The emergency preparedness plan: what it holds and who trains on it

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1. AThis names a position and the role it takes on, which is the kind of specific assignment the plan expects.
2. BCorrect: The plan names the coordinator and FEP staff by name or position with set duties; “shelter personnel ... as needed” assigns nobody.
3. CIt says who acts, how and when, so the duty can be checked in a drill; that is specific enough.
4. DA named role with a defined task at a defined place is exactly what the plan is meant to spell out.

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1. ACorrect: The plan must set out how occupants who need help because of an infirmity, disability or other special need are assisted, and by which staff.
2. BReplacement costs and suppliers are a purchasing matter; the plan covers people, procedures and staff duties.
3. COff-site stores have no place in an evacuation plan; it covers the building, its exits and the people inside.
4. DStopping for belongings slows an evacuation; the Study Material lists it as a delay to watch for in drills.

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1. AMore extinguishers do nothing for residents who cannot use the stairs; the gap is in the plan and the staffing.
2. BA drill tests the plan, but the plan has to be updated first or the drill rehearses the old assignments.
3. CCorrect: The plan is reviewed and updated when occupancy or staff assignments change, including who assists occupants with special needs.
4. DCoordinators may not modify fire alarm components, and new tones do not close an evacuation-assistance gap.

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1. AHolding everyone in place stalls the evacuation the plan calls for; the duties still need doing.
2. BCorrect: The coordinator directs FEP staff, so the open duties go to someone available at once; the paperwork waits until people are safe.
3. CDiscipline is a later matter; stopping to call a manager leaves the evacuation duties uncovered.
4. DHalting a floor’s evacuation to wait on two staff members puts every occupant on that floor at risk.

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1. ADrills stay at monthly on each shift; good records do not lower that frequency.
2. BCorrect: Matching who was trained against how the drills went shows whether training fixes the problems the drills reveal.
3. COccupancy limits come from the building’s approvals, not from training or drill records.
4. DCoordinators cannot alter or downgrade the fire alarm system, and no record gives them that authority.

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1. AReporting staff to the FDNY fixes nothing; the gap is training, which the coordinator runs.
2. BCoordinators may not install or modify alarm components, and the problem is staff knowledge, not the system.
3. CCorrect: Training staff is the coordinator’s job, and every training session must be noted in the Fire Safety Plan log book.
4. DThe plan has to describe the voice communication capability; deleting it to hide a training gap is not an option.

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1. ACorrect: Late calls to the central station and occupants point to a training gap, so the training records and content come first.
2. BBilling shows what the shelter pays, not why staff were slow to make the calls.
3. CWhen the pull stations went in says nothing about how fast staff notify the central station and occupants.
4. DBlocked hallways slow occupants, but the delay here is in notification, which is a staff task.

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1. AResidents who depend on medical equipment are exactly the people the plan must arrange help for, not leave alone.
2. BAn unsupervised spot in the crowd ignores their needs; the plan has to name who assists them.
3. CStaying put wherever the fire is can trap people; the order depends on the fire and on the plan.
4. DCorrect: The plan must identify occupants who need help in advance and set the procedure and the staff for assisting them.

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1. AResidents are not responders; having them carry someone down a stairwell creates a second emergency.
2. BCorrect: The coordinator directs FEP staff, so the resident’s assistance is handed to another trained person at once.
3. CStopping a whole floor’s evacuation for one person puts everyone on that floor at greater risk.
4. DLeaving the resident behind without help defeats the reason assistance was assigned in the plan.

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1. AElevators are not for occupant use in a fire unless the FDNY says otherwise, and a drill should practice the real rules.
2. BCarrying residents risks injuries during a drill, and it hides the jam instead of fixing the plan.
3. CPausing only stalls the exercise, and FEP staff are the ones moving residents, so reporting to them changes nothing.
4. DCorrect: Moving residents to a relocation area clears the stairwell, and logging the delay feeds the next plan review.

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1. AA safe area filling with smoke is no longer safe; staying put is the one choice that gets worse by the minute.
2. BCorrect: Once the relocation area is compromised, the next step is moving residents out, with trained staff assisting.
3. CFirefighting delays the move; extinguishers are only for small fires with a clear way out, never instead of leaving.
4. DResidents are not trained to carry people; that job belongs to staff following the plan.

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1. AWaiting for responders leaves these residents unaware of the fire; staff have to reach them now.
2. BLouder speakers do not help residents who cannot hear them; the message needs another route.
3. CCorrect: Residents who cannot hear the announcement need staff to reach them in person or with visual cues, as the plan sets out.
4. DAnother tone is still sound, which is the one thing these residents cannot pick up.

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1. AForcing a combative person down a stairwell can injure both people and block the exit for others.
2. BWalking away without reporting leaves nobody aware that someone is still inside.
3. CStaying in the room puts a second person in danger; reporting the location matters more than staying.
4. DCorrect: Staff report anyone left on a floor to the coordinator, who tells arriving FDNY units where that person is.

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1. AThe plan in the question sends residents out, not to stay put, so this describes a different problem.
2. BAn elevator for staff is not the issue; the issue is a route these residents cannot physically use.
3. CCorrect: A fire escape is no route for people who cannot walk, so the plan hands them a path they cannot take.
4. DThis flips the facts: the plan uses the fire escape, and a safe area on the floor would be the better choice.

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1. ACorrect: the Study Material sets refresher sessions of at least 1 hour, every quarter, on each work shift.
2. BThe quarter is right but the length is not; the Study Material sets 1 hour per session.
3. COut: once a year is too rare, and training is held on each work shift, not as one joint session.
4. DMonthly is the drill interval; refresher training is a separate quarterly session of 1 hour.