S-215 TEST STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ What defines SOP's and may limit the activities in which firefighters
in interface activities may engage. Answer: Agency policies
⩥ Name ways to safely position fire apparatus. Answer: Facing towards
escape route, avoid blocking escape routes, avoid parking next to heavy
brush
⩥ List the interface unique hazards in the interface in relation to
traditional wildland firefighting. Answer: Structure protection, civilian
life safety, hazardous materials,
⩥ Definition of a TRA. Answer: A pre identified area where firefighters
can immediately take refure for temporary shelter and short term relief
without deploying their shelters
⩥ Definition of a safety zone. Answer: A pre identified area where
firefighters can take refuge without deploying their shelters
⩥ Definition of deployment site. Answer: An area where firefighters can
deploy their fire shelters
, ⩥ List and understand key factors that can impair decision making.
Answer: Distraught homeowners, business owners that are negatively
impacted by the fire, firefighters with a local connection to the fire or the
area that it is burning
⩥ List many different items to consider and identify while completing
pre incident planning for WUI incidents. Answer: Escape routes for
civilians, trigger points for evacuations, evacuation protocols
⩥ Identify at least 1 resource to gain pre planing information. Answer:
Community wildifire protection plan
⩥ Know and understand 4 structure triage categories. Answer: Prep and
hold, standalone, prep and leave, rescue drive by
⩥ Understand factors that can affect your triage decision on a structure.
Answer: Fuels, weather, terrain
⩥ Know items that are a part of a size up on an interface incident.
Answer: Note the locations of safety zones and escape routes.
• Note the number, arrangement, and types of structures.
• Are structures safely defensible?
• Are water supplies available?
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ What defines SOP's and may limit the activities in which firefighters
in interface activities may engage. Answer: Agency policies
⩥ Name ways to safely position fire apparatus. Answer: Facing towards
escape route, avoid blocking escape routes, avoid parking next to heavy
brush
⩥ List the interface unique hazards in the interface in relation to
traditional wildland firefighting. Answer: Structure protection, civilian
life safety, hazardous materials,
⩥ Definition of a TRA. Answer: A pre identified area where firefighters
can immediately take refure for temporary shelter and short term relief
without deploying their shelters
⩥ Definition of a safety zone. Answer: A pre identified area where
firefighters can take refuge without deploying their shelters
⩥ Definition of deployment site. Answer: An area where firefighters can
deploy their fire shelters
, ⩥ List and understand key factors that can impair decision making.
Answer: Distraught homeowners, business owners that are negatively
impacted by the fire, firefighters with a local connection to the fire or the
area that it is burning
⩥ List many different items to consider and identify while completing
pre incident planning for WUI incidents. Answer: Escape routes for
civilians, trigger points for evacuations, evacuation protocols
⩥ Identify at least 1 resource to gain pre planing information. Answer:
Community wildifire protection plan
⩥ Know and understand 4 structure triage categories. Answer: Prep and
hold, standalone, prep and leave, rescue drive by
⩥ Understand factors that can affect your triage decision on a structure.
Answer: Fuels, weather, terrain
⩥ Know items that are a part of a size up on an interface incident.
Answer: Note the locations of safety zones and escape routes.
• Note the number, arrangement, and types of structures.
• Are structures safely defensible?
• Are water supplies available?
