Fire Safety and BFP Regulations Guide
Fire Safety and BFP Regulations Guide
2. Fire prevention month is commemorated by        16. Is the act or process of lowering down the
celebrating the whole month of                     intensity of heat in a fire?
3. Ant act or condition that removed or            17. Is the act of process of preventing the fire
neutralized a fire hazard?                         from spreading?
4.Heat transfer by direct contact from one body    18. A device that shape direct and control the
to another?                                        fire stream?
Conduction Nozzle
5. Is the burning of one’s property with           19. The most abundant, cheapest and the best
malicious intent?                                  extinguishing agent because of its properties?
Arson Water
6. A means of heat transfer when energy travel     20. Part of fire operation activity and the
through space or materials as waves?               techniques used to get into building or other
                                                   areas of confinement when normal means of
Radiation                                          entry are locked or blocked?
7. Presidential Decree no.      otherwise known    Forcible Entry
as the Fire Code of the Philippines.
                                                   21. Amending       the    law   on
PD 1185
                                                   arson? PD 1613
8. Minimum length of the fire hoses used in the
fire operation?                                    22. They are fires caused by unforeseen acts of
                                                   God?
50 ft
                                                   Providential
9. The active principle burning characterized by
heat and light combustion?                         23. First element known to man by experience, a
                                                   colorless, tasteless and odorless gas which
Fire                                               supports life and fire?
10. These three elements of fire namely heat,      Oxygen
fuel and oxygen are generally known as?
                                                   24. Instrument     used    to    open/close   fire
Triangle of fire
                                                   hydrants? Spanner
11. Are fire involving flammable materials such
as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many            25. In the crime of arson, what is the very
plastics?                                          important evidence to prove the liability of an
                                                   arsonist?
Class A fire
                                                   Prima facie
12. Are        fire   involving   electrical
equipment? Class C fires
                                                   PART 2
13. A fire involving combustible metals such as
                                                   1. The fire extinguisher suited for Class B
Al, Ti, Zr, Na, K, Ca, and Zn?
Class D fires                                      is AFFF
9. Types of smoke Fans used to suck out smoke        20. When a Fire Safety Inspector (FSI) will
and heat (negative pressure ventilation)             conduct an inspection, what type of uniform
                                                     should he/she wears?
Ejector
                                                     GOA uniform
10. Types          of    Mechanical
                                                     21. The Anti-Red Tape Law imposes stiff
Ventilation   Smoke      Fans    and                 penalties on fixers, known as the Anti-Red Tape
Hydraulic                                            Law?
11. What is the minimum age qualification if         Republic Act No. 9584
order for a person to be appointed as Fire Officer   22. It refers to the portion of a roadway or public
1 (FO1)?                                             way that should be kept open and unobstructed
21 to 30 years old                                   at all times for the expedient conduct of
                                                     firefighting operations.
12. The following are types of fire extinguishers
available in the country except one:                 Fire Lane
Hydrocarbon Fire Extinguisher                        23. Based on P.D 1613, the following are the
                                                     special aggravating circumstances in arson,
13. Based on Republic Act No. 9263, what is the      except one;
minimum rank of BFP Officer for him to be
designated as a Municipal Fire Marshal?              If committed by a single person
Republic Act No. 9592                                18. It is a cause of fire in which the proven cause
                                                     does not involve any deliberate human act to
10. It is a cause of fire which involves events      ignite or spread the fire.
such as lightning, earthquake, wind, and the like
and do not involve any direct human                  Accidental Cause
19. A high rise building is one which the            4. Fire Extinguisher recommended for the
distance between the floor of the topmost storey     protection of delicate electronic equipment.
and ground level is      meter or more.
                                                     Halogenated agent type
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                                                     5. Dwelling unit in row apartments shall be
20. What are the four elements of fire               separated from each other by partition walls
tetrahedron?                                         having a fire resistance rating of    hours. Such
Oxygen, fuel, heat and self-sustained chemical       walls shall be constructed solidly and
chain reaction                                       continuously from the ground to level one (1)
                                                     meter above the ridge line of the roof.
21. This act shall be known as “Bureau of Fire
Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and         4
Penology Professionalization Act of 2004”.           6. Who among the fire marshals cannot impose
Republic Act No. 9263                                fine?
22. It is a gas that partly in liquid state when     a. City Fire Marshal
under normal atmospheric pressure and partly in      b. Provincial Fire Marshal
solid state when under pressure inside the
container. Its pressure is dependent upon the        c. Regional            Fire
temperature of the liquid.
                                                     Marshal d. None of
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
                                                     these
23. The following are prohibited acts under the
                                                     7. Who promotes Fie safety in the absence of
Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008,
                                                     Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)?
except one;
                                                     Building Official
Abandoning or leaving a building or structure by
the occupant or owner with appropriate safety        8. Failure to submit fire insurance policy should
measures                                             be corrected within     .
