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FF 1 Final: Chapter 1 - 21 tests Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )
What does the Golden Rule mean when applied to the fire
service?


A) Working as a team is essential to success


B) Treat everyone else as if they were a member of your
family


C) Stay humble and teachable, and be willing to teach
others


D) Honor the job by working hard and doing your best -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅B) Treat everyone else as if
they were a member of your family


Which position serves as a point of contact between the
incident commander and the news media?


A) Liaison officer


B) Planning section chief

,FF 1 Final: Chapter 1 - 21 tests Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )
C) Agency Representative


D) Public information officer - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅D) Public information officer


Which style of leadership does the fire department use?


A) Top centralized


B) Distributed


C) Decentralized


D) Paramilitary - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅D)
Paramilitary


Seventy-one percent of career firefighters work in
jurisdictions with a population of ______ or more.


A) 25,000


B) 50,000

,FF 1 Final: Chapter 1 - 21 tests Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )

C) 75,000


D) 100,000 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅A) 25,000


Approximately ______ percent of fire fighters in the United
States are volunteers.


A) 34


B) 46


C) 55


D) 70 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅D) 70


The earliest known fire department was in:


A) The Ottoman Empire


B) Greece

, FF 1 Final: Chapter 1 - 21 tests Exam
Question & Answers ( Latest 2025 )

C) Ancient Rome


D) Germany - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C) Germany


Which was one of the major U.S. fires of 1871?


A) Cocoanut Grove Fire


B) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire


C) Great Chicago Fire


D) Iroquois Theatre Fire - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅C)
Great Chicago Fire


Which Development led to the widespread use of the
mechanized pumping apparatus?


A) Wagon-mounted steam engines