CA Fire Extinguisher 1 Certification 2025
Exam Q’s and A’s
What national standards do the Fire Marshal consider for regulation? - -National Fire
Protection Agency (NFPA)
-3 requirements for sale of Fire Extinguishers in CA - -1. complies with Fire Marshal
standards
2. examined by Underwriters Laboratories or another testing lab with FM approval
3. does not use carbon tetrachloride, chlorobromethane, or methyl bromide
-What is required to engage in the business of servicing, charging, or testing FE's? - -
License
-Duration of FE servicing license/certificate (original issuance, then years thereafter) - -
Original issuance: date issued-Dec 31st
Years after: Jan 1st - Dec 31st
-Date that license/certificate must be renewed by annually - -Nov 1st
-When changing address, what must a license/certificate do? - -Notify Fire Marshal within
15 days
-Advertising for service constitutes what? - -Prima Facie evidence of separate place of
business
-List of Licenses statute - -Fire Marshal will provide a list to local fire official of:
Name
Address
License#
-License Inspection - -Any licensee will furnish their license for inspection to Fire
Marshall, fire official, or authorized employees
-annual report to State Fire Marshall - -Must report name, address, cert # within 7 days of
employment or termination
-Exemptions to Licensing/Certificate requirements - -1. if FE does not require servicing
2. if License holding employer has new employees who are within 90ndays of hire date and
supervised
-Tagging of Serviced Units statute - -All persons who service FEs must tag said FE with:
Date serviced
signature
, Additional info per Fire Marshall
-After denial of license, how long does an applicant have to request reason for denial? - -30
days
-Penalty fee for late payment of renewal fee - -Fee +50% of fee
-What must a laboratory have to qualify for product testing? - -1. proper testing
equipment for testing to ANSI/UL standards
2. Qualified personnel for testing
-Cartridge Operated FEs - -FE with expellant gas in cartridge separate from the main shell
of the FE
-Classes of fires - -A: ordinarily combustible material (wood, paper, cloth, etc.)
B: Fires in flammable/combustible liquids (oil, grease, tar, liquid chemical, flammable gas)
C: Any fire also involving energized electrical equipment
D: Fires involving flammable metals (magnesium, alkali metals)
K: Fires involving cooking media (cooking oil)
-Compressed gas cylinders - -Any container with any material having an internal pressure
greater than 40 PSI
-DOT cylinders - -high pressure: any cylinders 501 PSI or greater, all CO² cylinders
low pressure: Any cylinders 500 PSI or lower
-DOT - -Department of Transportation
Has jurisdiction over compressed gas cylinders
-Dry powder definition - -Solid material in powdered.form used for class D fires via
method of crusting, smothering, or heat transfer
-Dry chemical definition - -Mixture of fine solid particle and treatment to avoid
packing/caking
For use in A/B/C fires
-Emptying definition - -Remove all contents of FE except expellant charge
-Factory Test Pressure - -The pressure shown on the nameplate at which a shell was
tested at time of manufacture.
-FFFP - -Film Forming Fluoroprotein Foam
-AFFF - -Aqueous Film Forming Foam
Used in Type A and B type fires
Exam Q’s and A’s
What national standards do the Fire Marshal consider for regulation? - -National Fire
Protection Agency (NFPA)
-3 requirements for sale of Fire Extinguishers in CA - -1. complies with Fire Marshal
standards
2. examined by Underwriters Laboratories or another testing lab with FM approval
3. does not use carbon tetrachloride, chlorobromethane, or methyl bromide
-What is required to engage in the business of servicing, charging, or testing FE's? - -
License
-Duration of FE servicing license/certificate (original issuance, then years thereafter) - -
Original issuance: date issued-Dec 31st
Years after: Jan 1st - Dec 31st
-Date that license/certificate must be renewed by annually - -Nov 1st
-When changing address, what must a license/certificate do? - -Notify Fire Marshal within
15 days
-Advertising for service constitutes what? - -Prima Facie evidence of separate place of
business
-List of Licenses statute - -Fire Marshal will provide a list to local fire official of:
Name
Address
License#
-License Inspection - -Any licensee will furnish their license for inspection to Fire
Marshall, fire official, or authorized employees
-annual report to State Fire Marshall - -Must report name, address, cert # within 7 days of
employment or termination
-Exemptions to Licensing/Certificate requirements - -1. if FE does not require servicing
2. if License holding employer has new employees who are within 90ndays of hire date and
supervised
-Tagging of Serviced Units statute - -All persons who service FEs must tag said FE with:
Date serviced
signature
, Additional info per Fire Marshall
-After denial of license, how long does an applicant have to request reason for denial? - -30
days
-Penalty fee for late payment of renewal fee - -Fee +50% of fee
-What must a laboratory have to qualify for product testing? - -1. proper testing
equipment for testing to ANSI/UL standards
2. Qualified personnel for testing
-Cartridge Operated FEs - -FE with expellant gas in cartridge separate from the main shell
of the FE
-Classes of fires - -A: ordinarily combustible material (wood, paper, cloth, etc.)
B: Fires in flammable/combustible liquids (oil, grease, tar, liquid chemical, flammable gas)
C: Any fire also involving energized electrical equipment
D: Fires involving flammable metals (magnesium, alkali metals)
K: Fires involving cooking media (cooking oil)
-Compressed gas cylinders - -Any container with any material having an internal pressure
greater than 40 PSI
-DOT cylinders - -high pressure: any cylinders 501 PSI or greater, all CO² cylinders
low pressure: Any cylinders 500 PSI or lower
-DOT - -Department of Transportation
Has jurisdiction over compressed gas cylinders
-Dry powder definition - -Solid material in powdered.form used for class D fires via
method of crusting, smothering, or heat transfer
-Dry chemical definition - -Mixture of fine solid particle and treatment to avoid
packing/caking
For use in A/B/C fires
-Emptying definition - -Remove all contents of FE except expellant charge
-Factory Test Pressure - -The pressure shown on the nameplate at which a shell was
tested at time of manufacture.
-FFFP - -Film Forming Fluoroprotein Foam
-AFFF - -Aqueous Film Forming Foam
Used in Type A and B type fires