                                                     a. 12 hours
PART 6                                               b. 24 hours
1. As per Fire Code, emergency lighting shall be     c. 36 hours
arranged to maintain specified level of
illumination in the event of failure of the normal   d. None of these
lighting for a period at a least          hours in   9. The following are factors that affect the
buildings more than 36.5 meters.                     degree of hazard except    .
1.5                                                  Age of building
2. The occupant load for which means of egress       10. The following are parts of the investigation
shall be provided for any floor shall be the         report except    .
maximum numbers of persons intended to
occupy that floor but not less than one person       Opinion of the investigator
each      square meter gross floor area for          11. Which of the following fire is the most
                                                     difficult to extinguish?
detention         and       correctional             Forest Fire
occupancies. 11.1                                    12. The transformation of a compound into one
                                                     or more other substances by heat alone.
3. Each wet standpipe outlet shall be supplied
with a hose not less than       millimeters in       Ignition
diameter.
                                                     13. Destructive arson is committed to the
38                                                   following places except .
4. Which     of     this   best   describes          a. Ammunition factory
conduction? Heat transfer through solid              b. Hospital
materials                                            c. Inhabited house or dwelling
5. For health care facilities, any room and any      d. None of these
suite or room of more than         square meters
shall have at least two (2) exit doors remote        14. What factors are taken into consideration in
from each other.                                     the determination of the liability of the person
                                                     found guilty of arson?
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a. The kind of building or property that was         b. flameless surface type (including glow and
burned                                               deep-seated glowing embers)
b. The location of the building                      c. explosion type
c. Whether the building is inhabited or              d. a and b are true
not d. All of the above                              2. Protect the face and lungs from toxic smoke
15. Burning of magnesium produced the color of       and products of combustion.
    .                                                Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
White smoke with bright white flames                 3. A chemical change that is exothermic. In
16. What ethical conduct is required for             connection with fire technology, it is simply
government employees provide service to              defined as a chemical change which combustible
everyone     without       unfair discrimination     material (fuel) and oxidizing agent like oxygen
regardless of party affiliation.                     reacts.
17. Which of the following does not fall under       4. Those that release or give off energy (heat) is
Class A fires?                                       absorbed or is added before the reaction takes
                                                     place. This means that the substances formed by
Exploding gas depot                                  the change contain more energy than the
                                                     reacting materials.
18. Carbon dioxide is hazardous because it is
    .                                                Endothermic Reaction
Poisonous                                            5. A continuous and unobstructed route of exit
                                                     from any point in a building structure or facility
19. The purpose of opening the doors and
                                                     to a public way.
windows of adjacent room in a burning building
is to      .                                         Means of egress
Prevent Back Draft                                   6. The final phase burning wherein flames cases
                                                     but dense smoke and heat completely fill the
20. An arsonist may rearrange materials of
                                                     confined room, flames may die and leave only
furniture in a room prior setting it on fire in
                                                     glowing embers.
order to .
                                                     Free burning phase
a. Mislead the investigators
                                                     7. What is the firefighting method in breaking
b. Camouflage the odor of accelerants
                                                     tetrahedron?
c. Provide    a      quick      burning
                                                     Inhibiting
situation d. All of the above
                                                     8. Descriptive of any substance that ignited
21. If the fire is set by rationale motive, the      spontaneously when exposed to air.
important point establishment is    .
                                                     Pyrolysis
Rapidity of spread
                                                     9. Combustion is very complex and is a subject
22. The fire that started in almost all corners of   of much research. A condensed-phase
the building at the same time called      .          combustion is usually referred to as .
Spontaneous Burning                                  Glowing Combustion
23. Fires in cooking appliances that involve         10. For business occupancies, the clear width of
combustible Cooking medium (vegetable or             any corridor or passage way serving occupant
anima oils and fats).                                load of 50 or more shall be not less that
                                                     meters.
Class K
                                                     1.12
                                                     11. Releasing devices shall be bars or panel
PART 7                                               extending not less that   of the width of the
                                                     door.
1. The combustion is observed as occurring
in what mode?                                        2/3
5 years Distillation
14. An explosive condition in the smoldering         23. A first aid equipment used to mechanically
phase of fire, it is the result of a sudden          supply a certain amount of oxygen to a victim
introduction of oxygen.                              who needs oxygen inhalation.
