FIREFIGHTER 2 (CERTIFICATION EXAM)
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED
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.
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED
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.
