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Firefighter Practice Test
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1. When conducting an inspection of a home or business fire extinguisher, how high on the wall should the unit be placed?
2. You have arrived at the scene of a house fire. A neighbor is trying to give you information. What is the most important thing to find out?
3. The leading cause of home fires in the United States is cooking. In what room of a single-family house is a fire least likely to being?
4. What is the second major cause of residential fires in the United States?
5. What percentage of all fires in the United States are structural fires?
6. What is the primary cause of commercial fires?
7. How does response time impact flame spread?
8. What is the median response time for a structure fire?
9. You have just arrived on the scene of an accident. What is the first thing you should do?
10. What percent of fires are outdoor fires?
11. What is the primary type of protective device every crew should have available on the scene of a fire?
12. There is a fire in a multi-room building. You have been instructed to help stop the spread of the fire. What should you do?
13. Why are air masks so important to firefighters?
14. What percentage of structural fires are residential fires?
15. In what room in a single-family house is a fire most likely to start?
16. Secondary means of escape are required for classrooms, but not for bedrooms and living rooms in private houses.
17. What are the root causes of most cooking-related fires in the United States?
18. In which of the following circumstances is it okay to stretch a hoseline without taking care to not block a rescue attempt?
19. Which group of people is most at risk of dying in a fire?
20. An explosion has occurred. Which piece of evidence would indicate that the explosion was accidental?
21. Code requires new stair handrails to be at least 34 inches and no more than 38 inches above the surface of the tread.
22. According to code, what is the minimum required size of a new egress window?
23. A fire crew has arrived at the scene of a natural gas leak. There is no fire. What should they do after laying a line to handle any possible explosion?
24. Which action should a fire crew NOT take when responding to a natural gas leak?
25. What percent of fires are vehicle fires?