F04 Emergency and Evacuation Procedures 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When a fire alarm activates in a high-rise building, what is the FIRST action a staff warden should take?
- Immediately evacuate all floors
- Investigate the source of the alarm before acting
- Account for all occupants on their assigned floor (Correct answer)
- Call the building owner for instructions
Correct answer: Account for all occupants on their assigned floor
The staff warden's first duty upon alarm activation is to account for all occupants on their assigned floor before directing evacuation.
Question 2: During a partial building evacuation, which floors are typically required to evacuate first?
- Only the floor where the fire is located
- The fire floor, the floor above, and the floor below (Correct answer)
- All floors simultaneously
- Only the top three floors of the building
Correct answer: The fire floor, the floor above, and the floor below
Standard evacuation protocol requires the fire floor plus the floors immediately above and below to evacuate first due to direct risk.
Question 3: A mobility-impaired occupant cannot use the stairwell during an emergency. What is the correct procedure?
- Use the elevator to take them down immediately
- Leave them in their office until the fire is extinguished
- Move them to an area of rescue assistance and notify FDNY (Correct answer)
- Ask other occupants to carry them down the stairs
Correct answer: Move them to an area of rescue assistance and notify FDNY
Mobility-impaired occupants should be moved to a designated area of rescue assistance and their location must be communicated to responding FDNY personnel.
Question 4: Under NYC Fire Code, how often must fire drills be conducted in high-rise office buildings?
- Once every three years
- Once per year
- Twice per year (Correct answer)
- Once per quarter
Correct answer: Twice per year
NYC Fire Code requires high-rise office buildings to conduct fire drills at least twice per year.
Question 5: Which of the following is the correct use of elevators during a fire emergency in a high-rise building?
- Elevators may be used by all occupants to speed evacuation
- Elevators are reserved for FDNY use and for moving mobility-impaired occupants under supervision (Correct answer)
- Elevators should be disabled immediately so no one can use them
- Occupants above the 10th floor may use elevators; those below must use stairs
Correct answer: Elevators are reserved for FDNY use and for moving mobility-impaired occupants under supervision
During fire emergencies, elevators are taken out of normal service and reserved for FDNY firefighting operations and supervised assistance to mobility-impaired persons.
Question 6: What information must a staff warden report to the Fire Safety Director after completing a floor sweep?
- The number of fire extinguishers present on the floor
- Whether all occupants have evacuated and the location of any occupants remaining (Correct answer)
- The estimated number of square feet on the floor
- The time the alarm was first heard
Correct answer: Whether all occupants have evacuated and the location of any occupants remaining
After a floor sweep, the warden must report to the Fire Safety Director on evacuation status and identify any occupants still remaining and their locations.
Question 7: During an evacuation, a staff warden discovers a stairwell is filled with smoke. What should be done?
- Direct occupants through the smoke quickly to reach lower floors
- Close the stairwell door and direct occupants to an alternate stairwell (Correct answer)
- Wait at the stairwell door until smoke clears
- Use a fire hose to clear the smoke from the stairwell
Correct answer: Close the stairwell door and direct occupants to an alternate stairwell
A smoke-filled stairwell must not be used; wardens should close the door to contain the smoke and redirect occupants to an alternate exit stairwell.
F04 Emergency and Evacuation Procedures 2
When a fire alarm activates in a high-rise building, what is the FIRST action a staff warden should take?