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name three national reports on fire protection& prevention in the united states in the
later 20th and earth 21st century? BOC 1 -ANSWER ✅✅✅1) U.S. America Burning
1973 2) America Burning revisited 1986 3) Fire in the Unites States 2001
what is the term used to describe for profit insurance companies? -ANSWER
✅✅✅Profit fire insurances are stock insurance companies
What term is used to describe fire insurance companies that are formed by groups as
non profit entities? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Non profit is mutual fire insurance
Which group was responsible for the development of the national building code in
1905? -ANSWER ✅✅✅National Board of fire underwriters
When engineers from FM Global conduct inspections at industrial facilities who´s
interest are they hired to protect ? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Protect the interest of those
companies that hire them to protect the insurance companies
,What groups was responsible for forming the NFPA? -ANSWER ✅✅✅National fire
underwriters
what was the original mission of the NFPA? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Original mission of the
NFPA was to promote uniformity in the fire protection standards. Lead the global
advocate for elimination of death,injury, property and economic loss due to fire,
electrical and related hazards to help save lives.
What was the original mission of the NFBU ? -ANSWER ✅✅✅The original mission of
the NFBU was an establishment in the 1866, maintain uniform rates and commission.
Modern system of construction of fire codes.
what prompted the formation of the first mutual fire insurance company? -ANSWER
✅✅✅1835, Zachariah Allen a mill owner forming Mutual fire insurance.
During WW2 what role did the national bureau of industrial protection play in the war
effort? EOC 1 -ANSWER ✅✅✅During WW2 insurance company inspectors, conduct
inspections in private industrial facilities involved in the production of war armaments as
well as retooling their plants.
BOC 2 What were the four initial functions preferred by traditional fire prevention
bureaus ? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Prevention, Inspection, Investigation, Last plan reviewer
What was the name of the 1073 report of the national commission on fire prevention -
ANSWER ✅✅✅America Burning 1973
The 1988 the national bureau of standards was renamed and is now known as what
federal agency? -ANSWER ✅✅✅In 1988 the National bureau of standards was
renames as NIST National Institute Of Standards & Technology
Which Federal agency has employees that are trained as certificated fire investigators?
-ANSWER ✅✅✅ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire arms and explosives
What is the name of the organization, that develops property loss prevention data
sheets? -ANSWER ✅✅✅FM Global
Permits required to install fire prevention system are intended to ensure what four
items? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Permits required to install fire prevention system are intended
o ensure that contractors technically and financially qualify though licencing and
bonding as well as certification or registration, ensure work meets with code
Which fedral agency is charged with protecting the public from unsafe consumer items?
-ANSWER ✅✅✅U.S Consumer product safety commission
, EOC 2 Name 2 function of CDC that pertain to fire and fire prevention? -ANSWER
✅✅✅Center for Disease & Control was to maintain stats of fire deaths and injuries as
well as developing public ed programs
List three categories of private organization involved in fire prevention and protection.?
BOC 3 -ANSWER ✅✅✅Risk management, for profit, non profit
In private industrial facilitates are fire safety& plant security both mandated by law? -
ANSWER ✅✅✅In private industrial facilities only fire safety is enforced by law
List the four categories use by Iso to determine a community PPC? -ANSWER
✅✅✅fire alarm, communication system, fire department and water supply
What system was developed by the insurance industry in response to the losses
resulting from hurricane Andrew and the earth quake ? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Building code
( BCEGS)
What is the name of the organization that develops properly loss prevention? -ANSWER
✅✅✅FM Global
Permits required to install fire protection systems are intended to ensure what four
items? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Technical qualification financial qualifications, plan reviewer ,
acceptance testing
List three organizations that develop standards? -ANSWER ✅✅✅American society of
testing and materials (ASTM),
American National Standards Institute ( ANSI)
National fire protection association (NFPA), National Association of state fire marshal (
NASFM)
List four trades involved in fire prevention and protection? EOC 3 -ANSWER
✅✅✅American Concrete Institute, American forest and paper association, Gypsum
Association American Iron and steel Institute Portland cement association
BOC 4 What is the difference between a code and standard, The difference between
the both is codes are defines rules by the National Fire Protection Association. -
ANSWER ✅✅✅Code= law Standard= rule
What was the original mission of the NFPA in 1896? -ANSWER ✅✅✅Leading Global
advocate for the elimination of death, injury property & economic loss due to fire
electrical & related hazards
What is the name of the organization that represents the consider memberships of
BOCA, ICBO, SBCCI? -ANSWER ✅✅✅membership of the ICC