F02 45 Questions And Answers
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Building occupants
All persons in the building, including employees, building personnel and visitors.
CENTRAL STATION COMPANY
A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN
also known as the fire safety and evacuation plan and/or emergency action plan.
EVACUATION
- the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire or an emergency
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
- any system, including any interconnected fire alarm sub-system, of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or supervisory signal-initiating devices.
FIRE GUARD
- A person holding a Certificate of Fitness for such purposes, who is trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire watch.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
- Approved devices, equipment and systems or combinations of systems used to detect a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire, control or manage fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
FIRE WATCH
A temporary measure intended to ensure continuous and systematic surveillance of a building or portion thereof by one or more qualified individuals for the purposes of identifying and controlling fire hazards, including detecting early signs of fire, raising an alarm of fire, notifying the department, and performing such other fire safety duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
IMPAIRMENT
- Any condition in which a fire protection system cannot perform its designed fire safety function.
IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR
- The person designated by the building owner who is responsible for ensuring that proper notification and safety precautions are taken when a standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system is out of services