CPS Firefighter case studies
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The CPS HR Consulting firefighter examination is an entry-level written test that public fire agencies - cities, counties, and fire districts - use to screen applicants for firefighter recruit positions. Candidates rarely register with CPS HR for a single open test date. Instead, they apply to a recruiting agency, and that agency schedules the written exam as one step in a longer process that can also include a physical ability test, an oral board, a background investigation, and a medical evaluation. Because CPS HR builds examinations around each client's specifications, item counts, time limits, passing scores, and the weight given to each content area are set agency by agency. The CPS Firefighter case studies are 5 cases and about 4,018 words.
1Hydrant #217: Applying SOP 14.3 Under Time Pressure
The crew is 8 days into a 180-day hydrant inspection cycle when they reach hydrant #217. Department SOP 14.3 reads: 'Each hydrant is inspected once every 180 days.
688 words, about 3 min2Tanker Shuttle Math: Does 400 gpm Actually Arrive?
At 09:40, a rural two-story dwelling is burning with no hydrant within 3 miles. The incident commander sets a required fire flow of 400 gpm and orders a tanker shuttle.
709 words, about 4 min3Pump Rattling and a Flattening Hard Suction
Engine 3 is drafting from a farm pond through two lengths of hard suction, with the strainer resting in about 10 inches of water roughly 3 feet from a silt bank. With two 1¾-inch handlines flowing, the operator holds 150 psi at the panel.
826 words, about 4 min4Probationary Report, Veteran Shortcut, Inspection in Three Days
You are the acting lieutenant on C-shift, covering a lieutenant on leave. At 19:20, probationary firefighter Ramos, four months on the job, asks to speak privately.
923 words, about 5 min5Size-Up at 418 Maple Street: Details That Contradict the Story
At 02:14 you arrive first due at 418 Maple Street: a two-story wood-frame dwelling, about 60 by 40 feet, with a pitched asphalt-shingle roof. Smoke pushes from two second-floor windows on Side A; the left window shows a dull orange glow at the sill.
872 words, about 4 min