FLSD - Fire Life Safety Director Safety Emergency Response 1

Question 1

During a high-rise evacuation, the FLSD learns that three mobility-impaired occupants are waiting in Areas of Rescue Assistance on floors 18 and 24.
What is the FLSD's primary duty regarding these individuals?

Accepted Answer

Record their exact locations and floor numbers and relay that information to FDNY upon arrival

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Instruct available staff to carry them down the stairwell immediately

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Direct them to use a passenger elevator to descend to the lobby

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Advise them to move to the nearest corridor and wait for smoke to clear

Question 2

A fire alarm activates in a 35-story high-rise. Using the voice communication system, what is the correct initial announcement protocol under NYC high-rise fire procedures?

Accepted Answer

Broadcast an alert tone and evacuation instruction on the fire floor and the floors immediately above and below, while placing all other floors on standby alert

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Announce a full building evacuation simultaneously on all floors to ensure no one is missed

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Alert only the fire floor with an evacuation instruction; make no announcement on other floors until FDNY directs otherwise

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Remain silent until the cause of the alarm is confirmed, then make a single all-clear announcement

Question 3

When the FLSD activates Phase I Emergency Recall of elevators, what is the expected behavior of all elevators in the building?

Accepted Answer

All elevators return to the designated recall level (typically the lobby), doors open, and the cars remain out of service for occupant use

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Elevators travel to the fire floor so occupants can exit quickly

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Only freight elevators are recalled; passenger elevators continue normal service

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Elevators lock on their current floor with doors closed to prevent use

Question 4

A hazardous material spill is reported on the street directly outside the building's main entrance. FDNY has not yet arrived. Which action best demonstrates correct FLSD emergency decision-making?

Accepted Answer

Initiate shelter-in-place procedures, shut down HVAC air intakes, seal gaps under exterior doors, and await FDNY guidance

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Order an immediate full building evacuation through the main entrance to move occupants away from the building

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Open all windows on upper floors to ventilate any chemical vapors that may enter the building

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Do nothing until FDNY arrives and issues a formal directive

Question 5

After a complete building evacuation to the designated assembly area, what is the FLSD's most important life-safety function before FDNY clears the building for re-entry?

Accepted Answer

Coordinate with floor wardens to compile floor-by-floor headcounts and immediately report any unaccounted persons to FDNY incident command

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Conduct a personal re-entry sweep of all stairwells to confirm they are clear

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Release floor wardens from duty and permit occupants to self-organize at the assembly point

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Contact building management and insurance carriers to begin damage documentation

Question 6

A floor warden calls the fire command station reporting that heavy smoke has banked down to knee level in the stairwell on the 31st floor, making descent extremely dangerous. The FLSD should:

Accepted Answer

Direct occupants to re-enter the 31st floor, close the stairwell door, and await further instructions while immediately reporting conditions to FDNY

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Instruct all occupants in that stairwell to continue descending as quickly as possible to clear the smoke floor

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Tell the floor warden to prop the stairwell door open to ventilate the smoke before occupants continue

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Advise occupants to switch to the elevator bank as an alternate means of egress