FSVO IFSI CORE EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Driver selection, training, and proficiency - ✔✔What are the selection procedures
used for emergency response driving?
✔✔Attitude
Knowledge
Mental/Physical fitness
Decision making
Age
Habits
Driving characteristics - ✔✔What are the components when deciding Personnel
Selection?
✔✔Habits - ✔✔Characteristics produced by a constant repetition on an action
✔✔Manipulative skill abilities (for steering coordination)
Accelerating and/or braking functions of maneuvering an emergency vehicle - ✔✔What
characteristics are necessary for emergency response driving?
✔✔So that all personnel understand what is expected or required - ✔✔What are the
reasons for the adoption of SOPs/SOGs?
✔✔Recommended local AHJ review of any pertinent SOP for compliance
Have legal counsel and legal governing body review polices prior to adoption - ✔✔What
are the SOPs which impact response?
✔✔It grants rights, privileges, and responsibilities which are not given to everyone -
✔✔What is a legal aspect of driving an emergency?
✔✔Only on true emergencies - ✔✔When do exemptions to laws apply to emergency
drivers?
✔✔625 ILCS5/11-205 - ✔✔What Illinois Vehicle Code gives public officers and
employees the right to obey exemptions?
✔✔Due regard - ✔✔A reasonably careful person performing similar duties and under
similar circumstances would act in the same manner
, ✔✔Gross negligence - ✔✔The reckless disregard of the consequences of an act to
another person. It occurs when a person's actions (or lack of) result in the failure to
exercise even a slight degree of care
✔✔Vicarious liability - ✔✔The legal liability places on one person for the acts committed
by another
✔✔Parking
Controlled intersections
Speed regulations
Direction of travel - ✔✔What are some public officers exemptions to vehicle codes?
✔✔NFPA 1451 & 1002
Local Municipal Ordinances
Organizational SOPs - ✔✔What are some emergency vehicle driving laws pertaining to
FSVO?
✔✔NFPA 1500 (Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program) - ✔✔What NFPA standard refers to vehicle apparatus on a yearly basis?
✔✔Steering, turning, tracking - ✔✔What is directional control a derivative of?
✔✔Controlled and blind intersections
Intersections where all lanes are not visible to the driver
A stopped school bus with operational flashers
Unguarded railroad crossings - ✔✔When is a complete stop required?
✔✔At least equal to the minimum travel distance necessary to stop the vehicle without
contacting another - ✔✔What is the minimum distance that must be kept in front of a
vehicle?
✔✔In a non-emergency mode, the driver shall obey all traffic laws - ✔✔How are
apparatus operated when en-route to move-ups or to fill an empty station? (aka; not
during true emergencies)
✔✔Driveline retarder - ✔✔What is another type auxiliary braking system?
✔✔8% - ✔✔What percentage of crashes are due to vehicle malfunction or lack of
maintenance?
✔✔Pump, Aerial, Ambulance patient compartment - ✔✔What are the primary function
components of emergency vehicles?
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Driver selection, training, and proficiency - ✔✔What are the selection procedures
used for emergency response driving?
✔✔Attitude
Knowledge
Mental/Physical fitness
Decision making
Age
Habits
Driving characteristics - ✔✔What are the components when deciding Personnel
Selection?
✔✔Habits - ✔✔Characteristics produced by a constant repetition on an action
✔✔Manipulative skill abilities (for steering coordination)
Accelerating and/or braking functions of maneuvering an emergency vehicle - ✔✔What
characteristics are necessary for emergency response driving?
✔✔So that all personnel understand what is expected or required - ✔✔What are the
reasons for the adoption of SOPs/SOGs?
✔✔Recommended local AHJ review of any pertinent SOP for compliance
Have legal counsel and legal governing body review polices prior to adoption - ✔✔What
are the SOPs which impact response?
✔✔It grants rights, privileges, and responsibilities which are not given to everyone -
✔✔What is a legal aspect of driving an emergency?
✔✔Only on true emergencies - ✔✔When do exemptions to laws apply to emergency
drivers?
✔✔625 ILCS5/11-205 - ✔✔What Illinois Vehicle Code gives public officers and
employees the right to obey exemptions?
✔✔Due regard - ✔✔A reasonably careful person performing similar duties and under
similar circumstances would act in the same manner
, ✔✔Gross negligence - ✔✔The reckless disregard of the consequences of an act to
another person. It occurs when a person's actions (or lack of) result in the failure to
exercise even a slight degree of care
✔✔Vicarious liability - ✔✔The legal liability places on one person for the acts committed
by another
✔✔Parking
Controlled intersections
Speed regulations
Direction of travel - ✔✔What are some public officers exemptions to vehicle codes?
✔✔NFPA 1451 & 1002
Local Municipal Ordinances
Organizational SOPs - ✔✔What are some emergency vehicle driving laws pertaining to
FSVO?
✔✔NFPA 1500 (Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program) - ✔✔What NFPA standard refers to vehicle apparatus on a yearly basis?
✔✔Steering, turning, tracking - ✔✔What is directional control a derivative of?
✔✔Controlled and blind intersections
Intersections where all lanes are not visible to the driver
A stopped school bus with operational flashers
Unguarded railroad crossings - ✔✔When is a complete stop required?
✔✔At least equal to the minimum travel distance necessary to stop the vehicle without
contacting another - ✔✔What is the minimum distance that must be kept in front of a
vehicle?
✔✔In a non-emergency mode, the driver shall obey all traffic laws - ✔✔How are
apparatus operated when en-route to move-ups or to fill an empty station? (aka; not
during true emergencies)
✔✔Driveline retarder - ✔✔What is another type auxiliary braking system?
✔✔8% - ✔✔What percentage of crashes are due to vehicle malfunction or lack of
maintenance?
✔✔Pump, Aerial, Ambulance patient compartment - ✔✔What are the primary function
components of emergency vehicles?
