Stock Fire Service Exams

  • 100 items; 1 hour 40 minute time limit.

    • Reading Comprehension

    • Math Ability

    • Teamwork and Customer Service

    • Mechanical Aptitude

    • Map Reading

    We have FOUR alternate forms for the Entry Firefighter test. These test forms are based on a common test item bank (F-201 A, B, C, D).

    This test is designed to assist agencies to select candidates for entry to a fire academy. For those agencies that require candidates to possess a Firefighter I certificate before testing, see Skilled Firefighter.

  • 100 items; 2 hour time limit.

    • Essentials of Firefighting IFSTA, 8th Edition (2024), Part 1

    • Brannigan’s Building Construction For the Fire Service. NFPA, 6th Edition (2021)

    • Hazardous Materials for First Responders. IFSTA, 6th Edition (2022)

    • Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Pollack, A. N., Ed., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 12th Edition (2021)

    The Skilled Firefighter test is designed to assist agencies to select candidates who already possess a Firefighter I certification.

    For agencies that will send candidates to a fire academy, see our Entry Firefighter test.

  • 25 items; 30 minute time limit

    • EMS Field Guide, BLS Version, 10th Edition (2025)

    Add this to our Skilled Firefighter test at no additional fee.

  • 50 items; 1 hour time limit

    • EMS Field Guide, BLS Version, 10th Edition (2025)

    • EMS Field Guide, ALS Version, 21st Edition (2024)

    Add this to any stock test at no additional fee.

    Paramedic protocols vary across agencies, therefore we recommend that agency subject matter experts review and select those items from this pool that reflect local protocols.

  • 100 items; 2 hour 20 minute time limit.

    • Hydraulic problems, based on Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver / Operator Handbook. IFSTA, 4th Edition (2024)

    • Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver / Operator Handbook. IFSTA, 4th Edition (2024)

    • Essentials of Firefighting IFSTA, 8th Edition (2024), Part 1

    • Emergency Response Guidebook. U.S. Department of Transportation (2024)

  • F-761 California

    100 items; 2 hour time limit.

    • Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer. IFSTA, 6th Edition (2019)

    • Structural Fire Fighting: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics. IFSTA, 3rd Edition (2022)

    • Firescope California: Fire Service Field Operations Guide. ICS 420-1. Incident Command System Publication (2022).

    • Pocket Guide to the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act. California Public Employee Relations, 5th Edition (2019).

    F-762, Outside of California

    100 items; 2 hour time limit.

    • Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer. IFSTA, 6th Edition (2019)

    • Structural Fire Fighting: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics. IFSTA, 3rd Edition (2022)

    • National Incident Management System (NIMS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2017)

  • F-572, California

    90 items; 1 hour 45 minutes

    • Managing Fire and Emergency Services. Thiel, A.K. and Jennings, C.R. ICMA. 1st. Edition (2012)

    • Fire Officer’s Handbook of Tactics. Norman, J., PennWell Publishing Co., 5th Edition (2019)

    • Incident Command, ICS 420-1. Firescope California: Fire Service Field Operations Guide, ICS 420-1. Incident Command System Publication (2022)

    F-762, Outside of California

    90 items; 1 hour 45 minutes

    • Managing Fire and Emergency Services. Thiel, A.K. and Jennings, C.R. ICMA. 1st. Edition (2012)

    • Fire Officer’s Handbook of Tactics. Norman, J., PennWell Publishing Co., 5th Edition (2019)

    • National Incident Management System (NIMS). U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2017)

  • 100 items; 2 hour time limit.

    • Introduction to Fire Origin and Cause. IFSTA, 4th Edition (2013)

    • Fire Inspection and Code Enforcement. IFSTA, 9th Edition (2023)

    • Brannigan’s Building Construction For the Fire Service. NFPA, 6th Edition (2021)

    • Customer Service