APCO CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE REVIEW
●● ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Answer: Chief, Support Staff, Payroll
●● COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Answer: Call takers/ Dispatcher
●● FIRE PREVENTION + INVESTIGATION
Answer: Building inspectors, Arson Investigators, Public Education
●● OPERATIONS
Answer: Captain, Driver, Firefighter
●● TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Answer: High Angle, HAZMAT, Confined Space Rescue
●● EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Answer: Mechanics, Electricians
, ●● TRAINING + SAFETY
Answer: Training Officer
●● EMTs, Paramedics
Answer: Emergency Medical Service
●● CLASS A FIRE
Answer: Ordinary Combustibles (eg. wood, paper) Suppress via H20
●● Fires are fought
Answer: from the "unburned to the burned"
●● Fires are fought from "inside" structures as opposed to outside of
them
Answer: TRUE
●● Ventilation
Answer: Technique used to remove heated smoke/gas from a burning
building. Can remove explosive smoke and has concentrations which
allows for advancement of hose lines into effective positions for fire
extinguishments.
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE REVIEW
●● ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Answer: Chief, Support Staff, Payroll
●● COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Answer: Call takers/ Dispatcher
●● FIRE PREVENTION + INVESTIGATION
Answer: Building inspectors, Arson Investigators, Public Education
●● OPERATIONS
Answer: Captain, Driver, Firefighter
●● TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Answer: High Angle, HAZMAT, Confined Space Rescue
●● EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
Answer: Mechanics, Electricians
, ●● TRAINING + SAFETY
Answer: Training Officer
●● EMTs, Paramedics
Answer: Emergency Medical Service
●● CLASS A FIRE
Answer: Ordinary Combustibles (eg. wood, paper) Suppress via H20
●● Fires are fought
Answer: from the "unburned to the burned"
●● Fires are fought from "inside" structures as opposed to outside of
them
Answer: TRUE
●● Ventilation
Answer: Technique used to remove heated smoke/gas from a burning
building. Can remove explosive smoke and has concentrations which
allows for advancement of hose lines into effective positions for fire
extinguishments.
