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Firefighter 2 (Certification Exam) Questions
With 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
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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
Foam concentrate - answer✔Firefighting foam is produced by mixing ??? With water and air to produce
a solution that can serve as an effective extinguishing agent.
Class A foam - answer✔Used to fight fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, paper,
and textiles. It is also effective on organic materials such as straw and hay. Increases the effectiveness of
water as an extinguishing agent by reducing the surface tension of water.
Class B foam - answer✔Used to fight class B fires, fires involving flammable and combustible liquids. A
blanket of foam is used to smother the fuel of the fire putting it out.
Foam solution - answer✔The product that is actually applied to extinguish a fire or to cover a spill.
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Firefighter 2 (Certification Exam) Questions
With 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
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11/05/2024 12:06 PM
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
Foam concentrate - answer✔Firefighting foam is produced by mixing ??? With water and air to produce
a solution that can serve as an effective extinguishing agent.
Class A foam - answer✔Used to fight fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, paper,
and textiles. It is also effective on organic materials such as straw and hay. Increases the effectiveness of
water as an extinguishing agent by reducing the surface tension of water.
Class B foam - answer✔Used to fight class B fires, fires involving flammable and combustible liquids. A
blanket of foam is used to smother the fuel of the fire putting it out.
Foam solution - answer✔The product that is actually applied to extinguish a fire or to cover a spill.
