Firefighter 2 (Certification Exam)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Responsibilities for FF 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Prepare reports, communicate the need
for assistance, coordinate an interior attack line team, extinguish an ignitable liquid fire, control a
flammable gas cylinder fire, protect evidence of fire cause and origin, access and disentangle
victims from motor vehicle accidents, assist special rescue team operations, perform a fire safety
survey, present fire safety information, maintain fire equipment, perform annual service tests on
fire hoses
Emergency traffic - CORRECT ANSWER - An urgent message that takes priority over all
other communications
Mayday - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergency traffic that is used for a firefighter that is
downed, lost, missing or needs immediate assistance.
Evacuation signal - CORRECT ANSWER - Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe
location. Usually a sequence of 3 blasts on an apparatus air horn.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to
compile and analyze incident reports at the local, state, and national levels.
NIMS Guide 0001 - CORRECT ANSWER - National resource typing criteria. NIMS
document that lists the proper terminology for the common resources used at large-scale
emergencies.
Strategy - CORRECT ANSWER - The "big picture" plan of what has to be done.
Tactics - CORRECT ANSWER - The steps that are taken to achieve the strategic
objectives.
, Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER - The specific assignments that will get the job done.
Search and rescue tools - CORRECT ANSWER - Pushing tool (short like pole), prying
tool (halligan tool), striking tool (sledgehammer or flat-head axe), cutting tool (axe), portable
hand light, thermal imaging devices, life lines.
Tool staging - CORRECT ANSWER - Placing a tarp or salvage cover on the ground at a
designated location and laying out commonly used tools and equipment.
Carabiner - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to connect one rope to another rope or to other
hardware such as an anchor plate, swivel, or pulley. NFPA 1983
Harness - CORRECT ANSWER - A piece of rescue or safety equipment made of webbing
and worn by a person.
Class 2 harness - CORRECT ANSWER - Seat harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist
and legs and has a design load of 600 lbs.
Class 3 harness - CORRECT ANSWER - Full body harness. Fastens around the rescuers
waist and thighs as well as secures the rescuers waist and shoulders.
Trench rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Rescue in collapsed trenches.
Confined space rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Rescue in tanks, silos, underground
electrical vaults storm drains and other similar structures.
Water rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Throwing a rope to a person in the water and
pulling them to shore, a rope stretched across a stream or river, a boat going to get a victim.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Responsibilities for FF 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Prepare reports, communicate the need
for assistance, coordinate an interior attack line team, extinguish an ignitable liquid fire, control a
flammable gas cylinder fire, protect evidence of fire cause and origin, access and disentangle
victims from motor vehicle accidents, assist special rescue team operations, perform a fire safety
survey, present fire safety information, maintain fire equipment, perform annual service tests on
fire hoses
Emergency traffic - CORRECT ANSWER - An urgent message that takes priority over all
other communications
Mayday - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergency traffic that is used for a firefighter that is
downed, lost, missing or needs immediate assistance.
Evacuation signal - CORRECT ANSWER - Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe
location. Usually a sequence of 3 blasts on an apparatus air horn.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to
compile and analyze incident reports at the local, state, and national levels.
NIMS Guide 0001 - CORRECT ANSWER - National resource typing criteria. NIMS
document that lists the proper terminology for the common resources used at large-scale
emergencies.
Strategy - CORRECT ANSWER - The "big picture" plan of what has to be done.
Tactics - CORRECT ANSWER - The steps that are taken to achieve the strategic
objectives.
, Tasks - CORRECT ANSWER - The specific assignments that will get the job done.
Search and rescue tools - CORRECT ANSWER - Pushing tool (short like pole), prying
tool (halligan tool), striking tool (sledgehammer or flat-head axe), cutting tool (axe), portable
hand light, thermal imaging devices, life lines.
Tool staging - CORRECT ANSWER - Placing a tarp or salvage cover on the ground at a
designated location and laying out commonly used tools and equipment.
Carabiner - CORRECT ANSWER - Used to connect one rope to another rope or to other
hardware such as an anchor plate, swivel, or pulley. NFPA 1983
Harness - CORRECT ANSWER - A piece of rescue or safety equipment made of webbing
and worn by a person.
Class 2 harness - CORRECT ANSWER - Seat harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist
and legs and has a design load of 600 lbs.
Class 3 harness - CORRECT ANSWER - Full body harness. Fastens around the rescuers
waist and thighs as well as secures the rescuers waist and shoulders.
Trench rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Rescue in collapsed trenches.
Confined space rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Rescue in tanks, silos, underground
electrical vaults storm drains and other similar structures.
Water rescue - CORRECT ANSWER - Throwing a rope to a person in the water and
pulling them to shore, a rope stretched across a stream or river, a boat going to get a victim.
