Firefighter 2 -Certification- Exam
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Responsibilities for FF 2 - Answer Prepare reports, communicate the need for assistance,
coordinate an interior attack line team, extinguish an ignitable liquid fire, control a flammable
gas cylinder fire, protect evidence of fire cause and origin, access and disentangle victims from
motor vehicle accidents, assist special rescue team operations, perform a fire safety survey,
present fire safety information, maintain fire equipment, perform annual service tests on fire
hoses
Emergency traffic - Answer An urgent message that takes priority over all other
communications
Mayday - Answer Emergency traffic that is used for a firefighter that is downed, lost, missing
or needs immediate assistance.
Evacuation signal - Answer Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe location. Usually a
sequence of 3 blasts on an apparatus air horn.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) - Answer Used to compile and analyze
incident reports at the local, state, and national levels.
NIMS Guide 0001 - Answer National resource typing criteria. NIMS document that lists the
proper terminology for the common resources used at large-scale emergencies.
Strategy - Answer The "big picture" plan of what has to be done.
Tactics - Answer The steps that are taken to achieve the strategic objectives.
Tasks - Answer The specific assignments that will get the job done.
Search and rescue tools - Answer Pushing tool (short like pole), prying tool (halligan tool),
striking tool (sledgehammer or flat-head axe), cutting tool (axe), portable hand light, thermal
imaging devices, life lines.
Tool staging - Answer Placing a tarp or salvage cover on the ground at a designated location
and laying out commonly used tools and equipment.
, Carabiner - Answer Used to connect one rope to another rope or to other hardware such as
an anchor plate, swivel, or pulley. NFPA 1983
Harness - Answer A piece of rescue or safety equipment made of webbing and worn by a
person.
Class 2 harness - Answer Seat harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and legs and has a
design load of 600 lbs.
Class 3 harness - Answer Full body harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and thighs as
well as secures the rescuers waist and shoulders.
Trench rescue - Answer Rescue in collapsed trenches.
Confined space rescue - Answer Rescue in tanks, silos, underground electrical vaults storm
drains and other similar structures.
Water rescue - Answer Throwing a rope to a person in the water and pulling them to shore, a
rope stretched across a stream or river, a boat going to get a victim.
Venting for life safety - Answer Venting to clear smoke, heat, and toxic gasses from the
structure to give occupants a better chance to survive.
Venting for fire containment - Answer Releasing smoke and superheated gases to the
exterior to prevent the products of combustion from spreading throughout the interior of a
building or into adjoining spaces.
Venting for property conservation - Answer Reducing the losses caused by other means than
direct fire involvement.
NFPA 1962 - Answer Standard for inspection, care and use of fire hose, couplings, and
nozzles and service testing of fire hose.
Annual testing of fire hose - Answer 1. Don PPE 2. Connect 300 ft of hose to a hose testing
gate valve on the discharge of FD pumper or hose tester
Hose records - Answer A written history of each individual length of fire hose
Hose line crew - Answer The optimal people on a hose line is 4 personnel
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Responsibilities for FF 2 - Answer Prepare reports, communicate the need for assistance,
coordinate an interior attack line team, extinguish an ignitable liquid fire, control a flammable
gas cylinder fire, protect evidence of fire cause and origin, access and disentangle victims from
motor vehicle accidents, assist special rescue team operations, perform a fire safety survey,
present fire safety information, maintain fire equipment, perform annual service tests on fire
hoses
Emergency traffic - Answer An urgent message that takes priority over all other
communications
Mayday - Answer Emergency traffic that is used for a firefighter that is downed, lost, missing
or needs immediate assistance.
Evacuation signal - Answer Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe location. Usually a
sequence of 3 blasts on an apparatus air horn.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) - Answer Used to compile and analyze
incident reports at the local, state, and national levels.
NIMS Guide 0001 - Answer National resource typing criteria. NIMS document that lists the
proper terminology for the common resources used at large-scale emergencies.
Strategy - Answer The "big picture" plan of what has to be done.
Tactics - Answer The steps that are taken to achieve the strategic objectives.
Tasks - Answer The specific assignments that will get the job done.
Search and rescue tools - Answer Pushing tool (short like pole), prying tool (halligan tool),
striking tool (sledgehammer or flat-head axe), cutting tool (axe), portable hand light, thermal
imaging devices, life lines.
Tool staging - Answer Placing a tarp or salvage cover on the ground at a designated location
and laying out commonly used tools and equipment.
, Carabiner - Answer Used to connect one rope to another rope or to other hardware such as
an anchor plate, swivel, or pulley. NFPA 1983
Harness - Answer A piece of rescue or safety equipment made of webbing and worn by a
person.
Class 2 harness - Answer Seat harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and legs and has a
design load of 600 lbs.
Class 3 harness - Answer Full body harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and thighs as
well as secures the rescuers waist and shoulders.
Trench rescue - Answer Rescue in collapsed trenches.
Confined space rescue - Answer Rescue in tanks, silos, underground electrical vaults storm
drains and other similar structures.
Water rescue - Answer Throwing a rope to a person in the water and pulling them to shore, a
rope stretched across a stream or river, a boat going to get a victim.
Venting for life safety - Answer Venting to clear smoke, heat, and toxic gasses from the
structure to give occupants a better chance to survive.
Venting for fire containment - Answer Releasing smoke and superheated gases to the
exterior to prevent the products of combustion from spreading throughout the interior of a
building or into adjoining spaces.
Venting for property conservation - Answer Reducing the losses caused by other means than
direct fire involvement.
NFPA 1962 - Answer Standard for inspection, care and use of fire hose, couplings, and
nozzles and service testing of fire hose.
Annual testing of fire hose - Answer 1. Don PPE 2. Connect 300 ft of hose to a hose testing
gate valve on the discharge of FD pumper or hose tester
Hose records - Answer A written history of each individual length of fire hose
Hose line crew - Answer The optimal people on a hose line is 4 personnel
