F-80 Test
1.Alarm Silence Switch: used to silence the building audible and visual
devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the alarm is
being investigated.
2.Building Occupants: All persons in the shelter, including employees,
clients, staff and visitors.
3.Carbon Monoxide Alarm: A single or multiple-station alarm responsive
to carbon monoxide, containing a build-in initiation sensor, audible
sounder (notification de- vice), and power supply (battery or electric
with battery backup) and is not connected to a system.
4.Carbon Monoxide Detector: An automatic device that senses carbon
monoxide and is connected to the fire alarm control panel
5.Central Station Company: A facility that receives alarm signals from a
protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm
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, signals to the FDNY
6.Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters: F-
80 Certificate of Fitness holders
7.Deputy Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters-
: When the Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless
Shelters is absent, a deputy Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems
in Homeless Shelters shall be present in the building and shall perform
the duties of the Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in
Homeless Shelters.
8.Evacuation: the emptying of a building of all building occupants in
response to a fire or other emergency.
9.Emergency Preparedness Plan: The emergency preparedness plans
required ensure that, in the event of a fire or a non-fire emergency,
there are procedures in place that can be timely implemented to
provide the information, guidance, direction and assistance needed to
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1.Alarm Silence Switch: used to silence the building audible and visual
devices after evacuation is complete while the source of the alarm is
being investigated.
2.Building Occupants: All persons in the shelter, including employees,
clients, staff and visitors.
3.Carbon Monoxide Alarm: A single or multiple-station alarm responsive
to carbon monoxide, containing a build-in initiation sensor, audible
sounder (notification de- vice), and power supply (battery or electric
with battery backup) and is not connected to a system.
4.Carbon Monoxide Detector: An automatic device that senses carbon
monoxide and is connected to the fire alarm control panel
5.Central Station Company: A facility that receives alarm signals from a
protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm
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, signals to the FDNY
6.Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters: F-
80 Certificate of Fitness holders
7.Deputy Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless Shelters-
: When the Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in Homeless
Shelters is absent, a deputy Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems
in Homeless Shelters shall be present in the building and shall perform
the duties of the Coordinator of Fire Safety & Alarm Systems in
Homeless Shelters.
8.Evacuation: the emptying of a building of all building occupants in
response to a fire or other emergency.
9.Emergency Preparedness Plan: The emergency preparedness plans
required ensure that, in the event of a fire or a non-fire emergency,
there are procedures in place that can be timely implemented to
provide the information, guidance, direction and assistance needed to
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