August 14 (Saturday) discussion

The FSIC for business or permit to operate has validity of:

a. Every 31st day of December

b. 365 days✅
c. every renewal of permits or licenses
d. None among the choices

When applying for a FSIC, the applicant shall do the following, except:

a. Secure application form with the list of requirements from the Customer Relation Officer (CRO)
b. Submit duly accomplished application form with complete requirements to the CRO
c. Present claim stub to the CRO
d. Pay the Fire Code Fee Collection to the City/Municipal Treasurer✅

A Building Permit issued under the provisions of this code shall expire and become null and void if the building or
work authorized therein in not commenced with period of ______ years from date of such permit and is suspended
or abandoned at any time after it commenced of _____ days.

A. 1 yr and 115 days

B. 1 yr and 120 days✅
C. 1 yr and 125 days
d. 1 yr and 130 days

The measure of acidity And alkalinity of a solution 

A. Litmus paper
B. Ph✅
C. Basic
D. Rh

*litmus paper instrument to measure the acidity of water

*PH level pag more than 7 kc ata ung ph level, acidic na un.

A non liquid tigh transverse partition in a cargo tank

A. Baffle ✔
B. Bale. 
C. Berm
D. Below ground container

*Baffle- takip para d tumapon ang laman sa loob

*Bale- Packaging 
*Berm- makikita mo sya sa industrial mining  as a protective

Which of the following will not cause the investigator to hypothesize that the series of fires are not performed  by a
serial arsonist?

a. There is a significant difference in modus operandi in all series of fire✅

b. There is significant variations as to the time of the commission of  arson
c. There is a significant similarity in manner of commission of offense
d. Similar devices were used to propagate the fire

*serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend because the evidence is burned up

*A serial arsonist is someone that has set multiple fires but in different locations

Which of the following should be performed first in conducting fire investigation?

a. Secure the fire scene ✅

b. Photograph the facade
c. Pacify the fire 
d. Conduct search

*Secure the fire scene muna syempre para ma avoid ang Contamination at para mahanap ang point of origin

First Filipino Fire chief of Manila Department

a. F/Major Primo D. Cordeta (ret.)

b.  F.R. Dodge
c. Dep.  Chief Jacinto Lorenzo✅
d. Gen. Ernesto Madriaga

 Republic act of 6975 otberwise known as the DILG act of 1990 was finally enacted in

a. Dec 13 1990✅
b. Jan 13 1990
c. Dec 1 1990
d. Jan 25 1990

 Republic act 6975 otherwise known as the DILF act of 1990 took effect on

a. Jan. 1 1990
b. Dec 13 1990
c. Jan 1 1991 ✅
d.  Dec 13  1991

It is Exception for those doors may  serve as exit doors shall not exceed the number of swinging  doors for street
floor elevator lobbies, if no stairways or doors  from, other parts of the building  discharge through the lobby, and the
lobby  has no occupancy  other than as means of travel between elevators and street.

A. Turnstile 
B. Screen and storm door
C. Swing and force to open
D. Revolving door✅

President Gloria M. Arroyo signed into law, R.A. 9592 on __________? 

A. May 8, 2009✅
B. May 8,2008
C. June 24, 2004
D. June 24,2009
* May 8, 2009, President Gloria M. Arroyo signed into law, R.A. 9592 entitled an “Act extending the 5 years
reglementary period for complying the minimum education qualification and appropriation eligibility in the
appointment of the BFP

R.A. 9263 otherwise known as the BFP Professionalization Act of 2004 which has professionalized and upgraded
the qualification standards of appointment in the Bureau of Fire Protection enacted on

A. June 24, 2004✅

B. May 8, 2009
C.  May 8,2008
D. June 24, 2009

*June, 24, 2004, congress enacted R.A. 9263 otherwise known as the BFP Professionalization Act of 2004 which
has professionalized and upgraded the qualification standards of appointment in the Bureau of Fire Protection. 

