ESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔*** Enhanced 9-1-1 systems provide dispatchers with information such as the
caller's location, phone number and.... ***
A) The caller's first & last name
B) Directions to the caller's location
C) The type of emergency at the caller's location
D) Live video of the current conditions at the location - ✔✔B) Directions to the caller's
location
✔✔*** Individuals who are trained to receive, process, and dispatch emergency calls
are known as... ***
A) Controllers
B) Announcers
C) Radio operations
D) Telecommunicators - ✔✔D) Telecommunicators
✔✔Once an emergency has been reported, the information must be...
A) Verified and sorted
B) Logged into a public blog
C) Transmitted to responding units
D) Shared with other telecommunicators - ✔✔C) Transmitted to responding units
✔✔Which method of alerting fire department members of an emergency alert the
member by tone, light, and/or vibration and can be sent to specific frequencies?
A) Radio
B) Pagers
C) Computer terminal
,D) Home electronic monitors - ✔✔B) Pagers
✔✔Which federal agency issues radio licenses to fire departments that operate radio
equipment?
A) Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
B) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
C) Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
D) Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA) - ✔✔C) Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
✔✔*** Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations, telecommunications centers,
training centers, or administrative offices are referred to as... ***
A) Mobile radios
B) Portable radios
C) Command radios
D) Base stations radios - ✔✔D) Base stations radios
✔✔The power of the transmitter and receiver and the height of the broadcast and
receiving antennas determine the...
A) Frequency of the radio signal
B) Volume of the radio broadcast
C) Distance a radio signal will travel
D) Number of radios that can use a given channel - ✔✔C) Distance a radio signal will
travel
✔✔Remote areas or locations inside structures that cause the loss of cellular telephone
service or radio signals are known as...
A) Dead zones
B) No-go zones
C) Non-com zones
, D) Ambient noise zones - ✔✔A) Dead zones
✔✔Everyone at an emergency scene should follow 2 basic communication rules: the
sender should identify themselves in every transmission and the receiver should...
A) Acknowledge the message
B) Avoid repeating back the message
C) Make written notes of the message
D) Share the message with other telecommunicators - ✔✔A) Acknowledge the
message
✔✔What determines a building's construction type?
A) Structure size
B) Occupancy type
C) Construction materials and their fire resistance
D) Presence of an automatic fire suppression system - ✔✔C) Construction materials
and their fire resistance
✔✔Which type of building construction provides the highest level of protection from fire
and structural collapse?
A) Type I
B) Type II
C) Type IV
D) Type V - ✔✔A) Type I
✔✔Which type of building construction may have interior walls and beams constructed
of wood, but requires that exterior walls be made of noncombustible or limited
combustible materials?
A) Type I
B) Type III
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔*** Enhanced 9-1-1 systems provide dispatchers with information such as the
caller's location, phone number and.... ***
A) The caller's first & last name
B) Directions to the caller's location
C) The type of emergency at the caller's location
D) Live video of the current conditions at the location - ✔✔B) Directions to the caller's
location
✔✔*** Individuals who are trained to receive, process, and dispatch emergency calls
are known as... ***
A) Controllers
B) Announcers
C) Radio operations
D) Telecommunicators - ✔✔D) Telecommunicators
✔✔Once an emergency has been reported, the information must be...
A) Verified and sorted
B) Logged into a public blog
C) Transmitted to responding units
D) Shared with other telecommunicators - ✔✔C) Transmitted to responding units
✔✔Which method of alerting fire department members of an emergency alert the
member by tone, light, and/or vibration and can be sent to specific frequencies?
A) Radio
B) Pagers
C) Computer terminal
,D) Home electronic monitors - ✔✔B) Pagers
✔✔Which federal agency issues radio licenses to fire departments that operate radio
equipment?
A) Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
B) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
C) Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
D) Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA) - ✔✔C) Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
✔✔*** Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations, telecommunications centers,
training centers, or administrative offices are referred to as... ***
A) Mobile radios
B) Portable radios
C) Command radios
D) Base stations radios - ✔✔D) Base stations radios
✔✔The power of the transmitter and receiver and the height of the broadcast and
receiving antennas determine the...
A) Frequency of the radio signal
B) Volume of the radio broadcast
C) Distance a radio signal will travel
D) Number of radios that can use a given channel - ✔✔C) Distance a radio signal will
travel
✔✔Remote areas or locations inside structures that cause the loss of cellular telephone
service or radio signals are known as...
A) Dead zones
B) No-go zones
C) Non-com zones
, D) Ambient noise zones - ✔✔A) Dead zones
✔✔Everyone at an emergency scene should follow 2 basic communication rules: the
sender should identify themselves in every transmission and the receiver should...
A) Acknowledge the message
B) Avoid repeating back the message
C) Make written notes of the message
D) Share the message with other telecommunicators - ✔✔A) Acknowledge the
message
✔✔What determines a building's construction type?
A) Structure size
B) Occupancy type
C) Construction materials and their fire resistance
D) Presence of an automatic fire suppression system - ✔✔C) Construction materials
and their fire resistance
✔✔Which type of building construction provides the highest level of protection from fire
and structural collapse?
A) Type I
B) Type II
C) Type IV
D) Type V - ✔✔A) Type I
✔✔Which type of building construction may have interior walls and beams constructed
of wood, but requires that exterior walls be made of noncombustible or limited
combustible materials?
A) Type I
B) Type III
