MDFR-MULTI FAMILY DWELLING- MIDRISE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
What number of strories does mid rise buildings vary from? - Answers 1-5
When are 6 stories considered mid rise? - Answers When they are less than 50' in height
What are high occupant load structures seldomly equipped with? - Answers Standpipes
What are multi family dwellings considered? - Answers "medium hazard occupancy"
What structures are considered multi family dwellings? - Answers (Apartments, offices,
mercantile and industrial occupancies not normally requiring extensive rescue or firefighting
forces)
What are two types of apartments styles? - Answers courtyard and garden style
What house structures are important features to consider? - Answers Open & enclosed hallways,
Attics & cocklofts, stacked kitchen & bathrooms
What are the different types of stairwells? - Answers Return, scissors, and wrap- around
what is the most common type of stairwell? - Answers Return
How many alarm systems are most building required to have? - Answers 5
Standpipes are typically not required in structures with ______ - Answers less than 50'
How are hazards identified transmitted? - Answers Over the radio and mitigated actions taken
What is the alarm assignment of a medium hazard fire? - Answers 3 suppression
2 aerials ( one must be 100ft)
2 rescues
2 battalion chiefs
EMS Captain
What is the alarm assignment of first alarm fire/ all companies operating? - Answers 1 battalion
cheif
1 rescue
air truck
1 ems captain
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
What number of strories does mid rise buildings vary from? - Answers 1-5
When are 6 stories considered mid rise? - Answers When they are less than 50' in height
What are high occupant load structures seldomly equipped with? - Answers Standpipes
What are multi family dwellings considered? - Answers "medium hazard occupancy"
What structures are considered multi family dwellings? - Answers (Apartments, offices,
mercantile and industrial occupancies not normally requiring extensive rescue or firefighting
forces)
What are two types of apartments styles? - Answers courtyard and garden style
What house structures are important features to consider? - Answers Open & enclosed hallways,
Attics & cocklofts, stacked kitchen & bathrooms
What are the different types of stairwells? - Answers Return, scissors, and wrap- around
what is the most common type of stairwell? - Answers Return
How many alarm systems are most building required to have? - Answers 5
Standpipes are typically not required in structures with ______ - Answers less than 50'
How are hazards identified transmitted? - Answers Over the radio and mitigated actions taken
What is the alarm assignment of a medium hazard fire? - Answers 3 suppression
2 aerials ( one must be 100ft)
2 rescues
2 battalion chiefs
EMS Captain
What is the alarm assignment of first alarm fire/ all companies operating? - Answers 1 battalion
cheif
1 rescue
air truck
1 ems captain
