ESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Brush Company - ✔✔Extinguishes ground cover or grass fires and protects
structures in areas close to fields and woodlands
✔✔Hazard Materials Company - ✔✔mitigates hazardous material incidents such as
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE)
✔✔Emergency Medical/Ambulance Company - ✔✔Provides emergency medical care to
patients and may transport them to a medical facility.
✔✔Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Company (ARFF) - ✔✔Performs rescue and fire
suppression activities involving aircraft incidents.
✔✔line personnel - ✔✔employees who are part of the chain of command that is
responsible for achieving organizational goals such as delivering emergency services to
the public.
✔✔staff personnel - ✔✔Staff with advisory functions; they provide advice,
recommendations, and research to line managers
✔✔The Fire Fighter 1 - ✔✔A person, at the first level of progression. who has
demonstrated the knowledge and skills to function as an integral member of a
firefighting team under the direct supervision of Fire Fighter 2 or a Company Officer in
hazardous conditions.
✔✔Fire Fighter 2 - ✔✔A person, at the second level of progression, who has
demonstrated the skills and depth of knowledge to function under general supervision.
✔✔Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔Standardized approach to incident
management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to
incidents of any size or type.
✔✔Fire apparatus driver/operator - ✔✔Personnel trained to drive fire apparatus to and
from fires and other emergencies. They must be able to operate fire-apparatus pumps
and aerial devices, and are responsible for servicing and maintaining the apparatus.
✔✔Hazardous Materials Technician - ✔✔A person who responds to incidents involving
dangerous materials.
✔✔Rescue Technician - ✔✔Certified to handle high-angle rope rescue, trench,
structural collapse, confined space, vehicle and machinery, water, ice rescue, and cave
or mine rescues.
, ✔✔Airport Firefighter - ✔✔Protects life and property, controls fire hazards, and performs
general duties related to airport operations and aircraft safety
✔✔Wildland Firefighter - ✔✔Personnel trained to extinguish fires in outdoor vegetation,
including the wildland/urban interface.
✔✔Emergency Medical Services Personnel - ✔✔are responsible for administering
prehospital care to people who are sick and injured. Prehospital calls make up the
majority of responses in most fire departments, and they are cross-trained as fire
fighters.
✔✔Company officer - ✔✔The officer, or any other position of comparable responsibility
in the department, in charge of a fire department company or station
✔✔District/Battalion Chief - ✔✔Personnel who supervise a group of fire companies and
stations. They may also manage units responsible for logistics, fire prevention, training,
planning, or other functions.
✔✔Assistant/Deputy Chief - ✔✔Personnel who manage a variety of upper level
functions, such as emergency operations, administration, fire prevention, or training.
✔✔Fire Marshals - ✔✔Personnel who manage the fire prevention, plans review, and
investigation divisions.
✔✔Fire Cheif - ✔✔person responsible for all operations within the department.
✔✔Code Enforcement - ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reduing 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.
✔✔Plans Review - ✔✔Process of reviewing building plans and specifications to
determine the safety characteristics of the proposed building generally done before
permission is granted to begin construction
✔✔Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - ✔✔A comprehensive all-hazard, unifying
approach that includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which
prevent or mitigate the loss of life, property, and resources associated with life safety,
fire, and other disasters within a community.
✔✔policy - ✔✔a guide to decision-making within an organization
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Brush Company - ✔✔Extinguishes ground cover or grass fires and protects
structures in areas close to fields and woodlands
✔✔Hazard Materials Company - ✔✔mitigates hazardous material incidents such as
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE)
✔✔Emergency Medical/Ambulance Company - ✔✔Provides emergency medical care to
patients and may transport them to a medical facility.
✔✔Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Company (ARFF) - ✔✔Performs rescue and fire
suppression activities involving aircraft incidents.
✔✔line personnel - ✔✔employees who are part of the chain of command that is
responsible for achieving organizational goals such as delivering emergency services to
the public.
✔✔staff personnel - ✔✔Staff with advisory functions; they provide advice,
recommendations, and research to line managers
✔✔The Fire Fighter 1 - ✔✔A person, at the first level of progression. who has
demonstrated the knowledge and skills to function as an integral member of a
firefighting team under the direct supervision of Fire Fighter 2 or a Company Officer in
hazardous conditions.
✔✔Fire Fighter 2 - ✔✔A person, at the second level of progression, who has
demonstrated the skills and depth of knowledge to function under general supervision.
✔✔Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔Standardized approach to incident
management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to
incidents of any size or type.
✔✔Fire apparatus driver/operator - ✔✔Personnel trained to drive fire apparatus to and
from fires and other emergencies. They must be able to operate fire-apparatus pumps
and aerial devices, and are responsible for servicing and maintaining the apparatus.
✔✔Hazardous Materials Technician - ✔✔A person who responds to incidents involving
dangerous materials.
✔✔Rescue Technician - ✔✔Certified to handle high-angle rope rescue, trench,
structural collapse, confined space, vehicle and machinery, water, ice rescue, and cave
or mine rescues.
, ✔✔Airport Firefighter - ✔✔Protects life and property, controls fire hazards, and performs
general duties related to airport operations and aircraft safety
✔✔Wildland Firefighter - ✔✔Personnel trained to extinguish fires in outdoor vegetation,
including the wildland/urban interface.
✔✔Emergency Medical Services Personnel - ✔✔are responsible for administering
prehospital care to people who are sick and injured. Prehospital calls make up the
majority of responses in most fire departments, and they are cross-trained as fire
fighters.
✔✔Company officer - ✔✔The officer, or any other position of comparable responsibility
in the department, in charge of a fire department company or station
✔✔District/Battalion Chief - ✔✔Personnel who supervise a group of fire companies and
stations. They may also manage units responsible for logistics, fire prevention, training,
planning, or other functions.
✔✔Assistant/Deputy Chief - ✔✔Personnel who manage a variety of upper level
functions, such as emergency operations, administration, fire prevention, or training.
✔✔Fire Marshals - ✔✔Personnel who manage the fire prevention, plans review, and
investigation divisions.
✔✔Fire Cheif - ✔✔person responsible for all operations within the department.
✔✔Code Enforcement - ✔✔Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reduing 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.
✔✔Plans Review - ✔✔Process of reviewing building plans and specifications to
determine the safety characteristics of the proposed building generally done before
permission is granted to begin construction
✔✔Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - ✔✔A comprehensive all-hazard, unifying
approach that includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which
prevent or mitigate the loss of life, property, and resources associated with life safety,
fire, and other disasters within a community.
✔✔policy - ✔✔a guide to decision-making within an organization
