LIVE FIRE INSTRUCTOR UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Heat Release Rate (HRR) - ✔✔______________ is the amount of heat energy
released over time in a fire.
✔✔9,000 BTU's - ✔✔How many BTU's will one gallon of water absorb?
✔✔Authority having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, an instructor is an
individual qualified by what entity to provide firefighter training?
✔✔Black - ✔✔Which smoke color is indicative of a hotter intensity fire?
✔✔Impending flashover - ✔✔Aggressive, dark hot smoke banking down inside a
building could be an indicator of _________.
✔✔Beside the student/nozzle and away from the wall - ✔✔When accompanying
students during a live fire training evolution where should the instructor candidate place
themselves?
✔✔NFPA 1582 - ✔✔Which NFPA standard contains guidelines for medical clearance of
firefighters?
✔✔NFPA 1583 - ✔✔NFPA standard guidelines for the components of a firefighter
health-related fitness
✔✔Thermoregulation - ✔✔The process by which the body regulates is called:
✔✔Heat cramps - ✔✔Brief, recurrent , excruciating pain in the voluntary muscles of the
arms, legs, or abdomen is exhibiting sign and symptoms of what type of heat illness
✔✔Heat exhaustion - ✔✔Rapid and weak pulse, fatigue and weakness, profuse
sweating, confusion or disorientation, dizziness or fainting is exhibiting sign and
symptoms of what type of heat illness
✔✔heat stroke - ✔✔Elevated skin and core temperature, rapid heart rate, vomiting,
hallucinations, seizures, or coma is exhibiting signs and symptoms of what type of heat
illness
✔✔NFPA 1584 - ✔✔NFPA standard contains guidelines for on-scene rehabilitation of
firefighters during training and emergency situations
✔✔Preburn Plan - ✔✔NFPA 1403 use for the overall plan on how the live fire training
evolution will be conducted
, ✔✔5 to 1 - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, the student to instructor ratio during live fire
training evolutions shall not be greater than:
✔✔Order of operations - ✔✔What is the term used for the sequential order of the steps
for how to conduct each live fire training evolution?
✔✔Demobilization plan - ✔✔Type of plan is used to place personnel, equipment, and
fire apparatus back into service in an organized manner.
✔✔paramedic w transport capability - ✔✔Preferred level of EMS that should be
available to handle injuries on site of a live fire training evolution.
✔✔50% of fire flow demand - ✔✔NFPA 1403 requires how much water as a reserve of
the fire flow demand to handle exposure protection or unforeseen circumstances.
✔✔Fire flow rate - ✔✔_____ is the amount of water pumped per minute needed to
extinguish a fire.
✔✔Proximity to other structures
Adverse effect on adjacent properties
Site access restrictions - ✔✔Following conditions could rule out a particular structure for
live training (acquired)
✔✔95 gpm - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, attack lines must flow a minimum of how
many gpm's
✔✔Instructor in charge - ✔✔Who is required to determine the amount of water needed
for live fire training evolution?
✔✔Evidence of ownership and clear title
proof of fire insurance cancellation
agreement as to costs for permits - ✔✔Required from the owner for acquired structures
✔✔1 - ✔✔How many fires can be burning simultaneously during live fire training
evolutions (acquired)?
✔✔NFPA 1402 - ✔✔Which NFPA is used as a guide for building fire service training
centers?
✔✔Can be mobile
more than one fire can be burned simultaneously
1403 does not specifically address shipping containers - ✔✔Permanent props (not
acquired)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Heat Release Rate (HRR) - ✔✔______________ is the amount of heat energy
released over time in a fire.
✔✔9,000 BTU's - ✔✔How many BTU's will one gallon of water absorb?
✔✔Authority having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, an instructor is an
individual qualified by what entity to provide firefighter training?
✔✔Black - ✔✔Which smoke color is indicative of a hotter intensity fire?
✔✔Impending flashover - ✔✔Aggressive, dark hot smoke banking down inside a
building could be an indicator of _________.
✔✔Beside the student/nozzle and away from the wall - ✔✔When accompanying
students during a live fire training evolution where should the instructor candidate place
themselves?
✔✔NFPA 1582 - ✔✔Which NFPA standard contains guidelines for medical clearance of
firefighters?
✔✔NFPA 1583 - ✔✔NFPA standard guidelines for the components of a firefighter
health-related fitness
✔✔Thermoregulation - ✔✔The process by which the body regulates is called:
✔✔Heat cramps - ✔✔Brief, recurrent , excruciating pain in the voluntary muscles of the
arms, legs, or abdomen is exhibiting sign and symptoms of what type of heat illness
✔✔Heat exhaustion - ✔✔Rapid and weak pulse, fatigue and weakness, profuse
sweating, confusion or disorientation, dizziness or fainting is exhibiting sign and
symptoms of what type of heat illness
✔✔heat stroke - ✔✔Elevated skin and core temperature, rapid heart rate, vomiting,
hallucinations, seizures, or coma is exhibiting signs and symptoms of what type of heat
illness
✔✔NFPA 1584 - ✔✔NFPA standard contains guidelines for on-scene rehabilitation of
firefighters during training and emergency situations
✔✔Preburn Plan - ✔✔NFPA 1403 use for the overall plan on how the live fire training
evolution will be conducted
, ✔✔5 to 1 - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, the student to instructor ratio during live fire
training evolutions shall not be greater than:
✔✔Order of operations - ✔✔What is the term used for the sequential order of the steps
for how to conduct each live fire training evolution?
✔✔Demobilization plan - ✔✔Type of plan is used to place personnel, equipment, and
fire apparatus back into service in an organized manner.
✔✔paramedic w transport capability - ✔✔Preferred level of EMS that should be
available to handle injuries on site of a live fire training evolution.
✔✔50% of fire flow demand - ✔✔NFPA 1403 requires how much water as a reserve of
the fire flow demand to handle exposure protection or unforeseen circumstances.
✔✔Fire flow rate - ✔✔_____ is the amount of water pumped per minute needed to
extinguish a fire.
✔✔Proximity to other structures
Adverse effect on adjacent properties
Site access restrictions - ✔✔Following conditions could rule out a particular structure for
live training (acquired)
✔✔95 gpm - ✔✔According to NFPA 1403, attack lines must flow a minimum of how
many gpm's
✔✔Instructor in charge - ✔✔Who is required to determine the amount of water needed
for live fire training evolution?
✔✔Evidence of ownership and clear title
proof of fire insurance cancellation
agreement as to costs for permits - ✔✔Required from the owner for acquired structures
✔✔1 - ✔✔How many fires can be burning simultaneously during live fire training
evolutions (acquired)?
✔✔NFPA 1402 - ✔✔Which NFPA is used as a guide for building fire service training
centers?
✔✔Can be mobile
more than one fire can be burned simultaneously
1403 does not specifically address shipping containers - ✔✔Permanent props (not
acquired)
