Fire Fighter 1 2026 Exam
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Assured
acute - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sharp or severe; having a rapid onset and short
duration
All-Hazard Concept - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provides a coordinated approach to a
wide variety of incidents; all responders use a similar, coordinated
approach with a common set of authorities, protections, and resources.
,Atypically stressful event - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term from the NFPA standards to
describe incidents that have a likelihood to cause critical incident stress
Battalion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fire department organizational subdivision
consisting of several fire service companies in an area
BSI Body Substance Isolation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Method of infection control
in which every patient is assumed to be infected; PPE is worn to prevent
exposure
Carsinogen - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cancer-causing substance
Chain of command - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Order of rank and authority in the fire
and emergency services.
Chronic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔long-term and reoccurring
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term for a
group of diseases that cause difficulty breathing; including chronic
bronchitis, and emphysema, asthma
Code - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a collection of rules and regulations
Code Enforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law
aimed at reducing fire and life-safety hazards a well as mandating the
,proper installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-safety
features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Safe area outside of the warm zone where
equipment and personnel are not expected to become contaminated and
special protective clothing is not required; the Incident Command Post and
other support functions are typically located in this zone.
CRR Community Risk Reduction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the prioritization of risks
to the community and the integrated application of resources to improve
safety
Company - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Basic fire fighting organization
Culture - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of an
organization
Generator - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Portable device for generating electrical power
GFCI Ground Vault Circuit Interrupter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔device designed to
protect against electrical shock; the device opens a circuit to shut off the
flow of electricity
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, Ground Gradient - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Electrical field that radiates outward from
where the current enters the ground; its intensity dissipates rapidly as
distance increases from the point of entry.
Hazard - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Condition, substance, or device that can directly
cause injury or loss; the source of a risk.
Hot Zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Potentially hazardous area immediately
surrounding the incident site; requires appropriate protective clothing and
equipment and other safety precautions for entry. Typically limited to
technician level personnel.
IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔description of any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or
produces immediate debilitating effects on health
IC (Incident commander) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔person in charge of the incident
command system and responsible for the management of all incident
operations during the emergency
ICS (Incident Command System) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A standard on scene all
hazard incident management system
(FEMA used for two decades)
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
acute - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sharp or severe; having a rapid onset and short
duration
All-Hazard Concept - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Provides a coordinated approach to a
wide variety of incidents; all responders use a similar, coordinated
approach with a common set of authorities, protections, and resources.
,Atypically stressful event - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term from the NFPA standards to
describe incidents that have a likelihood to cause critical incident stress
Battalion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fire department organizational subdivision
consisting of several fire service companies in an area
BSI Body Substance Isolation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Method of infection control
in which every patient is assumed to be infected; PPE is worn to prevent
exposure
Carsinogen - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cancer-causing substance
Chain of command - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Order of rank and authority in the fire
and emergency services.
Chronic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔long-term and reoccurring
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔term for a
group of diseases that cause difficulty breathing; including chronic
bronchitis, and emphysema, asthma
Code - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a collection of rules and regulations
Code Enforcement - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law
aimed at reducing fire and life-safety hazards a well as mandating the
,proper installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-safety
features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Safe area outside of the warm zone where
equipment and personnel are not expected to become contaminated and
special protective clothing is not required; the Incident Command Post and
other support functions are typically located in this zone.
CRR Community Risk Reduction - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the prioritization of risks
to the community and the integrated application of resources to improve
safety
Company - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Basic fire fighting organization
Culture - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of an
organization
Generator - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Portable device for generating electrical power
GFCI Ground Vault Circuit Interrupter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔device designed to
protect against electrical shock; the device opens a circuit to shut off the
flow of electricity
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Ground Gradient - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Electrical field that radiates outward from
where the current enters the ground; its intensity dissipates rapidly as
distance increases from the point of entry.
Hazard - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Condition, substance, or device that can directly
cause injury or loss; the source of a risk.
Hot Zone - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Potentially hazardous area immediately
surrounding the incident site; requires appropriate protective clothing and
equipment and other safety precautions for entry. Typically limited to
technician level personnel.
IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔description of any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or
produces immediate debilitating effects on health
IC (Incident commander) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔person in charge of the incident
command system and responsible for the management of all incident
operations during the emergency
ICS (Incident Command System) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A standard on scene all
hazard incident management system
(FEMA used for two decades)
