BCOT WEEK 5 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT !!!
Question: What specific hazard is responsible for the highest percentage of
fatalities during a fire emergency?
Answer: ✔✔ Smoke inhalation.
Question: Under what condition is a line-level Correctional Officer authorized to
initiate a full evacuation of inmates?
Answer: ✔✔ Only after receiving direct orders or explicit instruction from an
operational supervisor.
Question: What is the mandatory minimum frequency for conducting facility-wide
fire drills?
Answer: ✔✔ One drill must be executed every calendar month.
Question: How often must each individual staff shift participate in a mandatory
fire drill?
Answer: ✔✔ Once every calendar quarter.
Question: What three structural components make up the basic Fire Triangle?
Answer: ✔✔ Fuel, heat, and oxygen.
Question: What four distinct elements form the advanced structural model known
as the Fire Tetrahedron?
Answer: ✔✔ Fuel, heat, oxygen, and an uninhibited chemical chain reaction.
Question: What physical mechanisms are utilized within the facility to alert staff
and inmates to a fire emergency?
Answer: ✔✔ Visual strobe lights, audible alarm horns, and manual pull stations.
Question: What is the absolute first action an officer must take upon discovering a
fire threat?
Answer: ✔✔ Immediately sound the nearest fire alarm.
, must call main control:
give your name
location of fire
type of fire
hold phone for verification
Fire exit door -ANSWER ✔✔Color coded disk
Color coded key
Minimum of ____ fire exits -ANSWER ✔✔Two:
Primary
Secondary
Fire -ANSWER ✔✔A rapid chemical combination of fuel and oxygen in the
presence of heat and usually accompanied by the production of heat, light, and
combustion by products
Fire Tetrahedron -ANSWER ✔✔Chemical chain reaction- in the burning process,
fuel elements (compounds) are released by heat produced by the fire. These
elements join the fire (combine with oxygen) to produce more heat, which releases
more fuel elements
Oxygen supports ______ and _______ -ANSWER ✔✔Combustion and life:
21% in normal air
16% min. needed to support respiration and combustion
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT !!!
Question: What specific hazard is responsible for the highest percentage of
fatalities during a fire emergency?
Answer: ✔✔ Smoke inhalation.
Question: Under what condition is a line-level Correctional Officer authorized to
initiate a full evacuation of inmates?
Answer: ✔✔ Only after receiving direct orders or explicit instruction from an
operational supervisor.
Question: What is the mandatory minimum frequency for conducting facility-wide
fire drills?
Answer: ✔✔ One drill must be executed every calendar month.
Question: How often must each individual staff shift participate in a mandatory
fire drill?
Answer: ✔✔ Once every calendar quarter.
Question: What three structural components make up the basic Fire Triangle?
Answer: ✔✔ Fuel, heat, and oxygen.
Question: What four distinct elements form the advanced structural model known
as the Fire Tetrahedron?
Answer: ✔✔ Fuel, heat, oxygen, and an uninhibited chemical chain reaction.
Question: What physical mechanisms are utilized within the facility to alert staff
and inmates to a fire emergency?
Answer: ✔✔ Visual strobe lights, audible alarm horns, and manual pull stations.
Question: What is the absolute first action an officer must take upon discovering a
fire threat?
Answer: ✔✔ Immediately sound the nearest fire alarm.
, must call main control:
give your name
location of fire
type of fire
hold phone for verification
Fire exit door -ANSWER ✔✔Color coded disk
Color coded key
Minimum of ____ fire exits -ANSWER ✔✔Two:
Primary
Secondary
Fire -ANSWER ✔✔A rapid chemical combination of fuel and oxygen in the
presence of heat and usually accompanied by the production of heat, light, and
combustion by products
Fire Tetrahedron -ANSWER ✔✔Chemical chain reaction- in the burning process,
fuel elements (compounds) are released by heat produced by the fire. These
elements join the fire (combine with oxygen) to produce more heat, which releases
more fuel elements
Oxygen supports ______ and _______ -ANSWER ✔✔Combustion and life:
21% in normal air
16% min. needed to support respiration and combustion
