreeable way, you should:

alert the developer before the site plan has been finalized

Permit conditions include all of the following EXCEPT:

an irrevocable permit.

Codes and laws can only be effective in preventing tragedies from happening if they:

are obeyed

Some of the greatest successes in fire loss prevention have evolved from efforts of _____________________protecting their financial interests.

businesses

After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry developed ________________ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of conflagration potential.

codes and standards

Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:

developing model codes

One of the most important aspects of construction regulation is the fire department's ability to deal with fires and emergencies__________________ construction.

during

A___________________________is a private firefighting force within an industrial or government complex, usually employees of the facility, trained and equipped for firefighting on site.

fire brigade

The acronym JPR stands for

job performance requirement

The catastrophic damage from Hurricane Andrew and the Northridge Earthquake was primarily due to:

lax enforcement of building codes

NICET certification is relevant to all of the following EXCEPT:

life safety educators

NFPA 1031, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner does NOT address:

management responsibilities

Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and developers prefer:

mini-maxi codes

A(n)_______________________ is a code developed by an organization for adoption by governments.

model code

Fire prevention, fire drills, and fire brigade training are mandated by:

model fire codes.

The U.S. fire death rate is________________that of several European countries.

more than double

Following an inspection of a movie theater, you hand the owner a written notice that indicates you found that the exit lights were not illuminated. The notice includes the applicable code, the action necessary to comply with the code, and the date of a followup inspection to ensure compliance. You are issuing a(n):

notice of violation.

Research and fire tests conducted by the federal government had a twofold purpose early in the 20th century: reducing the fire threat to government institutions and:

obtaining data for the revision and reconstruction of state and municipal building codes.

A law of a political subdivision of a state is a(n):

ordinance.

Edward Atkinson, president of Factory Mutual, is credited with all of the following EXCEPT:

organizing cotton mill owners into forming a mutual fire insurance company.

The number of voting delegates in the ICC code change process is based on the:

population of the jurisdiction

Governments generally want to promote public welfare; however, government efforts are often limited by:

public sentiment.

Government programs and the code development process are usually:

reactive.

A(n)__________________________clause is a clause within the model fire codes that authorizes the fire official to enter buildings and premises with the permission of the occupant for the purpose of enforcing the code.

right of entry

Records of ground vibration and air blast measured during blasting operations are:

seismograph records.

Historically,_________________________ has been used to keep group homes out of certain neighborhoods and intimidate certain religious establishments.

selective code enforcement

A ____________ is a plan for proposed development; it is submitted to the jurisdiction and includes location of structures, occupancy and construction type, proposed roadway and parking facilities and available fire flow.

site plan

A ____________ is a system of piping, valves, hose outlets, and allied equipment installed in a building to distribute fire protection water.

standpipe

Over the last 25 years, the United States' ranking in terms of fire death rate, as compared with the rates of other industrialized countries, has:

stayed the same.

As the CEO of a textile mill, you understand that a devastating fire, even when your company is well insured, could result in property damage, loss of business, increased insurance premiums, and a negative public image. Therefore, it is in your best interest to create effective fire prevention practices. This type of thinking among the business community has resulted in:

successes in protecting property and saving lives.

National certification from the model code organizations is now accomplished through:

the International Code Council

The International Conference of Building Officials published:

the Uniform Building Code, the Uniform Mechanical Code, and the Uniform Fire Code

Factory Mutual engineers perform fire risk reduction and prevention inspections for properties, working on behalf of:

the companies that insure the properties.

Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job, __________ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process.

the fire service

All of the following are determined during the site plan approval process EXCEPT:

the means of egress

Using_______________________to prioritize inspections ensures that occupancies with the most hazard potential are inspected.

the permit system

The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule is based on all of the following EXCEPT:

water supply