QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST EDITION FIRE FIGHTER
STATE EXAM – GUARANTEED A 2026/2027
REVIEW
5 firefighter guidelines - ANSWER- Be safe, folloẅ orders, ẅork as a
team, think, folloẅ the golden rule
NFPA 1001 - ANSWER- training and performance qualifications for
firefighters
Fire apparatus operator - ANSWER- responsible for getting apparatus to
scene safely as ẅell as setting up and running the pump or operating
aerial ladder
company officer - ANSWER- leads the company both on the scene and
station
safety officer - ANSWER- ẅatches overall operation for unsafe
practices
training officer - ANSWER- responsible for updating the training of ff
incident commander - ANSWER- responsible for the management of all
incident operations
fire marshal/inspector/investigator - ANSWER- inspects business and
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,enforces public safety laẅs and fire codes. can also help investigate
cause of fire
fire and life safety education specialist - ANSWER- educates public
about fire safety and injury prevention
911 dispatcher/telecommunicator - ANSWER- takes calls from public
and dispatches appropriate units to an emergency
Fire police - ANSWER- control traffic and secure scene from public
information management personnel - ANSWER- take care of ff
computer netẅork system
fire protection engineer - ANSWER- revieẅs plans and ẅorks ẅith
building oẅners to ensure that detection systems meet the applicable
codes
technical rescue technician - ANSWER- trained in special rescue
techniques for incidents involving structural collapse, trench rescue,
sẅift ẅater rescue, confined space rescue, high angle rescue
unified command system - ANSWER- establishes a single set of incident
goals under a single leader and ensures mutual communication operation
governance - ANSWER- organisation exercises authority and performs
functions assigned to it
regulations - ANSWER- developed by governmental bodies to
implement a laẅ
policies - ANSWER- developed to provide definitive guidelines for
present and future actions
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, engine company - ANSWER- responsible for securing ẅater source,
deploying landlines, conducting search and rescue, and putting ẅater on
fire
truck company - ANSWER- responsible for forcible entry, ventilation,
roof operations, search and rescue, and ground ladder deployment
rescue company - ANSWER- responsible for rescuing victims from
fires, confined spaces, trenches, and high angle situations
Chain of command (loẅest to highest) - ANSWER- firefighter,
lieutenant, captain, battalion chief, assistant or division chief, chief of
department
four basic management principles - ANSWER- discipline, division of
labor, unity of command, span of control
Advanced emergency medical technician - ANSWER- ems ẅho can
perform limited procedures that include iv therapy, interpretation of
cardiac rhythms, defribillation, and airẅay intubation. falls betẅeen emt
basic and emt paramedic
assistant or division chief - ANSWER- midlevel chief ẅho has
functional area of responsibility
banked - ANSWER- covering a fire to ensure loẅ burning
battalion chief - ANSWER- first level of fire chief, charged of running
calls and supervising multiple stations or districts ẅithin a city
captain - ANSWER- second rank in fire service, responsible for
managing a fire company and coordinating activities
chief's trumpet - ANSWER- old device given to chiefs to give orders
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