ESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING EXAM SCRIPT 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is an example of situational awareness on the fireground? - ✔✔Notifying the
IC that the fire has spread to another area of the building
✔✔What is the most common power source used by emergency personnel to power
scene lighting and portable rescue equipment? - ✔✔Generators
✔✔What may result in poor lighting and possible damage to the lights, generator, or
electrical system? - ✔✔Overtaxing a power source
✔✔When establishing scene control zones at an emergency scene, firefighters should
avoid tying rope or caution tape to: - ✔✔vehicles.
✔✔Which action does NFPA 1500 prohibit while riding in apparatus on the way to an
incident? - ✔✔Wearing helmets
✔✔Which action would directly promote the National Fallen Firefighters Association 16
Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives? - ✔✔Investigating line of duty deaths and near misses
in order to revise departmental safety standards
✔✔Which duty would likely be assigned to a Fire Fighter I? - ✔✔Conducting search and
rescue operations as part of a team
✔✔Which duty would likely be performed by a Fire Fighter I? - ✔✔Cleaning and
inspecting ground ladders
✔✔Which fire fighting personnel are trained specifically to extinguish fires in outdoor
vegetation? - ✔✔Wildland firefighter
✔✔Which highway/roadway incident hazard would require firefighters in full PPE to
stand by with a charged hoseline? - ✔✔Fuel spill
✔✔Which is an apparatus requirement in NFPA 1500? - ✔✔Apparatus must be
designed to include seat belts for all occupants.
✔✔Which member of a fire department's training division is in charge of providing
training for entry level personnel and staff members? - ✔✔Instructor
✔✔Which member of the fire prevention division is tasked with determining the origin
and cause of a fire? - ✔✔Fire and arson investigator
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is an example of situational awareness on the fireground? - ✔✔Notifying the
IC that the fire has spread to another area of the building
✔✔What is the most common power source used by emergency personnel to power
scene lighting and portable rescue equipment? - ✔✔Generators
✔✔What may result in poor lighting and possible damage to the lights, generator, or
electrical system? - ✔✔Overtaxing a power source
✔✔When establishing scene control zones at an emergency scene, firefighters should
avoid tying rope or caution tape to: - ✔✔vehicles.
✔✔Which action does NFPA 1500 prohibit while riding in apparatus on the way to an
incident? - ✔✔Wearing helmets
✔✔Which action would directly promote the National Fallen Firefighters Association 16
Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives? - ✔✔Investigating line of duty deaths and near misses
in order to revise departmental safety standards
✔✔Which duty would likely be assigned to a Fire Fighter I? - ✔✔Conducting search and
rescue operations as part of a team
✔✔Which duty would likely be performed by a Fire Fighter I? - ✔✔Cleaning and
inspecting ground ladders
✔✔Which fire fighting personnel are trained specifically to extinguish fires in outdoor
vegetation? - ✔✔Wildland firefighter
✔✔Which highway/roadway incident hazard would require firefighters in full PPE to
stand by with a charged hoseline? - ✔✔Fuel spill
✔✔Which is an apparatus requirement in NFPA 1500? - ✔✔Apparatus must be
designed to include seat belts for all occupants.
✔✔Which member of a fire department's training division is in charge of providing
training for entry level personnel and staff members? - ✔✔Instructor
✔✔Which member of the fire prevention division is tasked with determining the origin
and cause of a fire? - ✔✔Fire and arson investigator
