CAL FIRE BASIC FINAL 2025 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100%
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1. What is jurisdiction is California primarily under? Federal
2. What is the minimum diameter hose size for wildland, 1 1/2 inch
WUI, and vehicle fires?
3. What is the minimum diameter hose size for structure 1 3/4 inch
fires?
4. What does the first S in S-FACTS stand for? Survival
5. What does the F in S-FACTS stand for? Fire environment
6. What does the A in S-FACTS stand for? Access
7. What does the C in S-FACTS stand for? Construction/
Clearance
8. What does the T in S-FACTS stand for? Time contraints
9. What does the second S in S-FACTS stand for? Stay or go
10. How often are you supposed to get fit tested? Annually
11. How many components does smoke have and
what are they? Vapor, particles, and
toxic gases
12. What is the first step in cleaning an SCBA Rinse with hose water
13. What does the P in PASS stand for? Personal
14. What does the A in PASS stand for? Alert
15. What does the first S in PASS stand for? Safety
16. What does the second S in PASS stand for? System
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17. What does the PASS device do? Alerts when a
firefighter is
motionless for a set
time
18. What is the percent rate for an SCBA? 90 PSI
19. What gases are most commonly produces in Hydrogen cyanide,
residen- tial and commercial fires? carbon monoxide, and
phosgene
20. What are the characteristics of carbon monoxide? Colorless,
odorless, and
poisonous
21. Where does phosgene come from? Fires at textile
facto- ries, houses,
metalwork, or
burning freon
22. What is hydrogen cyanide? A toxic gas produced
by the combustion of
materi- als containing
cyanide.
23. Which type of breathing apparatus recycles the user's Closed-
Circuit
exhaled air?
24. What does endothermic mean? Absorbs heat
25. What does exothermic mean? Releases heat
26. Meaning of ignition point? The minimum
tempera- ture at
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, CAL FIRE BASIC FINAL 2025 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100%
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which a substance
will burn.
27. Flame point The lowest
temperature at
which a liquid
produces enough
vapor to sustain a
continuous fire.
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CORRECT
1. What is jurisdiction is California primarily under? Federal
2. What is the minimum diameter hose size for wildland, 1 1/2 inch
WUI, and vehicle fires?
3. What is the minimum diameter hose size for structure 1 3/4 inch
fires?
4. What does the first S in S-FACTS stand for? Survival
5. What does the F in S-FACTS stand for? Fire environment
6. What does the A in S-FACTS stand for? Access
7. What does the C in S-FACTS stand for? Construction/
Clearance
8. What does the T in S-FACTS stand for? Time contraints
9. What does the second S in S-FACTS stand for? Stay or go
10. How often are you supposed to get fit tested? Annually
11. How many components does smoke have and
what are they? Vapor, particles, and
toxic gases
12. What is the first step in cleaning an SCBA Rinse with hose water
13. What does the P in PASS stand for? Personal
14. What does the A in PASS stand for? Alert
15. What does the first S in PASS stand for? Safety
16. What does the second S in PASS stand for? System
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, CAL FIRE BASIC FINAL 2025 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100%
CORRECT
17. What does the PASS device do? Alerts when a
firefighter is
motionless for a set
time
18. What is the percent rate for an SCBA? 90 PSI
19. What gases are most commonly produces in Hydrogen cyanide,
residen- tial and commercial fires? carbon monoxide, and
phosgene
20. What are the characteristics of carbon monoxide? Colorless,
odorless, and
poisonous
21. Where does phosgene come from? Fires at textile
facto- ries, houses,
metalwork, or
burning freon
22. What is hydrogen cyanide? A toxic gas produced
by the combustion of
materi- als containing
cyanide.
23. Which type of breathing apparatus recycles the user's Closed-
Circuit
exhaled air?
24. What does endothermic mean? Absorbs heat
25. What does exothermic mean? Releases heat
26. Meaning of ignition point? The minimum
tempera- ture at
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25
, CAL FIRE BASIC FINAL 2025 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED 100%
CORRECT
which a substance
will burn.
27. Flame point The lowest
temperature at
which a liquid
produces enough
vapor to sustain a
continuous fire.
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25
