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1. The Certificate of Fitness holder must keep the Certificates of Fitness upon his or her person,
or otherwise for inspection by any representative of the Department, at all times while conducting or supervising the material, operation or facility for which the certificate is required. : Readily Available
2. Permits issued by the FDNY are required to conduct the following hot work
:: 1)Storing, Using or Handling Oxygen and a Flammable gas
2) LPG or CNG or Acetylene in excess of 400 SCF
3) Any oxidizing gas in excess of 504 SCF
3. Portable LPG containers that are more than must NOT be
stored, handled, or used indoors : 16.4 oz
4. CNG containers with a capacity greater than must NOT
stored, handled, or used on the roof : 8.7 SCF
5. Use of LPG/Propane on an occupied roof requires an
from licensed professional stating the roof is constructed of : Affidavit, Ar- chitect or Engineer, non-combustible materials
6. Any single standard portable LPG container must not exceed
in weight : 100 LBS
7. Any single CNG container must not exceed SCF
8. Such permit authorizes the permit holder to store, handle, or use flamma- ble gases, or conduct
a torch operation at a specific premises or location called ?: Site-specific permit
9. A may be a permanent permit or a tem- porary
permit. : Site-specific permit
13. Such permit is valid to temporarily store, handle, use or sell hazardous materials or to
conduct an operation at one or more locations is called?: - Citywide permit
14. Citywide permit the duration of such activity at any individual location does not exceed
days: 30 calendar
15. Periods of activity in excess 30 calendar days at any one location shall require a : Site-
specific permit
16. What should be readily available on the premise for inspection by Fire Department
representatives?: Any and all permits
17. Hot work program authorization is NOT issued by the FDNY, it must be signed and issued by
the : Responsible person
18. Hot work shall be available for inspection by any representative for
after the work is completed: 48 hours
19. For hot work operation with citywide permit, the owner of the premises of the hot work
operation areas must be notified in writing by the citywide permit holder at least the hot work is to be started: 48 hours before
20. Before hot work is authorized and at least while the
authorization is in effect, the hot work area shall be inspected by the respon- sible person: once per day
21. The pre-hot work check must be conducted by the be-
fore hot work is authorized and at least : responsible person, once per day
22. Hot work area must be kept feet away from any combustible materials
and combustible waste: 35 feet
23. All other hot work operations shall be conducted at least
feet away from any combustible materials and combustible waste: 25 feet
24. Sprinkler system protection while hot
work is performed.: must not be shut off or impaired
25. Gas Torch Operation Precautions: Each person must operate only one torch at a time and such
torch must not be left unattended while ignited
26. Protection of Combustibles: Areas designed for hot work operations shall have floors with
noncombustible surface
39. Torch Applied Roof-System: Bituminous roofing systems using membranes that are adhered by
heating with a torch and melting asphalt back coating instead of mopping hot asphalt for adhesion.
40. Under Time and Record keeping for any CNG or LPG torch operation timing, : the first
inspection shall be conducted 30 minutes after completion of torch operations; the second inspection 1 hour after completion of torch operations
41. The fire guards or fire watch personnel must complete a signed inspec- tion report (or the log
book). This report must be submitted to and retained by the person in charger of the torch operations. The log book should be : maintained on the premises for 48 hours after work is complete
42. Under Gas Welding and Cutting Precautions - The torch valves shall be closed and the gas
supply to the torch completely shut off when hot work operations are discontinues for a period of or more: 1 hour
43. Tests for suspected leaks in piping equipment and systems shall be made using : soapy water
44. Emergency notification: -fire guard can use wireless phone to make emer- gency notifications (make
sure that battery is charged to last the entire shift)-noti- fying FDNY by phone is the most direct and effective way to make notification of an emergency
45. Fire Detection System: fire watch for impairment must be provided when the alarm system is offline
46. A portable fire extinguisher with at least 2-A:20--B:C rating...: must be readily accessible within
30 feet of the location where hot work is performed and where the fire guards are positioned -in case of fire, 911 must be called
47. In event of a fire extinguisher has been discharged...: a fully charged replace meant is
required before work can resume
48. Portable fire extinguishers are important in?: -preventing a small fire from growing into a larger
one -not intended to fight large or spreading fire
49. The C of F holder should only consider extinguishing a fire when?: they are limited in size and
spread such that they can be readily extinguished using a portable fire extinguisher
50. P.A.S.S.: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
51. All fire extinguishers installed so that?: the top of the extinguisher is not more than 5 ft above the
floor and the clearance between the bottom of the extinguisher and the floor is less than 4in.-in other
52. Where to point the extinguisher to extinguish a fire...: the dry chemical stream must be
directed toward the point where the flame begins
- DO NOT direct the chemical stream at the center of the flame, this will not extinguish the fire
53. Extinguishing a gas fire caused by a leak...: -easiest way to extinguish this fire is to shut off by
using the emergency shut off valve until the flame is extinguished
54. Extinguished piped gas: -for piped gas, the gas supply must be shut off first then call 911
-never attempt to extinguish the flame unless the gas supply is shut -when not possible to shut off the gas supply (e.g. the fire is near the control valve or the shut-off valve) and the gas supply is limited (e.g. it is from a cylinder) allow the flame to burn itself out and call 911-in meantime, prevent fire spreading to the surrounding materials
55. Class A fire: -Fires caused by ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, and plastic fires
-to extinguish a class A fire, these extinguishers utilize either the heat -absorbing effects of water or the coating effects of certain dry chemicals
56. Class B Fire: -fires are caused by flammable or combustible liquids and gases such as oil, gasoline,
etc. -to extinguish..the blanket-smothering effect of oxygen excluding media such as CO2, dry chemical or foam is most effective
57. Class C Fire: -fires that involve electrical equipment-these fires must be fought with extinguishers that
do not conduct electricity -foam and water type extinguishers must not be used to extinguish electrical fires -after shutting off the electrical equipment, extinguishers for Class A or B fires may be used
58. Class D Fire: -fires caused by ignitable metals, such as magnesium, titanium, and metallic sodium, or
metals that are combustible under certain conditions, such as calcium, zinc, and aluminum -generally, water should not be used to extinguish these fires
59. Fire extinguisher inspections: -must be done monthly
-owner of premises is responsible to designate a person to perform a monthly inspection -"quick check"
60. CNG: compressed natural gas
