F04 Pre-Event Safety Inspections 2

Question 1

During a pre-event inspection, you find an exit door chained shut with a padlock. What is the FIRST action you must take?

Accepted Answer

Immediately notify management and require the chain be removed before guests enter

Answer

A locked exit is an immediate life-safety hazard that must be corrected before any occupants are admitted to the space.

Question 2

During a pre-event walk-through, you find extra chairs placed in a required aisle. What action must the fireguard take?

Accepted Answer

Remove the chairs and restore the required aisle width before the event opens

Answer

Aisles must maintain their required minimum widths at all times to serve as safe evacuation pathways.

Question 3

What must a fireguard verify about exit signs during a pre-event inspection?

Accepted Answer

Exit signs must be illuminated by both primary power and emergency backup power

Answer

Exit signs must remain illuminated by both primary and emergency power to ensure visibility if the main power fails.

Question 4

Stage equipment has been moved during setup and now partially blocks an exit corridor. Who has authority to require it be moved before the event?

Accepted Answer

The fireguard on duty

Answer

The fireguard has authority and responsibility to require removal of any obstruction from exit pathways before or during an event.

Question 5

How many means of egress are generally required from a place of assembly, and how must they be positioned?

Accepted Answer

At least two, located as remote from each other as possible

Answer

Fire code requires at least two exits positioned remotely from each other so a single fire cannot block all escape routes simultaneously.

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