ESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING 7TH EDITION -
FINAL EXAM Complete Questions and Answers
(All Chapters)
SECTION I: FIRE SERVICE ORGANIZATION & SAFETY (Chapters 1-3)
Q1. What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure
fire and life safety for the public?
Answer: NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
Q2. What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities?
Answer: Cardiovascular disease (heart attacks)
Q3. What does the All-Hazard Concept provide?
Answer: 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
Q4. What is the Chain of Command?
Answer: The order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services
Q5. What is a Battalion in fire service organization?
Answer: A fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several
fire service companies in a designated geographic area; usually the first
organizational level above individual companies or stations
Q6. What is a Company?
Answer: The basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters
and apparatus; headed by a company officer
,Q7. What is meant by "Division of Labor"?
Answer: The process of dividing large jobs into smaller, specific tasks to
increase efficiency
Q8. What is an Atypically Stressful Event?
Answer: Term used in NFPA standards to describe incidents that have a
likelihood of causing critical incident stress
Q9. What is NFPA 1500?
Answer: The standard that establishes minimum requirements for fire
department occupational safety and health programs
Q10. What is NFPA 1001?
Answer: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
Q11. What is NFPA 1582?
Answer: Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire
Departments (medical requirements)
Q12. What is Span of Control?
Answer: The maximum number of subordinates that one individual can
effectively supervise; ranges from three to seven individuals or functions, with
five generally established as optimum
Q13. What is Unity of Command?
Answer: Organizational principle in which workers report to only one
supervisor to eliminate conflicting orders
Q14. What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?
Answer: Formal methods or rules to guide the performance of routine
functions or emergency operations; typically written in a handbook so all
firefighters can consult them
Q15. What is a Code?
Answer: A collection of rules and regulations enacted by law in a particular
, jurisdiction; codes typically address a single subject area such as mechanical,
electrical, building, or fire codes
Q16. What is Code Enforcement?
Answer: The process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing fire and
life-safety hazards and mandating proper installation and maintenance of fire
and life-safety features
Q17. What is Community Risk Reduction (CRR)?
Answer: The fire department's identification and prioritization of risks to the
community followed by integrated application of resources to improve public
safety through minimizing the probability or occurrence and/or the impact of
unfortunate events
Q18. What type of company is responsible for forcible entry?
Answer: Truck company
Q19. What is the role of the Fire Marshal?
Answer: A member of the fire department who inspects businesses and
enforces laws dealing with public safety and fire codes; may also respond to fire
scenes to help investigate the cause and may have full police powers
Q20. What is a Hazard?
Answer: A condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or
loss; the source of a risk
SECTION II: FIRE BEHAVIOR & CHEMISTRY (Chapter 4)
Q21. Which element of the fire tetrahedron is included to explain flaming (gas-
phase) combustion?
Answer: Chemical chain reaction
Q22. What occurs during flashover?
Answer: The volume of burning gases can increase to fill the room's entire
volume and extend out of any openings from the room
FINAL EXAM Complete Questions and Answers
(All Chapters)
SECTION I: FIRE SERVICE ORGANIZATION & SAFETY (Chapters 1-3)
Q1. What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure
fire and life safety for the public?
Answer: NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
Q2. What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities?
Answer: Cardiovascular disease (heart attacks)
Q3. What does the All-Hazard Concept provide?
Answer: 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
Q4. What is the Chain of Command?
Answer: The order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services
Q5. What is a Battalion in fire service organization?
Answer: A fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several
fire service companies in a designated geographic area; usually the first
organizational level above individual companies or stations
Q6. What is a Company?
Answer: The basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters
and apparatus; headed by a company officer
,Q7. What is meant by "Division of Labor"?
Answer: The process of dividing large jobs into smaller, specific tasks to
increase efficiency
Q8. What is an Atypically Stressful Event?
Answer: Term used in NFPA standards to describe incidents that have a
likelihood of causing critical incident stress
Q9. What is NFPA 1500?
Answer: The standard that establishes minimum requirements for fire
department occupational safety and health programs
Q10. What is NFPA 1001?
Answer: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
Q11. What is NFPA 1582?
Answer: Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire
Departments (medical requirements)
Q12. What is Span of Control?
Answer: The maximum number of subordinates that one individual can
effectively supervise; ranges from three to seven individuals or functions, with
five generally established as optimum
Q13. What is Unity of Command?
Answer: Organizational principle in which workers report to only one
supervisor to eliminate conflicting orders
Q14. What is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?
Answer: Formal methods or rules to guide the performance of routine
functions or emergency operations; typically written in a handbook so all
firefighters can consult them
Q15. What is a Code?
Answer: A collection of rules and regulations enacted by law in a particular
, jurisdiction; codes typically address a single subject area such as mechanical,
electrical, building, or fire codes
Q16. What is Code Enforcement?
Answer: The process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing fire and
life-safety hazards and mandating proper installation and maintenance of fire
and life-safety features
Q17. What is Community Risk Reduction (CRR)?
Answer: The fire department's identification and prioritization of risks to the
community followed by integrated application of resources to improve public
safety through minimizing the probability or occurrence and/or the impact of
unfortunate events
Q18. What type of company is responsible for forcible entry?
Answer: Truck company
Q19. What is the role of the Fire Marshal?
Answer: A member of the fire department who inspects businesses and
enforces laws dealing with public safety and fire codes; may also respond to fire
scenes to help investigate the cause and may have full police powers
Q20. What is a Hazard?
Answer: A condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or
loss; the source of a risk
SECTION II: FIRE BEHAVIOR & CHEMISTRY (Chapter 4)
Q21. Which element of the fire tetrahedron is included to explain flaming (gas-
phase) combustion?
Answer: Chemical chain reaction
Q22. What occurs during flashover?
Answer: The volume of burning gases can increase to fill the room's entire
volume and extend out of any openings from the room
