FIRE APPARATUS DRIVER I CERTIFICATION TEST
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A PLUS
◉ identify three conditions where you should drive your fire
apparatus in low gear:
Answer: -climbing a hill
-traveling under an overpass
-approaching an intersection
◉ before driving over a guarded railroad crossing during an
emergency response:
Answer: look both right and left and proceed cautiously
◉ you may need to perform a confined space turnaround:
Answer: for a reverse hose lay in a narrow street or intersection
◉ the purchase acceptance test on a new fire apparatus should focus
on:
Answer: bid specifications
◉ you should never back a fire apparatus :
, Answer: if you don't have at least one spotter
◉ when determining your own friction loss coefficients, the water
flow discharged from the nozzle is usually measured with a:
Answer: pilot guage
◉ your fire team is about to use a 1in solid stream nozzle. you tell
them they can expect a "nozzle reaction" which in laymans terms
means:
Answer: the counter force to the force of water discharged from the
nozzle
◉ bouncing water off the inside walls of the nozzle bore to create a
fog pattern is called:
Answer: periphery deflection
◉ you figure pressure loss in a single line hose flowing at 350gpm to
be 45 psi. Then a coupling is added and the nozzle is taken to the 6th
floor of a burning structure. The friction loss for this new layout is
now:
Answer: 80psi
◉ using the hand method, the estimated friction loss for 300 feet of
2 1/2in hose at 200gpm is approximately:
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A PLUS
◉ identify three conditions where you should drive your fire
apparatus in low gear:
Answer: -climbing a hill
-traveling under an overpass
-approaching an intersection
◉ before driving over a guarded railroad crossing during an
emergency response:
Answer: look both right and left and proceed cautiously
◉ you may need to perform a confined space turnaround:
Answer: for a reverse hose lay in a narrow street or intersection
◉ the purchase acceptance test on a new fire apparatus should focus
on:
Answer: bid specifications
◉ you should never back a fire apparatus :
, Answer: if you don't have at least one spotter
◉ when determining your own friction loss coefficients, the water
flow discharged from the nozzle is usually measured with a:
Answer: pilot guage
◉ your fire team is about to use a 1in solid stream nozzle. you tell
them they can expect a "nozzle reaction" which in laymans terms
means:
Answer: the counter force to the force of water discharged from the
nozzle
◉ bouncing water off the inside walls of the nozzle bore to create a
fog pattern is called:
Answer: periphery deflection
◉ you figure pressure loss in a single line hose flowing at 350gpm to
be 45 psi. Then a coupling is added and the nozzle is taken to the 6th
floor of a burning structure. The friction loss for this new layout is
now:
Answer: 80psi
◉ using the hand method, the estimated friction loss for 300 feet of
2 1/2in hose at 200gpm is approximately:
