D150407 Clock is Ticking

1.

10 points

Initial full-alarm assignment must be deployed within a 480-second travel time to:

45% of incidents

60% of incidents

75% of incidents

90% of incidents

2.

10 points

For the NFPA edition that goes into effect January 1, 2016, standard 7.4.2 has been revised to "90% of emergency alarm processing shall be completed within ______."

48 seconds

64 seconds

92 seconds

106 seconds

3.

10 points

The 60 seconds is referred to in which NFPA standard?

NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code

NFPS 297 Guide on Principles and Practices for Communications Systems

NFPA 1221 Standard for the installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems.

NFPA 1710 Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression

4.

10 points

NFPA 1221 applies only to Fire Service communications.

True

False

5.

10 points

NFPA standards are approved by a:

committee consensus

100 percent approved or disprove vote

single NFPA governing board

call is answered by a telecommunicator

6.

10 points

All incoming calls on designated emergency telephone lines should be considered emergency alarms until the:

ambulance arrives on scene

supervisor is notified

caller hangs up

call is answered by a telecommunicator

7.

10 points

NFPA Standard 1710 specifies a benchmark for career fire departments to place their:

traffic control incident manager at the scene

first ERU en route to an emergency

fixed water system for fire protection in relation to buildings

lightning protection systems at the communication center

8.

10 points

According to current NFPA standards, 80 percent of emergency alarm processing shall be completed within:

30 seconds

45 seconds

60 seconds

90 seconds

9.

10 points

Fire departments must meet the 60 seconds 90% of the time - or if revised, the current time element - if they plan to pursue accreditation through the:

International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED)

Commission on Fire Accreditation International

Federal Emergency Management Agency

U.S. Fire Administration

10.

10 points

The Academy has never proposed or endorsed a single national standard for call processing times.

True

False