Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills Exam
And Correct Answers Update
NFPA 1500 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
NFPA 1582 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Comprehensive Operational Medical Program
for Fire Departments
Chain of Command - Answer -✔✔Organizational structure of a fire department. Creates
a structure for managing the department and the fire ground operations.
Discipline - Answer -✔✔Guiding and directing firefighters to do what their fire
department expects of them
Division of Labor - Answer -✔✔Breaking down the overall strategy into a series of
smaller tasks.
Unity of Command - Answer -✔✔Each firefighter answers to only one supervisor. Each
supervisor answers to only one boss.
Span Of Control - Answer -✔✔The number of people whom one person can supervise
effectively.
Incident Safety Officer - Answer -✔✔Reports directly to the IC and has the authority to
correct or stop any action that is judged to be unsafe. They also determine when
firefighters can work without SCBAs
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation - Answer -✔✔Created in 1992 by Congress to
lead a nationwide effort to remember the US fallen firefighters.
Personnel Accountability System - Answer -✔✔Used to track personnel and
assignments on the emergency scene.
NFPA 1971 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Firefighting
and Proximity Firefighting
NFPA 1981 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Open Circuit SCBA for Emergency Services
Layers of turnouts - Answer -✔✔Outer layer: Nomex, Kevlar, or PBI
Middle layer: moisture barrier
Inner layer: thermal barrier
, NFPA 1975 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Emergency Servies
Hydrogen Cyanide - Answer -✔✔Formed when plastic products burn. Interferes with
cellular respiration.
Phosgene - Answer -✔✔Formed from incomplete combustion of many common
household products including vinyl materials. Causes itchy eyes, sore throat, burning
cough, pulmonary edema, and death.
Oxygen Deficiency - Answer -✔✔An atmosphere with O2 concentration of 19.5% or
less. At 17% people experience disorientation and inability to control their muscles.
End of Service Time Indicator (EOSTI) - Answer -✔✔A NFPA requirement of a low air
alarm when a SCBA reaches 600 liters
Hydrostatic testing - Answer -✔✔Conducted on SCBAs every 3-5 years.
Fire - Answer -✔✔A rapid chemical process that produces heat and usually light. It is
the by product of combustible vapors being consumed during a chemical process.
Types of Energy - Answer -✔✔Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Light, and Nuclear
Chemical Energy - Answer -✔✔Chemical reactions that produce heat (exothermic) and
ones that absorb heat (endothermic). Can occur when bonds between chemicals are
broken.
Mechanical Energy - Answer -✔✔Heat created when two materials rub against each
other and create friction
Electrical Energy - Answer -✔✔Electricity converted to heat when it flows through a wire
or any other conductive material
Light Energy - Answer -✔✔Caused by electromagnetic waves packaged in discrete
bundles called photons. The energy travels as thermal radiation which is a form heat.
Nuclear Energy - Answer -✔✔Created by splitting the nucleus of an atom into two
smaller nuclei or by combining two small nuclei into one large nucleus.
Conservation of Energy - Answer -✔✔Energy cannot be created or destroyed by
ordinary means. But however can be converted from one form to another
Conditions Needed for Fire - Answer -✔✔Fuel, Oxygen, Heat, and Chemical chain
reaction.
And Correct Answers Update
NFPA 1500 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
NFPA 1582 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Comprehensive Operational Medical Program
for Fire Departments
Chain of Command - Answer -✔✔Organizational structure of a fire department. Creates
a structure for managing the department and the fire ground operations.
Discipline - Answer -✔✔Guiding and directing firefighters to do what their fire
department expects of them
Division of Labor - Answer -✔✔Breaking down the overall strategy into a series of
smaller tasks.
Unity of Command - Answer -✔✔Each firefighter answers to only one supervisor. Each
supervisor answers to only one boss.
Span Of Control - Answer -✔✔The number of people whom one person can supervise
effectively.
Incident Safety Officer - Answer -✔✔Reports directly to the IC and has the authority to
correct or stop any action that is judged to be unsafe. They also determine when
firefighters can work without SCBAs
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation - Answer -✔✔Created in 1992 by Congress to
lead a nationwide effort to remember the US fallen firefighters.
Personnel Accountability System - Answer -✔✔Used to track personnel and
assignments on the emergency scene.
NFPA 1971 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Firefighting
and Proximity Firefighting
NFPA 1981 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Open Circuit SCBA for Emergency Services
Layers of turnouts - Answer -✔✔Outer layer: Nomex, Kevlar, or PBI
Middle layer: moisture barrier
Inner layer: thermal barrier
, NFPA 1975 - Answer -✔✔Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Emergency Servies
Hydrogen Cyanide - Answer -✔✔Formed when plastic products burn. Interferes with
cellular respiration.
Phosgene - Answer -✔✔Formed from incomplete combustion of many common
household products including vinyl materials. Causes itchy eyes, sore throat, burning
cough, pulmonary edema, and death.
Oxygen Deficiency - Answer -✔✔An atmosphere with O2 concentration of 19.5% or
less. At 17% people experience disorientation and inability to control their muscles.
End of Service Time Indicator (EOSTI) - Answer -✔✔A NFPA requirement of a low air
alarm when a SCBA reaches 600 liters
Hydrostatic testing - Answer -✔✔Conducted on SCBAs every 3-5 years.
Fire - Answer -✔✔A rapid chemical process that produces heat and usually light. It is
the by product of combustible vapors being consumed during a chemical process.
Types of Energy - Answer -✔✔Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Light, and Nuclear
Chemical Energy - Answer -✔✔Chemical reactions that produce heat (exothermic) and
ones that absorb heat (endothermic). Can occur when bonds between chemicals are
broken.
Mechanical Energy - Answer -✔✔Heat created when two materials rub against each
other and create friction
Electrical Energy - Answer -✔✔Electricity converted to heat when it flows through a wire
or any other conductive material
Light Energy - Answer -✔✔Caused by electromagnetic waves packaged in discrete
bundles called photons. The energy travels as thermal radiation which is a form heat.
Nuclear Energy - Answer -✔✔Created by splitting the nucleus of an atom into two
smaller nuclei or by combining two small nuclei into one large nucleus.
Conservation of Energy - Answer -✔✔Energy cannot be created or destroyed by
ordinary means. But however can be converted from one form to another
Conditions Needed for Fire - Answer -✔✔Fuel, Oxygen, Heat, and Chemical chain
reaction.
