FIREFIGHTER I ACTUAL EXAM 2026
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉how can you provide extra water and pressure to sprinkler
systems?. Answer: hook your pumper to the FDC
◉Wet Pipe System (3). Answer: 1 above 40f
2 simplest
3 water under pressure 24/7
◉dry pipe systems (1). Answer: below 40f
◉deluge system (3). Answer: 1 no water in piping
2 open all the time
3 installed in high hazard areas
◉fuel load. Answer: max heat that can be produced if all
combustible materials are burning
, ◉heavy fuel loading. Answer: presence of large amounts of
combustible materials in an area or building
◉how long until lightweight steel and wooden trusses fail when
exposed to fire?. Answer: 5 - 10 mins
◉lightwiest stell and wooden trusses can fail to what alone?.
Answer: heat
◉what is steel trusses critical temperature?. Answer: 1000f
◉what will not fail when exposed to heat?. Answer: corner nails
◉gusset plates can what when exposed to heat?. Answer: warp and
fail quickly
◉bowstring trusses. Answer: if one member fails, the trusses next to
it will fail causing a domino effect causing a total collapse
◉the longer a fire burns, the greater the?. Answer: temperature of
fire gases in the upper levels of the structure
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉how can you provide extra water and pressure to sprinkler
systems?. Answer: hook your pumper to the FDC
◉Wet Pipe System (3). Answer: 1 above 40f
2 simplest
3 water under pressure 24/7
◉dry pipe systems (1). Answer: below 40f
◉deluge system (3). Answer: 1 no water in piping
2 open all the time
3 installed in high hazard areas
◉fuel load. Answer: max heat that can be produced if all
combustible materials are burning
, ◉heavy fuel loading. Answer: presence of large amounts of
combustible materials in an area or building
◉how long until lightweight steel and wooden trusses fail when
exposed to fire?. Answer: 5 - 10 mins
◉lightwiest stell and wooden trusses can fail to what alone?.
Answer: heat
◉what is steel trusses critical temperature?. Answer: 1000f
◉what will not fail when exposed to heat?. Answer: corner nails
◉gusset plates can what when exposed to heat?. Answer: warp and
fail quickly
◉bowstring trusses. Answer: if one member fails, the trusses next to
it will fail causing a domino effect causing a total collapse
◉the longer a fire burns, the greater the?. Answer: temperature of
fire gases in the upper levels of the structure