FireTEAM Deductive Reasoning Flashcards

Probationary firefighters may not enter a burning structure alone. Lee is a probationary firefighter. Lee is about to enter alone. What should happen?

Answer: Lee must not enter alone

The prohibition is absolute for probationary firefighters; Lee must not enter alone.

Rescue 1 is faster than Rescue 2. Rescue 2 is faster than Rescue 3. Rescue 4 is slower than Rescue 3. Which unit arrives first?

Answer: Rescue 1

Rescue 1 is fastest since it is faster than 2, which is faster than 3, which is faster than 4.

If smoke is black and billowing, the fire is likely fuel-rich. The observed smoke is black and billowing. What is the likely conclusion?

Answer: The fire is fuel-rich

Black, billowing smoke matches the stated indicator of a fuel-rich fire.

A thermal imaging camera (TIC) requires a charged battery to function. The TIC battery is dead. What follows?

Answer: The TIC will not function

A dead battery means the necessary condition for function is absent, so the TIC will not function.

Every floor of the warehouse is searched before crews exit. Three floors have been searched. The warehouse has five floors. What must happen next?

Answer: Two more floors must be searched before exit

The rule requires all floors be searched; two floors remain, so they must be searched before exit.

Whenever temperature at the ceiling exceeds 600°F, flashover is imminent. The ceiling temperature is 650°F. What is true?

Answer: Flashover is imminent

650°F exceeds the 600°F threshold, so flashover is imminent per the stated rule.

Either the fire is in the attic or on the second floor, but not both. An investigation confirms it is not in the attic. Where is the fire?

Answer: The second floor

With an exclusive either/or and the attic ruled out, the fire must be on the second floor.