FDNY CoF F-07 Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions9
Building Occupants - ANSWERS-All persons in the building, including employees, tenants,
building staff, and visitors
Central Station Company - ANSWERS-A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected
premise and re-transmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY
Evacuation - ANSWERS-the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire
or an emergency
Emergency Preparedness Plan - ANSWERS-The fire safety and evacuation plan/emergency
action plan
Fire and Emergency Preparedness Staff - ANSWERS-The individuals identified in the emergency
preparedness plan as responsible for the implementation of such plan
Fire Drill - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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) - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-A manually operated device used to initiate an alarm signal
Mixed Occupancy Building - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-A biological chemical or nuclear ingredient or release
(explosion, natural disaster or other emergency affecting premises)
Non-Fire Emergency Drill - ANSWERS-Training exercise practice procedures for evacuation
Off-line - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Make announcements from lobby to building
occupants in their apartments, offices, classrooms, etc.
Owner - ANSWERS-the fee owner or lessee of the building
Complete Solutions9
Building Occupants - ANSWERS-All persons in the building, including employees, tenants,
building staff, and visitors
Central Station Company - ANSWERS-A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected
premise and re-transmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY
Evacuation - ANSWERS-the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire
or an emergency
Emergency Preparedness Plan - ANSWERS-The fire safety and evacuation plan/emergency
action plan
Fire and Emergency Preparedness Staff - ANSWERS-The individuals identified in the emergency
preparedness plan as responsible for the implementation of such plan
Fire Drill - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-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) - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-A manually operated device used to initiate an alarm signal
Mixed Occupancy Building - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-A biological chemical or nuclear ingredient or release
(explosion, natural disaster or other emergency affecting premises)
Non-Fire Emergency Drill - ANSWERS-Training exercise practice procedures for evacuation
Off-line - ANSWERS-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 - ANSWERS-Make announcements from lobby to building
occupants in their apartments, offices, classrooms, etc.
Owner - ANSWERS-the fee owner or lessee of the building
