PUMP OPERATOR EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Typical anchor points. Answer: Roads, lakes, ponds, streams and
previously burned areas.
◉Do not drive into smoke where crews may be operating. However
if apparatus must be driven through smoke, sound the horn or siren
intermittently, use warning and headlights and drive safely.. Answer:
◉Level 1 staging. Answer: Used on emergency response when 2 or
more companies are dispatched. Responding unit's stage at least one
block away from scene and await further orders.
◉Level 2 staging. Answer: Used when numerous emergency vehicles
will be responding to the same incident (mutual aid/multiple
alarms) companies are informed of "staging area" location when
they are dispatched.
◉Some deparments-Police must close the road if an emergency
vehicle is to travel against the flow of normal traffic. Answer:
, ◉Ball valve is the most common valve (least amount of friction loss).
Answer:
◉Gate valves are operated by a hand wheel. Answer:
◉Butterfly valves are operated by quarter turn handles. Answer:
◉Auxiliary engine. Answer: Driven pumps are powered by gas or
Diesel engine independent of an engine used to drive vehicle.
◉Discharge valves should be designed so they are easy to operate at
250psi. Answer:
◉Electronic governors use a pressure-sensing element to control
pump. Answer:
◉Pressure governors relieve excess pressure caused by shutting
down one or more operating hoselines. Answer:
◉Fill site pumper. Answer: Pumper at water supply used to fill
empty tenders
◉Dump site pumper. Answer: Pumper used at the fire scene to draft
from portable tanks
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Typical anchor points. Answer: Roads, lakes, ponds, streams and
previously burned areas.
◉Do not drive into smoke where crews may be operating. However
if apparatus must be driven through smoke, sound the horn or siren
intermittently, use warning and headlights and drive safely.. Answer:
◉Level 1 staging. Answer: Used on emergency response when 2 or
more companies are dispatched. Responding unit's stage at least one
block away from scene and await further orders.
◉Level 2 staging. Answer: Used when numerous emergency vehicles
will be responding to the same incident (mutual aid/multiple
alarms) companies are informed of "staging area" location when
they are dispatched.
◉Some deparments-Police must close the road if an emergency
vehicle is to travel against the flow of normal traffic. Answer:
, ◉Ball valve is the most common valve (least amount of friction loss).
Answer:
◉Gate valves are operated by a hand wheel. Answer:
◉Butterfly valves are operated by quarter turn handles. Answer:
◉Auxiliary engine. Answer: Driven pumps are powered by gas or
Diesel engine independent of an engine used to drive vehicle.
◉Discharge valves should be designed so they are easy to operate at
250psi. Answer:
◉Electronic governors use a pressure-sensing element to control
pump. Answer:
◉Pressure governors relieve excess pressure caused by shutting
down one or more operating hoselines. Answer:
◉Fill site pumper. Answer: Pumper at water supply used to fill
empty tenders
◉Dump site pumper. Answer: Pumper used at the fire scene to draft
from portable tanks
