FLORIDA FIRE OFFICER 1 STUDY 2026 EXAM GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What is an effective strategy a fire officer can use for positive discipline? -
✔✔Empowering the employee
✔✔What is the goal of a public safety education program? - ✔✔Aimed to prevent injury,
death and loss to fires and other types of incidents
✔✔What makes a public education presentation successful? - ✔✔When there is a
noticeable and observable change in behavior
✔✔What gives immediate feedback obtained from the students at the conclusion of
training? - ✔✔A post course survey
✔✔How often does Peter Drucker say it is good to question the value of any given
organizational activity? - ✔✔Once a year it should be evaluated
✔✔What is a pre-incident plan? - ✔✔A document developed by gathering and detailing
data use by responding personnel to determine the resources and actions needed to
mitigate an emergency at a specific facility
✔✔What can preincident plans help identify? - ✔✔Suitable tactics and strategies and
actions
✔✔What is important to do when conducting a preincident plan with a facility? -
✔✔Coordinate with the facilities own emergency action plan and its owner
✔✔What is a supplemental budget request? - ✔✔The term used for proposed increases
and spending to provide additional services
✔✔What is sued as a part of the bidding process to state the requirements to be met for
the purchase to be effective for the fire department? - ✔✔Specifications
✔✔When is the first consideration in creating a news release? - ✔✔Identify the target
audience
✔✔What are the three responsibilities of the incident commander? - ✔✔Life safety,
incident stabilization and property conservation
✔✔What are the five components of the National Incident Management System? -
✔✔Preparedness
Communications and information management
, Command and management
Ongoing management and maintenance
Resource management
✔✔What is the incident action plan of ICS? - ✔✔A component of the ICS that outlines
the strategic objectives and states how many emergency operations should be
conducted
✔✔When an incident commander is utilizing divisions and groups and is having span of
control difficulties what can they create? - ✔✔Branches
✔✔What is the last step in conducting an incident review? - ✔✔Writing a summary
✔✔What is the primary responsibility of the fire officer? - ✔✔supervising the company
while assigned tasks are being performed
✔✔What is the number one cause of fires to be found during a fire investigation? -
✔✔Cooking accidents
✔✔When determining the material first ignited, the type of material is the nature of the
material itself, such as cotton. The ________ tells how the material is used - ✔✔Form of
material
✔✔What is important to rule out when identifying a specific cause of fire? - ✔✔All other
possibilities
✔✔What is a common behavioral modification training system? - ✔✔CRM (Customer
relationship management)
✔✔In addition to naturalistic decision making, what is the other decision-making model
fire ground commanders use? - ✔✔recognition primed
✔✔CRM advocates speak directly, yet in a manner that does not
_____________________. - ✔✔Challenge the authority of a superior
✔✔Who has the best opportunity to improve the safety and effectiveness of fire ground
operations? - ✔✔The fire officer
✔✔Human resource management is built from two generalized schools of management
thought. What are those schools? - ✔✔Scientific and humanistic
✔✔What does the accommodating person demonstrate, according to the Blake and
Mouton Managerial Grid? - ✔✔Low concern for results but high concern for people
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What is an effective strategy a fire officer can use for positive discipline? -
✔✔Empowering the employee
✔✔What is the goal of a public safety education program? - ✔✔Aimed to prevent injury,
death and loss to fires and other types of incidents
✔✔What makes a public education presentation successful? - ✔✔When there is a
noticeable and observable change in behavior
✔✔What gives immediate feedback obtained from the students at the conclusion of
training? - ✔✔A post course survey
✔✔How often does Peter Drucker say it is good to question the value of any given
organizational activity? - ✔✔Once a year it should be evaluated
✔✔What is a pre-incident plan? - ✔✔A document developed by gathering and detailing
data use by responding personnel to determine the resources and actions needed to
mitigate an emergency at a specific facility
✔✔What can preincident plans help identify? - ✔✔Suitable tactics and strategies and
actions
✔✔What is important to do when conducting a preincident plan with a facility? -
✔✔Coordinate with the facilities own emergency action plan and its owner
✔✔What is a supplemental budget request? - ✔✔The term used for proposed increases
and spending to provide additional services
✔✔What is sued as a part of the bidding process to state the requirements to be met for
the purchase to be effective for the fire department? - ✔✔Specifications
✔✔When is the first consideration in creating a news release? - ✔✔Identify the target
audience
✔✔What are the three responsibilities of the incident commander? - ✔✔Life safety,
incident stabilization and property conservation
✔✔What are the five components of the National Incident Management System? -
✔✔Preparedness
Communications and information management
, Command and management
Ongoing management and maintenance
Resource management
✔✔What is the incident action plan of ICS? - ✔✔A component of the ICS that outlines
the strategic objectives and states how many emergency operations should be
conducted
✔✔When an incident commander is utilizing divisions and groups and is having span of
control difficulties what can they create? - ✔✔Branches
✔✔What is the last step in conducting an incident review? - ✔✔Writing a summary
✔✔What is the primary responsibility of the fire officer? - ✔✔supervising the company
while assigned tasks are being performed
✔✔What is the number one cause of fires to be found during a fire investigation? -
✔✔Cooking accidents
✔✔When determining the material first ignited, the type of material is the nature of the
material itself, such as cotton. The ________ tells how the material is used - ✔✔Form of
material
✔✔What is important to rule out when identifying a specific cause of fire? - ✔✔All other
possibilities
✔✔What is a common behavioral modification training system? - ✔✔CRM (Customer
relationship management)
✔✔In addition to naturalistic decision making, what is the other decision-making model
fire ground commanders use? - ✔✔recognition primed
✔✔CRM advocates speak directly, yet in a manner that does not
_____________________. - ✔✔Challenge the authority of a superior
✔✔Who has the best opportunity to improve the safety and effectiveness of fire ground
operations? - ✔✔The fire officer
✔✔Human resource management is built from two generalized schools of management
thought. What are those schools? - ✔✔Scientific and humanistic
✔✔What does the accommodating person demonstrate, according to the Blake and
Mouton Managerial Grid? - ✔✔Low concern for results but high concern for people
