FDNY CoF F-07 ACTUAL UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
Terms in this set (73)
Building Occupants All persons in the building, including employees, tenants, building staff, and
visitors
Central Station Company A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected premise and re-transmits or
otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY
Evacuation the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire or an
emergency
Emergency Preparedness Plan The fire safety and evacuation plan/emergency action plan
Fire and Emergency Preparedness Staff The individuals identified in the emergency preparedness plan as responsible for
the implementation of such plan
Fire Drill A training exercise by which building occupants are familiarized with and/ or
practice the procedures for the safe, orderly and expeditious in-building
relocation, partial evacuation or evacuation, as applicable to the occupancy or
building type, in accordance with the fire safety and evacuation plan.
Fire Protective System Approved devices, equipment and systems or combinations of systems used to
deter a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire. Includes fire
extinguishers, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
In-Building Relocation The controlled movement of building occupants from an endangered area of a
building to an in-building relocation area with-in the same building in response to
a fire or non-fire emergency
In- Building Relocation Area (IBRA) A designated area in a building to which building occupants may be relocated to
in accordance with the emergency preparedness plan for the premises
Manual Fire Alarm Box A manually operated device used to initiate an alarm signal
Mixed Occupancy Building Buildings that have multiple occupancies. These are referred to as "mixed
occupancies" and the different parts will be required to meet the fire code for
each specific area. An example of this is a shopping mall with underground
parking. The shopping area itself is Group M (mercantile), while the parking area
would qualify as Group S (storage)
Non-Fire Emergency A biological chemical or nuclear ingredient or release (explosion, natural disaster
or other emergency affecting premises)
Non-Fire Emergency Drill Training exercise practice procedures for evacuation
, Off-line Those periods of time when a Central Station Company will, at the request of a
building owner, not transmit fire alarm signals received from a building to the Fire
Department. Fire alarm systems can be taken "off-line" only for Fire Department
approved purposes associated with the prevention of unnecessary and
unwarranted alarms.
One-Way Voice Communication Make announcements from lobby to building occupants in their apartments,
offices, classrooms, etc.
Owner the fee owner or lessee of the building
Partial Evacuation the emptying of a building of some but not all building occupants in response to a
fire or an emergency.
Public Address System an electronic sound amplification and distribution system with a microphone,
amplifier and loudspeakers, used to allow a person to address a large public.
Public Address systems enable voice communications from a central location,
usually in the building lobby.
Regular Business Hours refers to any time and any day in which the referenced building is open to the
public or business is being conducted. For a more complete definition, please
refer to Section 402 of the 2008 Fire Code.
Shelter in Place the precaution of directing building occupants to remain indoors at their present
location
Two-Way Communication a form of transmission in which both parties
involved have the ability to transmit information. This enables the FEDC, staff, or
Fire Department personnel to communicate with building occupants or each
other throughout the building. This is especially useful during an emergency, and
allows staff members to report the conditions of a fire emergency from the fire
floor back to the FEDC in the lobby at the fire command center.
Unnecessary Alarm A alarm triggered, but for which a department response proved unnecessary for
an example by smoke from a lit cigarette in a non-smoking area
Unwarranted Alarm Failed to function as designed as a result of improper installation - lack of
maintenance
Voice Communication Capability The ability to communicate to the occupants of a
building or occupancy, whether by means of a fire alarm system with one-way or
two-way voice communication or other approved means of communication.
Initial Training FEP staff members should receive 1 hr of this training to familiarize FEP staff
members with their duties pursuant to the Emergency Preparedness Plan
Refresher Training FEP staff should receive this training at such frequency and for such duration
Training Methods FEP staff training should be in the form of live instruction, but may be
supplemented by video presentations and/or the distribution of other
educational materials.
Terms in this set (73)
Building Occupants All persons in the building, including employees, tenants, building staff, and
visitors
Central Station Company A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected premise and re-transmits or
otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY
Evacuation the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire or an
emergency
Emergency Preparedness Plan The fire safety and evacuation plan/emergency action plan
Fire and Emergency Preparedness Staff The individuals identified in the emergency preparedness plan as responsible for
the implementation of such plan
Fire Drill A training exercise by which building occupants are familiarized with and/ or
practice the procedures for the safe, orderly and expeditious in-building
relocation, partial evacuation or evacuation, as applicable to the occupancy or
building type, in accordance with the fire safety and evacuation plan.
Fire Protective System Approved devices, equipment and systems or combinations of systems used to
deter a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire. Includes fire
extinguishers, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
In-Building Relocation The controlled movement of building occupants from an endangered area of a
building to an in-building relocation area with-in the same building in response to
a fire or non-fire emergency
In- Building Relocation Area (IBRA) A designated area in a building to which building occupants may be relocated to
in accordance with the emergency preparedness plan for the premises
Manual Fire Alarm Box A manually operated device used to initiate an alarm signal
Mixed Occupancy Building Buildings that have multiple occupancies. These are referred to as "mixed
occupancies" and the different parts will be required to meet the fire code for
each specific area. An example of this is a shopping mall with underground
parking. The shopping area itself is Group M (mercantile), while the parking area
would qualify as Group S (storage)
Non-Fire Emergency A biological chemical or nuclear ingredient or release (explosion, natural disaster
or other emergency affecting premises)
Non-Fire Emergency Drill Training exercise practice procedures for evacuation
, Off-line Those periods of time when a Central Station Company will, at the request of a
building owner, not transmit fire alarm signals received from a building to the Fire
Department. Fire alarm systems can be taken "off-line" only for Fire Department
approved purposes associated with the prevention of unnecessary and
unwarranted alarms.
One-Way Voice Communication Make announcements from lobby to building occupants in their apartments,
offices, classrooms, etc.
Owner the fee owner or lessee of the building
Partial Evacuation the emptying of a building of some but not all building occupants in response to a
fire or an emergency.
Public Address System an electronic sound amplification and distribution system with a microphone,
amplifier and loudspeakers, used to allow a person to address a large public.
Public Address systems enable voice communications from a central location,
usually in the building lobby.
Regular Business Hours refers to any time and any day in which the referenced building is open to the
public or business is being conducted. For a more complete definition, please
refer to Section 402 of the 2008 Fire Code.
Shelter in Place the precaution of directing building occupants to remain indoors at their present
location
Two-Way Communication a form of transmission in which both parties
involved have the ability to transmit information. This enables the FEDC, staff, or
Fire Department personnel to communicate with building occupants or each
other throughout the building. This is especially useful during an emergency, and
allows staff members to report the conditions of a fire emergency from the fire
floor back to the FEDC in the lobby at the fire command center.
Unnecessary Alarm A alarm triggered, but for which a department response proved unnecessary for
an example by smoke from a lit cigarette in a non-smoking area
Unwarranted Alarm Failed to function as designed as a result of improper installation - lack of
maintenance
Voice Communication Capability The ability to communicate to the occupants of a
building or occupancy, whether by means of a fire alarm system with one-way or
two-way voice communication or other approved means of communication.
Initial Training FEP staff members should receive 1 hr of this training to familiarize FEP staff
members with their duties pursuant to the Emergency Preparedness Plan
Refresher Training FEP staff should receive this training at such frequency and for such duration
Training Methods FEP staff training should be in the form of live instruction, but may be
supplemented by video presentations and/or the distribution of other
educational materials.
