SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ How often must this certificate be renewed? Answer: Every 3 years
◉ In what types of buildings and occupancies are coordinators of fire
safety and alarm systems in homeless shelter required? Answer:
Homeless shelters, one-way voice communication systems, or occupied
for more tha n fifteen persons for a period of more than 30 days.
◉ What is the certificate of occupancy? Answer: Determines the number
of occupants authorized to be in the shelter.
◉ Alarm Silence Switch. Answer: Silences the building's audible and
visual devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the alarm
is being investigated.
◉ Building Occupants. Answer: All persons in the shelter
◉ Carbon Monoxide Detector. Answer: Device that senses carbon
monoxide
, ◉ Central Station Company. Answer: Receives alarm signals from a
protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm
signals to the FDNY
◉ Evacuation. Answer: Emptying of a building
◉ Emergency Preparedness Plan. Answer: Provide the information,
guidance, direction and assistance needed to protect the safety of
building occupants.
◉ Fire Drill. Answer: A training exercise
◉ Fire Guard. Answer: Fire guards report any fire safety violations to
the Coordinator of Fire Safety and Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters.
◉ Fire Triangle. Answer: A fire requires fuel, oxygen, and heat.
◉ Free Burning Stage of a Fire. Answer: Second stage of the three
stages of a fire. The fully developed stage of a fire.
◉ Incipient Stage of a Fire. Answer: First stage of the three stages of a
fire. The growth stage.