PUMP OPERATOR STATE TEST CERTIFICATION SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● NFPA 1901 requires pumpers to have a minimum pump capacity of. Answer: 700 GPM
● NFPA 1901 requires pumpers to have a minimum water tank of at least. Answer: 300
Gal
● A fire apparatus must be equipped with. Answer: An intake and discharge pump
connections, pump control gauges, and a variety of hose sizes and types.
● NFPA 1901 states that portable equipment must. Answer: Be carried on all fire
department pumpers
● A rescue pumper. Answer: operates as a rescue vehicle and a fire department pumper
● Initial Attack Fire Apparatus. Answer: Fire apparatus whose primary purpose is to initiate
a fire attack on structural and wildland fires and support associated fire department actions
Also known as Midi - Pumper or Mini Pumper
● Mini - Pumper. Answer: Small fire apparatus mounted on a pickup - truck - sized chassis ,
usually with a pump having a rated capacity less than 500 gpm ( 2 000 L / min ) . Its primary
advantage is speed and mobility , which enables it to respond to fires more rapidly than larger
apparatus .
● Midi - Pumper. Answer: Apparatus sized between a mini pumper and a full - sized fire
department pumper , usually with a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds ( 6 000 kg ) or
greater . The midi - pumper has a fire pump with a rated capacity generally not greater than
1,000 gpm ( 4 000 L / min ) .
● Wildland Fire Apparatus pump capacities. Answer: 500 gallons
● ARFF apparatus are used to. Answer: Aircraft provide immediate suppression of
flammable liquid fires and suppression of vapors from fuel spills
● are found in NFPA. Answer: 414
● Fireboats. Answer: protect hazards on and adjacent to water ways
, ● fireboats have capacities as high as. Answer: 50,000 gpm
● Aerial Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pumps. Answer: have the ability to supply its own
master streams and extin guish small fires when an engine company is not available
Depending
● Quint-. Answer: Apparatus that serves as an engine and as a ladder truck ; equipped with a
fire pump , water tank , ground ladders , hose bed , and aerial device .
● A quint must have a minimum pump rating of at least. Answer: 1000 GPM
● Rescue Apparatus may be equipped with a fire pump in order to. Answer: Extinguish
small fires and provide protective hose lines at extrication and other incidents
● One gallon of water weighs. Answer: 8.35lbs
● One gallon of water contains. Answer: 231 cubic inches
● One cubic foot of water weighs. Answer: 62.5lbs
● One cubic foot contains 7.481 gallons of water. Answer: True
● One cubic foot is 1728 cubic inches. Answer: True
● A column of water one foot high exerts a pressure of. Answer: .434psi at its base
● One psi of pressure will raise a column of water. Answer: 2.304 feet
● One inch of mercury is equal to. Answer: 13.55 inches of water
● HG is the symbol for. Answer: inches of mercury
● Dependable lift is. Answer: 14.7 feet ( The height a column of water may be lifted in
sufficient quantity to provide a reliable fire flow ) *
● Theoretical lift is. Answer: 33.87 feet
● Pumpers should flow 100 % capacity @. Answer: 150psi
● Pumpers should flow 70 % @. Answer: 200psi
● Pumpers should flow 50 % @. Answer: 250psi
● Pumper capacities are set at draft with 10 ft of lift through 20 ft . of hard suction.
Answer: True
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● NFPA 1901 requires pumpers to have a minimum pump capacity of. Answer: 700 GPM
● NFPA 1901 requires pumpers to have a minimum water tank of at least. Answer: 300
Gal
● A fire apparatus must be equipped with. Answer: An intake and discharge pump
connections, pump control gauges, and a variety of hose sizes and types.
● NFPA 1901 states that portable equipment must. Answer: Be carried on all fire
department pumpers
● A rescue pumper. Answer: operates as a rescue vehicle and a fire department pumper
● Initial Attack Fire Apparatus. Answer: Fire apparatus whose primary purpose is to initiate
a fire attack on structural and wildland fires and support associated fire department actions
Also known as Midi - Pumper or Mini Pumper
● Mini - Pumper. Answer: Small fire apparatus mounted on a pickup - truck - sized chassis ,
usually with a pump having a rated capacity less than 500 gpm ( 2 000 L / min ) . Its primary
advantage is speed and mobility , which enables it to respond to fires more rapidly than larger
apparatus .
● Midi - Pumper. Answer: Apparatus sized between a mini pumper and a full - sized fire
department pumper , usually with a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds ( 6 000 kg ) or
greater . The midi - pumper has a fire pump with a rated capacity generally not greater than
1,000 gpm ( 4 000 L / min ) .
● Wildland Fire Apparatus pump capacities. Answer: 500 gallons
● ARFF apparatus are used to. Answer: Aircraft provide immediate suppression of
flammable liquid fires and suppression of vapors from fuel spills
● are found in NFPA. Answer: 414
● Fireboats. Answer: protect hazards on and adjacent to water ways
, ● fireboats have capacities as high as. Answer: 50,000 gpm
● Aerial Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pumps. Answer: have the ability to supply its own
master streams and extin guish small fires when an engine company is not available
Depending
● Quint-. Answer: Apparatus that serves as an engine and as a ladder truck ; equipped with a
fire pump , water tank , ground ladders , hose bed , and aerial device .
● A quint must have a minimum pump rating of at least. Answer: 1000 GPM
● Rescue Apparatus may be equipped with a fire pump in order to. Answer: Extinguish
small fires and provide protective hose lines at extrication and other incidents
● One gallon of water weighs. Answer: 8.35lbs
● One gallon of water contains. Answer: 231 cubic inches
● One cubic foot of water weighs. Answer: 62.5lbs
● One cubic foot contains 7.481 gallons of water. Answer: True
● One cubic foot is 1728 cubic inches. Answer: True
● A column of water one foot high exerts a pressure of. Answer: .434psi at its base
● One psi of pressure will raise a column of water. Answer: 2.304 feet
● One inch of mercury is equal to. Answer: 13.55 inches of water
● HG is the symbol for. Answer: inches of mercury
● Dependable lift is. Answer: 14.7 feet ( The height a column of water may be lifted in
sufficient quantity to provide a reliable fire flow ) *
● Theoretical lift is. Answer: 33.87 feet
● Pumpers should flow 100 % capacity @. Answer: 150psi
● Pumpers should flow 70 % @. Answer: 200psi
● Pumpers should flow 50 % @. Answer: 250psi
● Pumper capacities are set at draft with 10 ft of lift through 20 ft . of hard suction.
Answer: True
