APCO FIRE SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Fires are fought from the ____ to the _______.
Answer: Unburned, Burned
●● The Fire Tetrahedron depicts which four factors necessary for fire?
Answer: Heat
Oxygen
Fuel
Chemical Chain Reaction
●● T or F
The Administration Division includes frontline firefighters???
Answer: FALSE
●● ______, is cutting holes in roofs or breaking out upper windows
when fighting a fire.
Answer: Ventilation
,●● ______, can be an indicator of what is burning (or not burning). It is
typically an indicator of _____, or a chemical cloud.
Answer: White cloud / Steam
●● The Fire Prevention Division is commonly referred to as...
Answer: Fire Marshall's Office
●● T or F
Public Education is an important function of the Special Operations
Division.
Answer: False
●● What is the primary function of an engine?
Answer: aka Pumper
An engine has a self-contained water pump. Its primary function is to
provide pressurized water.
●● In fire terminology, is fire "truck" and an engine the same type of fire
apparatus?
Answer: NO
●● T or F
, The process of searching for evidence of further fire hidden from view
and the removal of materials that may re-combust is called (Salvage)
Answer: FALSE
It is called "Overhaul"
●● Define SCBA?
Answer: Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) to provide air
when entering a building where fire is present.
●● The actual physical firefighting operations utilizing available
personnel and equipment is called?
Answer: Attack
●● Property that may be endangered by a fire is no longer spreading
although there may still be some fire to deal with is called?
Answer: Under Control
●● A fire that requires firefighting activity on the part of most or all
personnel assigned to the alarm is called?
Answer: Working fire
●● T or F
ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Fires are fought from the ____ to the _______.
Answer: Unburned, Burned
●● The Fire Tetrahedron depicts which four factors necessary for fire?
Answer: Heat
Oxygen
Fuel
Chemical Chain Reaction
●● T or F
The Administration Division includes frontline firefighters???
Answer: FALSE
●● ______, is cutting holes in roofs or breaking out upper windows
when fighting a fire.
Answer: Ventilation
,●● ______, can be an indicator of what is burning (or not burning). It is
typically an indicator of _____, or a chemical cloud.
Answer: White cloud / Steam
●● The Fire Prevention Division is commonly referred to as...
Answer: Fire Marshall's Office
●● T or F
Public Education is an important function of the Special Operations
Division.
Answer: False
●● What is the primary function of an engine?
Answer: aka Pumper
An engine has a self-contained water pump. Its primary function is to
provide pressurized water.
●● In fire terminology, is fire "truck" and an engine the same type of fire
apparatus?
Answer: NO
●● T or F
, The process of searching for evidence of further fire hidden from view
and the removal of materials that may re-combust is called (Salvage)
Answer: FALSE
It is called "Overhaul"
●● Define SCBA?
Answer: Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) to provide air
when entering a building where fire is present.
●● The actual physical firefighting operations utilizing available
personnel and equipment is called?
Answer: Attack
●● Property that may be endangered by a fire is no longer spreading
although there may still be some fire to deal with is called?
Answer: Under Control
●● A fire that requires firefighting activity on the part of most or all
personnel assigned to the alarm is called?
Answer: Working fire
●● T or F
