Phoenix Fire Department Recruit Exam SCRIPT
2026/2027 WITH EXPERT-VERIFIED ANSWERS
RATED A+
• PFD 5 keys for success -✓✓ Safety, professionalism, teamwork, respect, personal
development (Sometimes Pandas Try Rancid Pork)
• PFD Fire Chief -✓✓ Kara Kalkbrenner
• Local 493 Chapter President -✓✓ Steve Beuerlin
• SOPs -✓✓ Standard Operating Procedures
• Number of crew members in rescue companies and battalion vehicles -✓✓ 2 person
• Respect -✓✓ Respect others, respect diversity, respect self, respect equipment and
facilities, respect traditions and procedures. Not automatically given, must be earned.
• Number of years a fire station is built to last -✓✓ At least 50
• 9 services that PFD provides besides firefighting -✓✓ Prevent fires, EMS, HAZMAT,
technical rescue, homeland security, urban search and rescue, public education, crisis
response, aircraft fire rescue
• Personal Development refers in part to -✓✓ Furthering your formal education
• Keys to succeeding in life and career -✓✓ Preparation and education
• Latin meaning of Ego -✓✓ Self
• Members of PFD are -✓✓ Safe, professional, a team player, respectful, and embrace
personal growth
• Size of the City of Phoenix -✓✓ 520 square miles
• Number of fire stations in Phoenix -✓✓ 58
• Number of PFD regional partners -✓✓ 27
• Phoenix is the _____ largest department in the country -✓✓ Second
• Number of residents in city of phoenix -✓✓ 1.5 million
, • How many vehicles in Phoenix Fire Department? -✓✓ Over 400
• Year that PFD was established -✓✓ 1886
• Chain Saw -✓✓ Gas powered saw primarily used for cutting ventilation holes. Carried
on all ladder trucks, ladder tenders and squad companies
• Chow -✓✓ Money thrown in to cover noon/evening meals. Usually $13-$15
• Class A Burn Building -✓✓ Multi-story building used for live fire training that utilizes live
fire with ordinary combustibles
• Class B Burn Building -✓✓ Multi-story building used for live fire training that utilizes
natural gas props
• Customer -✓✓ Anyone the FD comes in contact with either directly or indirectly. May
be internal or external
• Engine Company -✓✓ Fire apparatus that carries hose, water, and a pump. Provides
water to extinguish fire and has ALS capabilities
• Grinder -✓✓ Cement area at the Training Academy where most hands-on training
takes place
• Kitty -✓✓ A fund created to pay for shared supplies like snacks, cable tv, coffee,
newspaper, etc.
• K-12 Saw -✓✓ Gas powered circular saw used for forcible entry, extrication, and
ventilation. Comes with three blades (wood, metal, masonry)
• Ladder Company -✓✓ Piece of fire apparatus that has a large aerial ladder or platform
and carries additional ground ladders and tools. Function is to support fire attacks in a
variety of ways as well as provide extrication, 4-5 person crews
• Lay a Line -✓✓ Connecting a fire hose to a fire hydrant as the engine is driven closer
to the fire, used to supplement the 500 gallons carried by the PFD apparatus
• Plug -✓✓ A fire hydrant
• Rescue Company -✓✓ Fire apparatus that is used primarily to transport sick and
injured people. Two person crew, also responds to fires for added manpower
2026/2027 WITH EXPERT-VERIFIED ANSWERS
RATED A+
• PFD 5 keys for success -✓✓ Safety, professionalism, teamwork, respect, personal
development (Sometimes Pandas Try Rancid Pork)
• PFD Fire Chief -✓✓ Kara Kalkbrenner
• Local 493 Chapter President -✓✓ Steve Beuerlin
• SOPs -✓✓ Standard Operating Procedures
• Number of crew members in rescue companies and battalion vehicles -✓✓ 2 person
• Respect -✓✓ Respect others, respect diversity, respect self, respect equipment and
facilities, respect traditions and procedures. Not automatically given, must be earned.
• Number of years a fire station is built to last -✓✓ At least 50
• 9 services that PFD provides besides firefighting -✓✓ Prevent fires, EMS, HAZMAT,
technical rescue, homeland security, urban search and rescue, public education, crisis
response, aircraft fire rescue
• Personal Development refers in part to -✓✓ Furthering your formal education
• Keys to succeeding in life and career -✓✓ Preparation and education
• Latin meaning of Ego -✓✓ Self
• Members of PFD are -✓✓ Safe, professional, a team player, respectful, and embrace
personal growth
• Size of the City of Phoenix -✓✓ 520 square miles
• Number of fire stations in Phoenix -✓✓ 58
• Number of PFD regional partners -✓✓ 27
• Phoenix is the _____ largest department in the country -✓✓ Second
• Number of residents in city of phoenix -✓✓ 1.5 million
, • How many vehicles in Phoenix Fire Department? -✓✓ Over 400
• Year that PFD was established -✓✓ 1886
• Chain Saw -✓✓ Gas powered saw primarily used for cutting ventilation holes. Carried
on all ladder trucks, ladder tenders and squad companies
• Chow -✓✓ Money thrown in to cover noon/evening meals. Usually $13-$15
• Class A Burn Building -✓✓ Multi-story building used for live fire training that utilizes live
fire with ordinary combustibles
• Class B Burn Building -✓✓ Multi-story building used for live fire training that utilizes
natural gas props
• Customer -✓✓ Anyone the FD comes in contact with either directly or indirectly. May
be internal or external
• Engine Company -✓✓ Fire apparatus that carries hose, water, and a pump. Provides
water to extinguish fire and has ALS capabilities
• Grinder -✓✓ Cement area at the Training Academy where most hands-on training
takes place
• Kitty -✓✓ A fund created to pay for shared supplies like snacks, cable tv, coffee,
newspaper, etc.
• K-12 Saw -✓✓ Gas powered circular saw used for forcible entry, extrication, and
ventilation. Comes with three blades (wood, metal, masonry)
• Ladder Company -✓✓ Piece of fire apparatus that has a large aerial ladder or platform
and carries additional ground ladders and tools. Function is to support fire attacks in a
variety of ways as well as provide extrication, 4-5 person crews
• Lay a Line -✓✓ Connecting a fire hose to a fire hydrant as the engine is driven closer
to the fire, used to supplement the 500 gallons carried by the PFD apparatus
• Plug -✓✓ A fire hydrant
• Rescue Company -✓✓ Fire apparatus that is used primarily to transport sick and
injured people. Two person crew, also responds to fires for added manpower
