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The exam and the certificate 9

  • A worker's duties are in one theater that holds a place of assembly permit. Which test does the booklet's chart point to? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), notice of examination, special requirements
  • From how many people gathering indoors, by the certificate of occupancy, may the department require safety personnel? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), introduction, requirements
  • How may a person who passed the F-03 exam get the F-04 as well? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), notice of examination, special requirements
  • How much of the shared F-03 and F-04 booklet does the F-03 exam cover? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), about the study material
  • How much time is allowed for the F-03 exam? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), exam information
  • What number of questions makes up the F-03 written test? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), exam information
  • What share of the questions must an F-03 candidate answer correctly? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), exam information
  • What title does the certificate carry, in place of the older name fire guard? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), introduction
  • Which edition of the New York City Fire Code does the booklet say its material is taken from? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), about the study material
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Duties and the pre-event check 17

  • A fire and life safety director is on duty when the alarm sounds. What do safety personnel do? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.1
  • Before an event, a required fire protection system is not working. Who is required in addition? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • How should fixed seats be installed, by the pre-event check? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • In the booklet's ESCAPE reminder for the pre-event check, what does the C stand for? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • In the ESCAPE reminder, what does the P stand for? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • The pre-event check turns up e-bikes or e-scooters that do not belong to management. What does the indoor checklist say? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.3, indoor checklist
  • What does FEP stand for in the booklet? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), definitions
  • What does the booklet call the main duty of place of assembly safety personnel? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), introduction
  • What does the booklet say about people standing in a required aisle? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.3
  • What does the booklet say about storing combustible material or waste in corridors? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • What is an FDNY watch line, as the booklet describes it? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • What must be posted to show how many people a place of assembly may hold? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • When is the pre-event visual check carried out? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.2
  • Which way are most occupants likely to try to leave a place of assembly? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), introduction
  • Who gives indoor safety personnel their initial and refresher orientation? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.1
  • You do not know where the exits, stairways and evacuation routes are. What does the indoor checklist say to do? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.3, indoor checklist
  • Your assigned area looks excessively crowded during an event. What does the booklet tell you to do? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 1.3

Theaters and performances 16

  • A theater keeps logbooks and records. What is the minimum time they stay on the premises? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • An F-03 holder also holds an F-01. The sprinkler system goes out of service during a show. What does the booklet say? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.3
  • During a performance, how are the doors of a performing arts theater kept? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • How high is the rope or barrier that separates a standing area from the passage left clear? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • How is a standing area for audience members marked? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • How many rows of people may stand in a balcony? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • How much space does the booklet say should be available to exit through a passageway? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • In what form are a theater's standpipe and sprinkler monthly inspection records kept? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • On which days must the daily visual checks be done in a theater? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • Special effects will be used in tonight's performance. What does the daily check confirm? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • To whom is an out-of-service fire alarm, sprinkler or standpipe system reported? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.3
  • What does the audio announcement before a performance tell the audience? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • What is checked on a theater's automatic fire doors each day? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • When is the audio announcement about the exits made? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.2
  • Which areas of a theater does the daily check cover for built-up rubbish? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 2.1
  • Which occupancy group covers theaters for motion pictures and performing arts? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), definitions, assembly group occupancies

Alarms, sprinklers and signs 11

  • After a pull station has been activated, where is the fire alarm system reset? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1
  • Each floor must have one or more manual fire alarm stations. Which buildings are the exception? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1
  • How many steps does a single action pull station take to activate? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1
  • What does the booklet call the most effective way to alert a building's occupants to a fire? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1
  • What does the certificate holder make sure of about the exit signs posted above doors? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.2
  • What does the elevator warning sign tell occupants? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.2
  • What holds the cap of a sprinkler head in place until there is a fire? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.3
  • What is a wet standpipe system? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.4
  • What must be done first at a double action pull station? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1
  • Which certificate holder is responsible for inspecting and maintaining the sprinkler system? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.3
  • You hear the fire alarm sounding in the building. What does the booklet say about assuming the department was notified? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 4.1

Fire emergencies 9

  • After calling 911 about a fire, whom among the building's people does the booklet say to notify? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.2
  • During a fire evacuation, what do safety personnel guide occupants away from? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.2
  • How should safety personnel speak when helping with an evacuation? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.2
  • In the booklet's Fine Line Music Cafe case, what let every patron get out unhurt? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), disasters at public gatherings
  • No fire safety director or FEP staff is in charge during a fire. Where are occupants taken? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.2
  • Which detail is on the booklet's list of what to give 911 about a fire? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.2
  • Which of these is one of the five main issues the booklet draws from past disasters at public gatherings? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), disasters at public gatherings
  • Which three items does the department highly recommend safety personnel carry? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.1
  • You reach your post and find there is no cellular service. What comes first? FDNY study material for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness (revised January 2026), section 5.1

How this list was compiled: Written from the study material the New York City Fire Department publishes for the F-03 and F-04 Certificates of Fitness, Indoor and Temporary Place of Assembly Safety Personnel, revised January 2026 and read 2026-10-05 (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/fdny/downloads/pdf/business/cof-f03-noe-study-materials.pdf): the notice of examination, the introduction, part I on indoor places of assembly with its section on theaters, and sections 4 and 5 on fire protection systems and emergency procedures. Each question names the section it rests on. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the facts in the booklet and restate them in new words; no sample question, checklist or passage is copied. The booklet itself is copyright the City of New York.

How it works

Unofficial practice for the F-03, the certificate for indoor place of assembly safety personnel: 62 questions drawn from the booklet that the New York City Fire Department shares between the F-03 and F-04, revised January 2026 and read October 5, 2026.

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Five topics from the booklet

The Start from menu drills one part at a time: the exam and the certificate, duties and the pre-event check, theaters and performances, alarms, sprinklers and signs, fire emergencies.

Exam mode follows the notice

In exam mode the round is 25 questions long, the clock runs 38 minutes and the pass line is 70 percent, as the F-03 notice sets them. The department's test uses its own questions, which this site has not seen.

  • The F-03 exam covers the entire shared booklet, including the theater section that the F-04 exam leaves out.
  • Two thresholds to keep apart: safety personnel may be required from 75 people indoors and from 200 outdoors.
  • A theater's logbooks and records stay on the premises at least 3 years (section 2.1).

Questions and answers

What is the passing score for the F-03?

At least 70 percent. The notice in the January 2026 booklet describes a computer test of 25 multiple-choice questions with 38 minutes allowed. If the department has posted a newer booklet since, its numbers replace these.

Are these the real F-03 exam questions?

No. This site has never seen the department's exam and is not affiliated with the New York City Fire Department. They restate the shared F-03 and F-04 booklet in new words and skip its sample questions. No certificate holder has reviewed them yet.

Which workers need the F-03?

The booklet ties the F-03 to one premises that holds a Place of Assembly Certificate of Operation, such as a theater, TV studio, stadium or terminal. Safety personnel may be required where 75 or more people gather indoors.

What is the difference between the F-03 and the F-04?

The F-03 is for a fixed premises with a place of assembly permit; the F-04 is for temporary events at different locations. The booklet says an F-03 passer may pay an added $25 fee for the F-04 without a second exam.

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