FDNY S12 TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Solid fueled fired heaters are required to be kept - ✔✔at least 10 feet from
combustible materials
✔✔Solid fueled fired heaters must be on what kind of platform? - ✔✔non-combustible
✔✔Records of what for solid fueled fired heaters should be available? - ✔✔carbon
monoxide readings
✔✔What must be provided through the floor that is being heated to the floor below? -
✔✔An escape hatch
✔✔The handling and use of coke and coke-fueled salamanders at construction
sites shall be under personal supervision of - ✔✔The C of F holder
✔✔How many coke-fueled salamanders may the C of F holder supervise? - ✔✔50
✔✔COF holder may not supervise the handling or use of coke or coke-fueled
salamanders that are located on more than how many floors? - ✔✔One
✔✔when may salamanders not being used be stored on site without a FDNY permit? -
✔✔when they are empty
✔✔Storage of solid fuel in buildings shall be orderly and in - ✔✔a non-combustible
Metal Storage bin.
✔✔Kerosene Forced Air Portable heater must only be in used - ✔✔When COF holder
present
✔✔Portable fueled space heaters shall be shut down and cool to the touch before -
✔✔refueling
✔✔Combustible liquid (e.g. Kerosene) storage areas must be provided with a hazard
identification sign that complies with the requirements of - ✔✔NFPA Standard 704.
✔✔Tanks and containers for storage of flammable liquids shall be marked with - ✔✔the
name of the product which they contain.
✔✔Tanks and containers for storage of flammable liquids shall be marked with the
words: - ✔✔FLAMMABLE—KEEP FIRE AND FLAME AWAY.
, ✔✔Tanks shall bear the marking: - ✔✔KEEP 50 FEET FROM BUILDINGS.
✔✔The handling, use and dispensing of flammable and combustible liquids shall be -
✔✔under the personal supervision of a C of F holder.
✔✔It shall be unlawful to store flammable and combustible liquids in containers
(e.g. metal drums) with individual capacity greater than - ✔✔60 gallons.
✔✔It shall be unlawful to store flammable and combustible liquids in - ✔✔portable
tanks, intermediate bulk containers and fiber drums.
✔✔Kerosene is brought to the floor then transferred to approved safety cans with a
maximum capacity of - ✔✔five gallons
✔✔Discharge devices shall be of a type that does not develop - ✔✔an internal pressure
on the container
✔✔Fuel for equipment at construction sites shall be stored in - ✔✔an approved outdoor
area
✔✔Fuel for equipments at construction sites shall be moved in - ✔✔approved METAL
containers
✔✔METAL containers not to exceed - ✔✔5 gallons
✔✔METAL containers cap must be fitted with - ✔✔spout designed to allow volatile
flammable liquid to be poured without spilling
✔✔Containers filled with motor fuel at a motor fuel dispensing facility are only allowed to
have a maximum individual capacity of - ✔✔2.5 gallons
✔✔metal containers having a capacity greater than 2.5 gallons and up to 5 gallons can
be only filled at a construction site - ✔✔from temporary tanks
✔✔Motor fuel liquids in portable containers shall not be dispensed into - ✔✔portable
tanks or cargo tanks.
✔✔Portable containers shall not be filled while inside the - ✔✔trunk, passenger
compartment or truck bed of a vehicle or upon a watercraft.
✔✔Positive-displacement pumps shall be provided with pressure relief discharging back
to the tank, pump suction or other approved location, or shall be provided with -
✔✔interlocks to prevent overpressure.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Solid fueled fired heaters are required to be kept - ✔✔at least 10 feet from
combustible materials
✔✔Solid fueled fired heaters must be on what kind of platform? - ✔✔non-combustible
✔✔Records of what for solid fueled fired heaters should be available? - ✔✔carbon
monoxide readings
✔✔What must be provided through the floor that is being heated to the floor below? -
✔✔An escape hatch
✔✔The handling and use of coke and coke-fueled salamanders at construction
sites shall be under personal supervision of - ✔✔The C of F holder
✔✔How many coke-fueled salamanders may the C of F holder supervise? - ✔✔50
✔✔COF holder may not supervise the handling or use of coke or coke-fueled
salamanders that are located on more than how many floors? - ✔✔One
✔✔when may salamanders not being used be stored on site without a FDNY permit? -
✔✔when they are empty
✔✔Storage of solid fuel in buildings shall be orderly and in - ✔✔a non-combustible
Metal Storage bin.
✔✔Kerosene Forced Air Portable heater must only be in used - ✔✔When COF holder
present
✔✔Portable fueled space heaters shall be shut down and cool to the touch before -
✔✔refueling
✔✔Combustible liquid (e.g. Kerosene) storage areas must be provided with a hazard
identification sign that complies with the requirements of - ✔✔NFPA Standard 704.
✔✔Tanks and containers for storage of flammable liquids shall be marked with - ✔✔the
name of the product which they contain.
✔✔Tanks and containers for storage of flammable liquids shall be marked with the
words: - ✔✔FLAMMABLE—KEEP FIRE AND FLAME AWAY.
, ✔✔Tanks shall bear the marking: - ✔✔KEEP 50 FEET FROM BUILDINGS.
✔✔The handling, use and dispensing of flammable and combustible liquids shall be -
✔✔under the personal supervision of a C of F holder.
✔✔It shall be unlawful to store flammable and combustible liquids in containers
(e.g. metal drums) with individual capacity greater than - ✔✔60 gallons.
✔✔It shall be unlawful to store flammable and combustible liquids in - ✔✔portable
tanks, intermediate bulk containers and fiber drums.
✔✔Kerosene is brought to the floor then transferred to approved safety cans with a
maximum capacity of - ✔✔five gallons
✔✔Discharge devices shall be of a type that does not develop - ✔✔an internal pressure
on the container
✔✔Fuel for equipment at construction sites shall be stored in - ✔✔an approved outdoor
area
✔✔Fuel for equipments at construction sites shall be moved in - ✔✔approved METAL
containers
✔✔METAL containers not to exceed - ✔✔5 gallons
✔✔METAL containers cap must be fitted with - ✔✔spout designed to allow volatile
flammable liquid to be poured without spilling
✔✔Containers filled with motor fuel at a motor fuel dispensing facility are only allowed to
have a maximum individual capacity of - ✔✔2.5 gallons
✔✔metal containers having a capacity greater than 2.5 gallons and up to 5 gallons can
be only filled at a construction site - ✔✔from temporary tanks
✔✔Motor fuel liquids in portable containers shall not be dispensed into - ✔✔portable
tanks or cargo tanks.
✔✔Portable containers shall not be filled while inside the - ✔✔trunk, passenger
compartment or truck bed of a vehicle or upon a watercraft.
✔✔Positive-displacement pumps shall be provided with pressure relief discharging back
to the tank, pump suction or other approved location, or shall be provided with -
✔✔interlocks to prevent overpressure.
