Essential of Fire Fighting
7th edition Exam Questions
and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Acute - Answer: Sharp or severe having a rapid onset and short duration.
All-Hazard Concept - Answer: Provides 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.
Atypically Stressful Event - Answer: Term used in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards
to describe incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident stress.
Battalion - Answer: Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several fire service
companies in a designated geographic area. A battalion is usually the first organizational level above
individual companies or stations.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI) - Answer: Comprehensive method of infection control in which every
patient is assumed to be infected; personal protective equipment is worn to prevent exposure to bodily
fluids and blood-borne and airborne pathogens.
Carcinogen - Answer: Cancer-producing substance.
Chain of Command - Answer: Order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services.
Chronic - Answer: Long-term and reoccurring.
,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Answer: Term for several diseases that result in
obstructive problems in the airway.
Code - Answer: a collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by law in a particular
jurisdiction. Codes typically address a single subject area; examples include a mechanical, electrical,
building, or fire code.
Code Enforcement - Answer: Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing fire and life-safety
hazards as well as mandating the prober installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-
safety features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - Answer: Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and personnel are not
expected to become contaminated and special protective clothing is not required; the incident
command post and other support functions are typically located in this zone.
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - Answer: The Fire Department's or other agency'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.
Company - Answer: Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters and apparatus;
headed by company officer.
Culture - Answer: The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or organization.
Generator - Answer: Portable device for generating auxiliary electrical power; generators are powered
by gasoline or diesel engines and typically have 110- and/or 220-volt capacity outlets.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) - Answer: Device designed to protect against electrical shock;
when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit to shut off the flow of electricity.
Ground Gradient - Answer: Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the
ground; its intensity dissipated rapidly as distance increases from the point of entry.
, Hazard - Answer: Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or loss; the source of a
risk.
Hot Zone - Answer: Potentially hazardous area immediately surround the incident site; requires
appropriate protective clothing and equipment and other safety precautions for entry.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - Answer: Description of any atmosphere that poses an
immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible debilitating effects on health.
Incident Command System (ICS) - Answer: Standardizing approach to incident management that
facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to incidents of any size or type.
Incident Commander (IC) - Answer: Person in chare of the incident command system and responsible for
the management of all incident operations during a emergency.
Intrinsically Safe - Answer: Describes equipment that is approved for use in flammable atmospheres;
must be incapable of releasing enough electrical energy to ignite the flammable atmosphere.
Inverter - Answer: Step-up transformer that converts vehicle's 12- or 24-volt DC current into 110- or
220-volt AC current.
Line Personnel - Answer: Personnel who provide emergency services to external customers (the public).
Mitigate - Answer: To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less sever, intense or painful; to
alleviate.
Personnel Accountability System - Answer: Method for indentifying which emergency responders are
working on an incident scene.
Plans Review - Answer: Process of reviewing building plans and specifications to determine the safety
characteristics of a proposed building; generally done before permission is granted to begin construction
7th edition Exam Questions
and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Acute - Answer: Sharp or severe having a rapid onset and short duration.
All-Hazard Concept - Answer: Provides 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.
Atypically Stressful Event - Answer: Term used in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards
to describe incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident stress.
Battalion - Answer: Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several fire service
companies in a designated geographic area. A battalion is usually the first organizational level above
individual companies or stations.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI) - Answer: Comprehensive method of infection control in which every
patient is assumed to be infected; personal protective equipment is worn to prevent exposure to bodily
fluids and blood-borne and airborne pathogens.
Carcinogen - Answer: Cancer-producing substance.
Chain of Command - Answer: Order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services.
Chronic - Answer: Long-term and reoccurring.
,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Answer: Term for several diseases that result in
obstructive problems in the airway.
Code - Answer: a collection of rules and regulations that has been enacted by law in a particular
jurisdiction. Codes typically address a single subject area; examples include a mechanical, electrical,
building, or fire code.
Code Enforcement - Answer: Process of enforcing a body of law aimed at reducing fire and life-safety
hazards as well as mandating the prober installation and maintenance of building/structure fire and life-
safety features to provide adequate community fire prevention.
Cold Zone - Answer: Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and personnel are not
expected to become contaminated and special protective clothing is not required; the incident
command post and other support functions are typically located in this zone.
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) - Answer: The Fire Department's or other agency'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.
Company - Answer: Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters and apparatus;
headed by company officer.
Culture - Answer: The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or organization.
Generator - Answer: Portable device for generating auxiliary electrical power; generators are powered
by gasoline or diesel engines and typically have 110- and/or 220-volt capacity outlets.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) - Answer: Device designed to protect against electrical shock;
when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit to shut off the flow of electricity.
Ground Gradient - Answer: Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the
ground; its intensity dissipated rapidly as distance increases from the point of entry.
, Hazard - Answer: Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or loss; the source of a
risk.
Hot Zone - Answer: Potentially hazardous area immediately surround the incident site; requires
appropriate protective clothing and equipment and other safety precautions for entry.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - Answer: Description of any atmosphere that poses an
immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible debilitating effects on health.
Incident Command System (ICS) - Answer: Standardizing approach to incident management that
facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to incidents of any size or type.
Incident Commander (IC) - Answer: Person in chare of the incident command system and responsible for
the management of all incident operations during a emergency.
Intrinsically Safe - Answer: Describes equipment that is approved for use in flammable atmospheres;
must be incapable of releasing enough electrical energy to ignite the flammable atmosphere.
Inverter - Answer: Step-up transformer that converts vehicle's 12- or 24-volt DC current into 110- or
220-volt AC current.
Line Personnel - Answer: Personnel who provide emergency services to external customers (the public).
Mitigate - Answer: To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less sever, intense or painful; to
alleviate.
Personnel Accountability System - Answer: Method for indentifying which emergency responders are
working on an incident scene.
Plans Review - Answer: Process of reviewing building plans and specifications to determine the safety
characteristics of a proposed building; generally done before permission is granted to begin construction