A fire suppression technique where firefighters advance hose lines into a building to attack a fire:

 a. Offensive Firefighting✅

 b. Defensive Firefighting
 c. Offensive-Defensive Fire Fighting
 d. None of the above

A fire suppression technique that generally uses larger hand lines:

 a. Offensive Firefighting

 b. Defensive Firefighting✅
 c. Offensive-Defensive Fire Fighting
 d. None of the above

To gain interior access as much as possible in the building wherein the fire is still 
approachable or applicable for offensive attack to be performed with the granted speed 
but with minimum damage? 
 
a.  Priciciple of forcible entry 
 b.  To save lives and properties 
 c.  Effective suppression and control operation ✅
 d.  Prevention and control of spread of fire 
 e.  For property preservation

A mechanical device consisting of linkages and horizontal bar across the door, which when pushed from the inside
will cause the door to open and facilities exit from the building structure or facility

a. panic hardware✅
b. horizontal channel
c. damper
d. impact barriers

When applying for a FSIC, the applicant shall do the following, except:

a. Secure application form with the list of requirements from the Customer Relation Officer (CRO)
b. Submit duly accomplished application form with complete requirements to the CRO
c. Present claim stub to the CRO
d. Pay the Fire Code Fee Collection to the City/Municipal Treasurer✅

What is referred to as partial distillation and electrolysis?

A. Fulminating
B. Refining ✅
C. Smelting
D. Oxidizing

Vapor density greater than __________ indicates a vapor heavier than air?

A. Two
B. Four
C. One✅
D. Three

* Specific heat
1 degree of temperature Ang required na heat nya para umabot sa point na mag vapor

If air is moist,  respiratory tract  damage can be much  worse; can cause serious decrease in  blood pressure and 
circulatory system failure; inhaled heating  gases can cause pulmonary edema. 

A. Toxic atmosphere 
B. Elevated temperature ✅
C. Oxygen deficiency 
D. Smoke

Combustion process consumes oxygen while producing gases that either physically displaces or dilutes its
concentration.

A. Physiological Effects of Reduced Oxygen

B. Oxygen Deficiency✅
C. Elevated Temperature
D.Toxic Atmosphere

You have recently completed basic training and you are assigned to a series of different companies for 30-day
periods, you have been assigned in a ladder company for the first time:

One of the first things that you should do;

A. Check the warranty for all of the power tools carried on the apparatus;
B. Make a mental note of where each tool is carried so you can find it quickly when  you need it;✅
C. Sharpen the blades of all the cutting tools;
D. Make sure that the striking tools and the prying tools are kept in separate compartments

Provides life-safety protection by emitting a loud shriek if the firefighter should collapse or remain motionless for
approximately 30 seconds

A.Quick Thermometer
B. Personal Alert Device✅
C. Cylinder pressure
D. Breathing Apparatus Limitations
Operator of the explosimeter or flame safety lamp should always wear? 

A. OBA or line-mask✅
B.Protective Coats and Trousers
C. Artificial Respirator
D. Helmet Face-shields

*Protective equipmentthat is generally available on naval vessels and someshore activities include the oxygen
breathingapparatus (OBA); hose (air line) masks; protective(gas) masks; steel-wire lifelines; and devices
fordetecting oxygen insufficiency, explosive vapors, andsome poisonous gases.

*Oxygen Breathing Apparatus 

An oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) is providedfor emergency use in compartments containing toxicgases.The
apparatus is particularly valuable forrescue purposes because it is a self-contained unit. Thewearer is not
dependent upon outside air or any type ofair line within the effective life of the canister.

A Personal Protective Equipments that limits noise-induced damage to the firefighter’s ears when loud noise
situations cannot be avoided

A. Ear Guard
B. Earmuffs ✅
C. Hearing Aid
D. Ear protective Equipment

A rescue equipment used to rescue victims by hydraulically removing, pulling, bending or cutting obstacles.

A. Hydraulic Cutter and Spreader

B. Hydraulic Rescue Equipment ✅
C. Pneumatic Rescue Equipment
D. Pneumatic Cutter and Spreader

Designed to electrically remove fibrillation of the cardiac ventricle. This device can automatically analyze the
electro-cardiac wave pattern of a patient

A. ECG
B. Pulse Oxymeter
C. Artificial Respirator
D. Semiautomatic Defibrillator✅

 Used to connect a fire department pumper or a portable pump to a nearby water source.

A. Attack Hose
B. Supply hose
C. Intake Hose✅
D. Fire Extinguisher Hose

Designed to move large volume of water at low pressures, larger than attack hose

A. Attack Hose
B. Supply hose✅
C. Intake Hose
D. Fire Extinguisher Hose

A system of piping that receives water pumped from the sea and delivers it to fire plugs, sprinkling system. It also
supplies water to flushing system and cooling water to auxiliary machineries.

A. Fire main✅
B. Fittings
C. FOAM Equipment
D. Extinguishing agents