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VF160: Chapter 21 - Fire and Life Safety Initiatives
VF160: Chapter 21 - Fire and Life Safety Initiatives
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IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting Chapter 21 Fire and Life Safety Initiatives
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Which satatement about messages to high school students is MOST accurate?
Do not understand cause and effect
Learn by hearing
Need messages similar to preschool children
Repsond to messages if information is relevant to them
2
Safety hazards are defined as
Injury, death, or damage not associated with fire
Trends in locations, type of structure, and time of day
Conditions that would increase likelihood of a fire starting
Categories that must be communicated to educate
3
Which topic is MOST appropriate to focus on for older adults?
Use and misuse of fire
Preparation of living idependently
Safe cooking
Fire service careers
4
Which is the BEST solution if local resources are not sufficient to meet desired outcomes?
Create more aggressive education programs
Lower expectations of outcomes
Adopt stricter codes and standards for businesses
Develop contigency plans
5
Cooking equipment and loose handrails are possible sources of
Hazardous processes
Unsafe conditions
Unsafe behaviors
slips and falls
6
Which statement about code adoption is MOST accurate?
Codes are only enforceable when AHJ adopts them
Codes can only be adopted as written
Model codes automatically take effect when revised
Occupant behavior is not regulated by code
7
4 Categories of FLS msgs: Prevent, Protect, Persuade, and
Pare Down
Preserve
Prepare
Post
8
Fire Dept responsibilities included in emergency response may include:
Review / Approval of construction plans
delivery of CPR training classes
General health education for the community
Extrication / Specialized rescues
9
Communities should use a ___ process to develop a fire/life safety initiative program
compartmentalized
systematic
democratic
public
10
Which category is MOST likely found in manufacturing facilities, auto repair, etc.
Open burning
Unsafe behaviors
Unsafe conditions
Hazardous processes
11
Careless use of flammable/combustible liquids is an example of
Hazardous processes
Unsafe conditions
natural hazards
Unsafe behaviors
12
Intentional actions of an adversary are categorized as:
technological hazards
seismic hazards
threats or human-caused hazards
natural hazards
13
Decreased insurance rates are an example of
economic incentives
Engineering
education
emergency response
14
Which component is primarily the responsibility of manufacturers, designers, and contractors?
Education
Economic incentives
Engineering
Enforcement
15
The context of a threat may include:
portion of population at greatest risk
systematic process used to develop the assessement
contractors' solutions to prevent or reduce hazards
desired outcomes of emergency response
16
Which component of delivery might include extinguisher training and bicycle safety for youths?
Enforcement
Engineering
Economic incentives
Education
17
FLSP education is designed to inform citizens about, and provide info on how to change
unsafe behavior
building codes
structural failures
natural hazards
18
Identifying threats/hazards requires a thorough review of historical data, trends, and
infrastructure
statistical analysis
educational programs
economic incentives
19
Which BEST describes one way a jurisdiction can use capability assessment results?
To reduce acts of nature
To develop action plans
To categorize threats
To predict hazards
20
Which BEST describes a FLS audience of preschool children?
Lead all other age groups in fire-related deaths
Need instruction on how to take care of themselves
Not able to grasp simple safety rules
Learn by seeing and doing
