ESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Why did the National Fallen Firefighters Association develop the 16 Firefighter Life
Safety Initiatives in 2004?
A) Eliminate public criticism of the fire service
B) Increase funding for new apparatus and equipment
C) Mandate changes that must be made in the fire service
D) Provide the fire service with a blueprint for making changes - ✔✔D) Provide the fire
service with a blueprint for making changes
✔✔What must a fire department's health and safety program address?'
A) Documentation of new recruit skills training
B) Organization of personnel service and promotional records
C) All anticipated hazards to which members might be exposed
D) The most dangerous hazards to which members might be exposed - ✔✔C) All
anticipated hazards to which members might be exposed
✔✔NFPA 1500 requires all personnel operating in an immediately dangerous to life and
health (IDLH) atmosphere to...
A) Be trained as a company officer
B) Be fully equipped with the appropriate PPE
C) Utilize rehabilitation facilities every 10 minutes
D) Verbally report to the battalion chief every five minutes - ✔✔B) Be fully equipped with
the appropriate PPE
✔✔A(an) ________________ is meant to help reduce firefighter illnesses, injuries, and
deaths by ensuring that firefighters are healthy.
A) IAP
B) Wellness program
,C) Facility safety program
D) Employee assistance initiative - ✔✔B) Wellness program
✔✔What is the main purpose of a fire department member assistance program (MAP)?
A) Help eliminate the need for personal counseling
B) Help members who are facing financial hardship
C) Allow firefighters to continue working regular shifts after a major illness or injury
D) Offer easily accessible, confidential assistance with personal problems that affect job
performance - ✔✔D) Offer easily accessible, confidential assistance with personal
problems that affect job performance
✔✔What does it mean to practice situational awareness on the fireground?
A) Following the IC's orders without question
B) Performing all duties to the best of your ability
C) Creating a strategic plan of attack for fire suppression
D) Being observant about hazards and changing conditions - ✔✔D) Being observant
about hazards and changing conditions
✔✔*** When does the response to an emergency begin? ***
A) At the start of each shift
B) Upon arrival at the emergency scene
C) After the firefighters don PPE and SCBA
D) As soon as the department is notified of the emergency - ✔✔D) As soon as the
department is notified of the emergency
✔✔*** Which safety guideline will help minimize a firefighter's exposure to risk at a
structural fire scene? ***
A) Maintain communication with team members and Command
B) Report directly to the officer in command of the incident
, C) Use apparatus lighting to fully illuminate the scene and surrounding area
D) Divide labor into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to equalize the work load -
✔✔A) Maintain communication with team members and Command
✔✔Emergency scene lighting and portable rescue equipment are powered by
apparatus-mounted generators, and apparatus' electrical system, or...
A) Solar panels
B) The local power grid
C) Adaptable converters
D) Portable electric generators - ✔✔D) Portable electric generators
✔✔What are personnel accountability systems designed to do?
A) Organize preincident plans and site surveys
B) Document incident near misses and injuries
C) Track personnel training & promotional records
D) Track personnel in and out of the IDLH environment - ✔✔D) Track personnel in and
out of the IDLH environment
✔✔When operating at highway/roadway incident scene, apparatus lights...
A) Provide effective traffic control
B) Will assist with eliminating the hazard
C) Provide adequate scene lighting for most operations
D) Can confuse motorists and make the situation more hazardous - ✔✔D) Can confuse
motorists and make the situation more hazardous
✔✔When answering nonemergency telephone calls, remember to be professional and
courteous because you are...
A) Being paid to be professional
B) Representing your department
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Why did the National Fallen Firefighters Association develop the 16 Firefighter Life
Safety Initiatives in 2004?
A) Eliminate public criticism of the fire service
B) Increase funding for new apparatus and equipment
C) Mandate changes that must be made in the fire service
D) Provide the fire service with a blueprint for making changes - ✔✔D) Provide the fire
service with a blueprint for making changes
✔✔What must a fire department's health and safety program address?'
A) Documentation of new recruit skills training
B) Organization of personnel service and promotional records
C) All anticipated hazards to which members might be exposed
D) The most dangerous hazards to which members might be exposed - ✔✔C) All
anticipated hazards to which members might be exposed
✔✔NFPA 1500 requires all personnel operating in an immediately dangerous to life and
health (IDLH) atmosphere to...
A) Be trained as a company officer
B) Be fully equipped with the appropriate PPE
C) Utilize rehabilitation facilities every 10 minutes
D) Verbally report to the battalion chief every five minutes - ✔✔B) Be fully equipped with
the appropriate PPE
✔✔A(an) ________________ is meant to help reduce firefighter illnesses, injuries, and
deaths by ensuring that firefighters are healthy.
A) IAP
B) Wellness program
,C) Facility safety program
D) Employee assistance initiative - ✔✔B) Wellness program
✔✔What is the main purpose of a fire department member assistance program (MAP)?
A) Help eliminate the need for personal counseling
B) Help members who are facing financial hardship
C) Allow firefighters to continue working regular shifts after a major illness or injury
D) Offer easily accessible, confidential assistance with personal problems that affect job
performance - ✔✔D) Offer easily accessible, confidential assistance with personal
problems that affect job performance
✔✔What does it mean to practice situational awareness on the fireground?
A) Following the IC's orders without question
B) Performing all duties to the best of your ability
C) Creating a strategic plan of attack for fire suppression
D) Being observant about hazards and changing conditions - ✔✔D) Being observant
about hazards and changing conditions
✔✔*** When does the response to an emergency begin? ***
A) At the start of each shift
B) Upon arrival at the emergency scene
C) After the firefighters don PPE and SCBA
D) As soon as the department is notified of the emergency - ✔✔D) As soon as the
department is notified of the emergency
✔✔*** Which safety guideline will help minimize a firefighter's exposure to risk at a
structural fire scene? ***
A) Maintain communication with team members and Command
B) Report directly to the officer in command of the incident
, C) Use apparatus lighting to fully illuminate the scene and surrounding area
D) Divide labor into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to equalize the work load -
✔✔A) Maintain communication with team members and Command
✔✔Emergency scene lighting and portable rescue equipment are powered by
apparatus-mounted generators, and apparatus' electrical system, or...
A) Solar panels
B) The local power grid
C) Adaptable converters
D) Portable electric generators - ✔✔D) Portable electric generators
✔✔What are personnel accountability systems designed to do?
A) Organize preincident plans and site surveys
B) Document incident near misses and injuries
C) Track personnel training & promotional records
D) Track personnel in and out of the IDLH environment - ✔✔D) Track personnel in and
out of the IDLH environment
✔✔When operating at highway/roadway incident scene, apparatus lights...
A) Provide effective traffic control
B) Will assist with eliminating the hazard
C) Provide adequate scene lighting for most operations
D) Can confuse motorists and make the situation more hazardous - ✔✔D) Can confuse
motorists and make the situation more hazardous
✔✔When answering nonemergency telephone calls, remember to be professional and
courteous because you are...
A) Being paid to be professional
B) Representing your department
