FIREFIGHTER 1 PRACTICE TEST 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS 2026/2027
1. Which is one of the keys to improving a firefighter's physical health?
A. Gender/ethnic background
B. Fire Service traditions
C. Health screening
D. Union involvement -ANSWER-C
National Fire Protection Association 1001 is the:
A. Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications.
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades.
C. Standard for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Programs.
D. Standard for Blood Borne Pathogen Training. -ANSWER-A
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified?
A. In the AMA publication, "Specifications for Industrial Fitness"
B. NFPA 1582
C. NFPA 1001
D. NFPA 1500 -ANSWER-B
1. Each firefighter accident or injury must be thoroughly investigated for
two reasons. One is to determine why it happened and the other is to:
A. determine its classification under the S.I.M.P.L.E. system.
,B. preclude any civil liability situation should it happen again.
C. determine whether or not a de-facto feasance occurred.
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future. -ANSWER-D
Information on the training and performance qualifications for
firefighters is located in which National Fire Protection Association
Standard?
A. NFPA 1001 B. NFPA 1002
C. NFPA 1500 D. NFPA 1401 -ANSWER-A
6. What is an alerting system for a staffed fire station?
A. Knox box
C. Duplex System
B. Fax machine
D. Radio with alert tone -ANSWER-D
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels,
fireground operations should be:
A. on multi-channels also.
B. run by cell phone so as not to tie up the radio.
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
D. on the original dispatch channel only. -ANSWER-C
8. What is another term for communications center dispatchers'?
A. Gall originators
C. Public interface officials
B. Telecommunicators
,D. Signals technicians -ANSWER-B
9. Telecommunication Device and Teletype are:
A. location finders on so-called smart, enhanced 9-1-1.
B. routers that allow calling the 9-1-1 system in another city.
C. devices to help hearing-impaired people use telephones.
D. chips that go into PDAs and PCs respectively, to allow them to call 9-1-
1. -ANSWER-C
10. What should be on the mind of a firefighter who answers the
telephone in a fire department facility?
A. That the firefighter is a representative of the fire department
B. To be brief, so that the incoming phone line will be open to receive
emergency calls
C. Obtain all information; then hang up first to avoid tying up the phone
line.
D. Leaving the person on hold for as long as it takes to relay and verify
information received -
ANSWER-A
11. The standardized term used to signal the immediate need to clear the
radio and transmit critical information is.
A. Emergency Traffic.
C. Signal 2.
B. 10-99.
D. Critical Alert. -ANSWER-A
12. What should call-takers do if a call comes in that is about issues not
handled by the fire department?
, A. Try to direct the caller to the appropriate agency, even providing
contact information, if available.
B. Take the caller's information and advise them that this is a non-criminal
offense for which there will be a small fine.
C. Quickly and politely tell the caller this is not a fire department issue and
hang up to free up the line.
D. Transfer the call immediately to the recording for inappropriate calls. -
ANSWER-A
13. First arriving companies broadcast______reports to incoming units.
A. arrival B. urgent C. status D. select -ANSWER-A
14. The only time the_____callout is used is in a situation where there is
immediate danger to the lives of firefighters.
A. attention B. emergency traffic C. urgent traffic D. mayday -ANSWER-D
15. A trunked digital radio system allows:
A. only one agency on the system.
B. different agencies on different systems.
C. different agencies on the same system.
D. fewer users to communicate. -ANSWER-C
16. Radio signals are either:
A. simple or duplex.
C. simple or complex.
B. analog or digital.
D. private or public. -ANSWER-B
PASS 2026/2027
1. Which is one of the keys to improving a firefighter's physical health?
A. Gender/ethnic background
B. Fire Service traditions
C. Health screening
D. Union involvement -ANSWER-C
National Fire Protection Association 1001 is the:
A. Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications.
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades.
C. Standard for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Programs.
D. Standard for Blood Borne Pathogen Training. -ANSWER-A
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified?
A. In the AMA publication, "Specifications for Industrial Fitness"
B. NFPA 1582
C. NFPA 1001
D. NFPA 1500 -ANSWER-B
1. Each firefighter accident or injury must be thoroughly investigated for
two reasons. One is to determine why it happened and the other is to:
A. determine its classification under the S.I.M.P.L.E. system.
,B. preclude any civil liability situation should it happen again.
C. determine whether or not a de-facto feasance occurred.
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future. -ANSWER-D
Information on the training and performance qualifications for
firefighters is located in which National Fire Protection Association
Standard?
A. NFPA 1001 B. NFPA 1002
C. NFPA 1500 D. NFPA 1401 -ANSWER-A
6. What is an alerting system for a staffed fire station?
A. Knox box
C. Duplex System
B. Fax machine
D. Radio with alert tone -ANSWER-D
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels,
fireground operations should be:
A. on multi-channels also.
B. run by cell phone so as not to tie up the radio.
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
D. on the original dispatch channel only. -ANSWER-C
8. What is another term for communications center dispatchers'?
A. Gall originators
C. Public interface officials
B. Telecommunicators
,D. Signals technicians -ANSWER-B
9. Telecommunication Device and Teletype are:
A. location finders on so-called smart, enhanced 9-1-1.
B. routers that allow calling the 9-1-1 system in another city.
C. devices to help hearing-impaired people use telephones.
D. chips that go into PDAs and PCs respectively, to allow them to call 9-1-
1. -ANSWER-C
10. What should be on the mind of a firefighter who answers the
telephone in a fire department facility?
A. That the firefighter is a representative of the fire department
B. To be brief, so that the incoming phone line will be open to receive
emergency calls
C. Obtain all information; then hang up first to avoid tying up the phone
line.
D. Leaving the person on hold for as long as it takes to relay and verify
information received -
ANSWER-A
11. The standardized term used to signal the immediate need to clear the
radio and transmit critical information is.
A. Emergency Traffic.
C. Signal 2.
B. 10-99.
D. Critical Alert. -ANSWER-A
12. What should call-takers do if a call comes in that is about issues not
handled by the fire department?
, A. Try to direct the caller to the appropriate agency, even providing
contact information, if available.
B. Take the caller's information and advise them that this is a non-criminal
offense for which there will be a small fine.
C. Quickly and politely tell the caller this is not a fire department issue and
hang up to free up the line.
D. Transfer the call immediately to the recording for inappropriate calls. -
ANSWER-A
13. First arriving companies broadcast______reports to incoming units.
A. arrival B. urgent C. status D. select -ANSWER-A
14. The only time the_____callout is used is in a situation where there is
immediate danger to the lives of firefighters.
A. attention B. emergency traffic C. urgent traffic D. mayday -ANSWER-D
15. A trunked digital radio system allows:
A. only one agency on the system.
B. different agencies on different systems.
C. different agencies on the same system.
D. fewer users to communicate. -ANSWER-C
16. Radio signals are either:
A. simple or duplex.
C. simple or complex.
B. analog or digital.
D. private or public. -ANSWER-B