15. Which of the following is the primary            24. Cuts thin steel plates such as in vehicular or
objective in investigating fires?                    heavy metal plates by the motive of power of
                                                     compressed air in non-rotating method.
a. To determine the probable cause/origin of fire
                                                     Air Chisel
b. To identify the perpetrators if there is any
                                                     25. Refers to the proper clothing and equipment
c. To determine the motive behind the                to provide a firefighter protection on hostile
occurrence of fire                                   environments where they perform their duties.
d. All of the above                                  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
16. It is the vehicle where the fire chief usually
ride and use as command post during the
firefighting operation. It is equipped with radio    PART 8
and other command equipment.                         1. The period when the four elements of the fire
Command service vehicle                              tetrahedron come together and combustion
                                                     begins; the fire is small and confined to the
17. The most common way to secure a ladder is        material first ignited.
for the firefighter at the base to the ladder.
                                                     Ignition/Incipient Stage
Foot
                                                     2. All the items below are the physical states of
18. What is the primary purpose for the “Hurst       matter in which fuels are commonly found
tool”?                                               except one;
Rescue extrication tool                              Plasma
19. Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber     3. Any liquid having a flash point below
such as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste      100degree F or 37.8 degree C and having a
paper, kapok, hay, straw, Spanish moss,              vapor pressure not exceeding 40 psi is called?
excelsior and other similar materials commonly
used in commerce.                                    Flammable Liquid
Heat 9%
18. The combustion products must responsible        5. You are responding on a fire incident
for the spread of fire in the building is .         involving armory and explosive storage. What
                                                    will you do if the Incident Command Post is not
Smoke
yet established at the time of response and          a. Always observe distance, time and shielding
valuable information is not at hand?                 during radioactive materials response
a. Do not initiate attack. Maintain position at a    b. Ensure that the area is free from radiation
safe distance                                        before to conduct of overhauling and
b. Attack before the winds pick up                   investigation
c. Check the building for any occupant               c. Always protect themselves from radiation
                                                     through time, distance and shielding
d. None of these
                                                     d. All of these
6. This is essentially a “holding action” to keep
the fire within reasonable bounds while awaiting     14. All the tools below are used in prying when
the availability of additional forces.               doing forcible entry except;
7. Any unplanned or uncontrolled event               15. It is a system of vertical pipes in the building
resulting from unsafe acts/unsafe occupational       to which fire hoses can be attached, including a
conditioning either of which can cause injury.       system by which water is made available to the
                                                     outlet as needed.
Accident
                                                     Wet Stand Pipe System
8. The term “Means of Egress” means
                                                     16. It is required safe distance to be cleared of
a. It is a continuous and unobstructed route of      personnel, equipment and civilians.
exit from one point in a building, structure or
facility to a public way.                            Isolation Distance
b. It is a continuous and unobstructed route of      17. It is also known as the DILG Act of 1990,
entry to any point in a building, structure or       specifying the power and responsibility of the
facility.                                            Bureau of Fire Protection.
c. The places where the fire hydrants are located Republic Act 6975
d. It is the way where the water drains out from     18. A way to extinguish fire by removing the
building                                             fuel source or allowing the fire to consume all
                                                     available fuel.
9. All of the items below are the ways on how to
prevent extension of fire except one;                Starving
2. When using a chain saw to cut a ventilation        14. What is the designation for fires involving
hole, a firefighter should use the   of the chain     ordinary combustibles?
and when cutting trees, a firefighter should use      Class A
the of the chain.
                                                      15. This firefighting apparatus is designed
Tip; Back                                             mainly for firefighting high-rise fires and can be
3. What is a “charged hose”?                          used to rescue trapped people as well as to shoot
                                                      water at high locations.
A pressurized fire hose ready for use.
                                                      Aerial Ladder
4. Before setting up ladders, always check for
   .                                                  16. The top end of the ladder is the   .
5. In responding to a call of “a person or persons    17. What is the primary purpose for the “Hurst
stuck in an elevator”, which type of firefighting     tool”?
apparatus would be best suited to handle this         Rescue extrication tool
type of service request?
                                                      18. What is the designation for fires involving
A fire truck.                                         electrical or potentially energized electrical
6. A device used to seal small cuts or breaks,        equipment?
which may occur in fore hose, or to connect           Class C
mismatched or damaged coupling of the same
size.                                                 19. Before loading hose back on the truck after
                                                      use, it should be  .
Hose Jacket
                                                      Washed
7. Used to fight fire inside the building or
underground by straight spot water application        20. A vertical panel of non-combustible or fire-
or fine fog application.                              resistive materials attached to and extending
                                                      below the bottom chord of the roof trussers, to
Fog gun                                               divide the underside of the roof into separate
8. A hose’s burst pressure must be at lease           compartments so that heat and smoke will be
times the specified service test pressure.            directed upwards to a roof vent.
3 Curtain Board
9. Aluminum oxide abrasive blades are generally       21. Kind of stable explosive compound which
used to cut which material?                           explodes by percussion.
10. In fire extinguisher usage, what does the         22. A fire-resistive door prescribed for openings
mnemonic PASS mean?                                   in fire separation walls or partitions.