LIVE FIRE INSTRUCTOR COMPREHENSIVE 2026 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔run the system - ✔✔Prior to exposing students to live flames in a gas fired training
facility, instructors should:
✔✔instructor in charge - ✔✔The decision to ignite the training fire shall be made by the
____ in coordination with the safety officer.
✔✔Not allow training as it is a safety hazard - ✔✔Extreme spalling of the ceiling is
noted and section is hanging loosely in the room. You should:
✔✔the environment - ✔✔For outside training, care shall be taken to select areas that
limit the hazards to both personal safety and:
✔✔Every 5 years - ✔✔How often should be the burn building evaluation include the
removal and reinstallation of a representative area of the thermal linings to inspect the
hidden conditions behind the linings?
✔✔spectators - ✔✔All _____ shall be restricted to an area outside the operations area
perimeter established by the safety officer.
✔✔protect the utility services - ✔✔There are utility services adjacent to the live burn site
that can not be removed. You must:
✔✔Always no matter the severity - ✔✔A participant is injured. A written report is
needed:
✔✔Contact your organization's legal counsel - ✔✔You have been tasked with
conducting live fire training in an acquired structure. To confirm the ownership you
should.
research title through public records
contact a realtor
contact your organization's legal counsel
inspect the owner's original documents
✔✔Thermocouples - ✔✔_____ can be installed between protective linings and
structural elements of the live fire training structure to monitor temperatures radiating
through the lining system that can affect the structure.
✔✔The units have planned ingress/ egress routes - ✔✔To ensure on duty units can
respond in the event of an emergency , they should be placed do that:
, ✔✔All buildings considered for training - ✔✔Which buildings must be prepared for live
fire training evolutions?
✔✔Non-structural props - ✔✔Chapter 8
✔✔burn sequence matrix - ✔✔The ______________ chart shall include the maximum
fuel loading per evolution and maximum number of sequential live fire evolutions that
can be conducted per day in each burn room.
✔✔first burn and each successive burn - ✔✔The burn sequence for each room shall
define the maximum fuel load that can be used for the ______ and ________.
✔✔Ignition officer and observer - ✔✔Fire control team
✔✔Applies to all interior spaces - ✔✔Gas fired live fire training structures
✔✔False: Cannot be ignited manually - ✔✔Flammable gases: can be ignited manually
T or F
✔✔3 years - ✔✔All structures constructed with calcium aluminate refractory structural
concrete must be
inspected by a structural engineer with expertise in live fire training structures every
______ years to
include removing concrete core samples to check for delaminations within the concrete.
✔✔10 years - ✔✔(gas fired)Part of the evaluation of the live fire training structure must
be to remove and reinstall
representative area of thermal linings (if any) at least once every _______ years to
inspect the hidden
conditions behind the linings.
Non gas - 5 years.
✔✔5 years - ✔✔Non-gas-fired live fire training
structures must be evaluated every ______ years. Gas fired 10 years
✔✔Must be designed for the specific evolution to
be performed - ✔✔Exterior props
✔✔Must be removed immediately (except Petrogen torch) - ✔✔Propane lighters,
butane lighters, fuses, matches permitted to light fires
✔✔Non-gas fired - ✔✔Sequential Burn matrix plan
✔✔Personnel trained in NFPA 1407 - ✔✔RIT crew composed of
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔run the system - ✔✔Prior to exposing students to live flames in a gas fired training
facility, instructors should:
✔✔instructor in charge - ✔✔The decision to ignite the training fire shall be made by the
____ in coordination with the safety officer.
✔✔Not allow training as it is a safety hazard - ✔✔Extreme spalling of the ceiling is
noted and section is hanging loosely in the room. You should:
✔✔the environment - ✔✔For outside training, care shall be taken to select areas that
limit the hazards to both personal safety and:
✔✔Every 5 years - ✔✔How often should be the burn building evaluation include the
removal and reinstallation of a representative area of the thermal linings to inspect the
hidden conditions behind the linings?
✔✔spectators - ✔✔All _____ shall be restricted to an area outside the operations area
perimeter established by the safety officer.
✔✔protect the utility services - ✔✔There are utility services adjacent to the live burn site
that can not be removed. You must:
✔✔Always no matter the severity - ✔✔A participant is injured. A written report is
needed:
✔✔Contact your organization's legal counsel - ✔✔You have been tasked with
conducting live fire training in an acquired structure. To confirm the ownership you
should.
research title through public records
contact a realtor
contact your organization's legal counsel
inspect the owner's original documents
✔✔Thermocouples - ✔✔_____ can be installed between protective linings and
structural elements of the live fire training structure to monitor temperatures radiating
through the lining system that can affect the structure.
✔✔The units have planned ingress/ egress routes - ✔✔To ensure on duty units can
respond in the event of an emergency , they should be placed do that:
, ✔✔All buildings considered for training - ✔✔Which buildings must be prepared for live
fire training evolutions?
✔✔Non-structural props - ✔✔Chapter 8
✔✔burn sequence matrix - ✔✔The ______________ chart shall include the maximum
fuel loading per evolution and maximum number of sequential live fire evolutions that
can be conducted per day in each burn room.
✔✔first burn and each successive burn - ✔✔The burn sequence for each room shall
define the maximum fuel load that can be used for the ______ and ________.
✔✔Ignition officer and observer - ✔✔Fire control team
✔✔Applies to all interior spaces - ✔✔Gas fired live fire training structures
✔✔False: Cannot be ignited manually - ✔✔Flammable gases: can be ignited manually
T or F
✔✔3 years - ✔✔All structures constructed with calcium aluminate refractory structural
concrete must be
inspected by a structural engineer with expertise in live fire training structures every
______ years to
include removing concrete core samples to check for delaminations within the concrete.
✔✔10 years - ✔✔(gas fired)Part of the evaluation of the live fire training structure must
be to remove and reinstall
representative area of thermal linings (if any) at least once every _______ years to
inspect the hidden
conditions behind the linings.
Non gas - 5 years.
✔✔5 years - ✔✔Non-gas-fired live fire training
structures must be evaluated every ______ years. Gas fired 10 years
✔✔Must be designed for the specific evolution to
be performed - ✔✔Exterior props
✔✔Must be removed immediately (except Petrogen torch) - ✔✔Propane lighters,
butane lighters, fuses, matches permitted to light fires
✔✔Non-gas fired - ✔✔Sequential Burn matrix plan
✔✔Personnel trained in NFPA 1407 - ✔✔RIT crew composed of
