__________ perform fire risk reduction and prevention inspections for properties, working on behalf of the companies that insure the properties. >>> Factory Mutual engineers
Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflagration? >>> Black Death
The __________ industry ...
Fire Prevention
__________ perform fire risk reduction and prevention inspections for properties, working on behalf of
the companies that insure the properties. >>> Factory Mutual engineers
Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflagration? >>> Black Death
The __________ industry is the most prominent example of a nongovernmental entity that has had a
significant impact on fire prevention through the development of regulations. >>> insurance
__________ is a not-for-profit system in which all policyholders are members of the company; when
premiums exceed losses, surplus funds are distributed among the members. >>> mutual fire insurance
In 1871, __________ destroyed 17,500 buildings, killed more than 300 people, and left more than
100,000 homeless. >>> the great Chicago fire
Edward Atkinson, president of Factory Mutual, is credited with all of the following EXCEPT: >>>
organizing cotton mill owners into forming a mutual fire insurance company.
Founded in 1735, the first fire insurance company in the American colonies was called: >>>
Charleston's Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire.
Over the last 25 years, the United States' ranking in terms of fire death rate, as compared with the rates
of other industrialized countries, has: >>> stayed the same
__________ made large contributions to our present-day system of fire prevention and protection, and
can be tied to the NFPA, UL, and ISO. >>> The National Board of Fire Underwriters
Following the Great Fire of London, Nicholas Barbon formed a group for the insurance of buildings
against fire. It grew into: >>> The london fire office
The wildland fire that took place on October 8, 1871, burning 3,780,000 acres and killing at least 1,500
people, is called the: >>> Peshtigo fire.
The Department of Defense's fire inspector course was originally developed by the Air Force in 1967 and
reduced fire losses across the Air Force by an estimated __________ over the next 10 years. >>> 80
percent
The National Commission on Fire Prevention, the 24-member panel appointed by President Richard
Nixon, released the report: >>> America Burning.
, Since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's inception in 1970, the rate of work-related
fatalities has been reduced by: >>> 50 percent.
USFA training programs operate out of the: >>> National Emergency Training Center.
The Certified Fire Investigator program produces the only federal investigators trained by a federal law
enforcement agency to qualify as expert witnesses in fire cause determination. The program is headed
by the: >>> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Located in Boise, Idaho, the __________ is a cooperative effort among member agencies of the National
Wildlife Coordinating Group. >>> National Interagency Fire Center
Which of the following are threatened by hostile fires? >>> Jobs
The economy
Public spending for education, health care, and public infrastructure
The __________ is an NFA program whose mission is to "establish an organization of post-secondary
institutions to promote higher education and to enhance the recognition of the fire and emergency
services as a profession to reduce loss of life and property from fire and other hazards." >>> Fire and
Emergency Services Higher Education Program
Fire prevention bureaus are responsible for all of the following EXCEPT: >>> developing model codes.
The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule is based on all of the following EXCEPT: >>> water
supply
One example of a corporation with an effective fire safety policy that helped prevent significant loss in a
1991 fire is: >>> Tyson foods
The catastrophic damage from Hurricane Andrew and the Northridge Earthquake was primarily due to:
>>> lax enforcment of building codes
__________ install most fire protection systems. >>> private firms
A community's Public Protection Classification System is based on all of the following EXCEPT its: >>>
insurance rate
More than __________ ASTM standards are referenced in the International Building Code and
International Fire Code. >>> 200
Dedicated to coordinating the efforts of U.S. standards-making organizations, the __________ does not
actually develop standards of its own. >>> american national standards institute
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