Fire Services Written Aptitude Test (Station Officer) - Hong Kong case studies
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The Fire Services Written Aptitude Test is the written stage that candidates for Station Officer (Operations) in the Hong Kong Fire Services Department must clear before progressing to physical, practical and interview stages. It is a screening instrument, not a qualification in its own right: passing it demonstrates that you can read, reason, calculate and make judgements at the level the role demands, and it earns you the right to be assessed further. The Fire Services Written Aptitude Test (Station Officer) - Hong Kong case studies are 5 cases and about 3,704 words.
1Relay pumping to a village factory fire
It is 14:20 on a hot, dry afternoon. You are the station officer commanding a pump ladder from a rural station.
780 words, about 4 min2Suspended platform rescue: anchor angles and haul force
At 10:05 you are the rescue sector commander at a 42-storey building under facade cleaning. A gondola has jammed at level 18.
712 words, about 4 min3High-rise residential fire: evacuation or defend-in-place
At 03:40 you arrive as the first station officer at a 28-storey residential block. Fire is reported on the 14th floor of a 26-storey tower.
785 words, about 4 min4Appliance cover and crewing under simultaneous incidents
You are the duty station officer at a station with one pump ladder (PL), one pump (P), one aerial ladder (AL) and one light rescue unit (LRU). On the day shift you have 22 operational staff: 6 qualified drivers, 3 BA instructors, 2 hazmat technicians, 4 aerial operators and 1 watch commander.
762 words, about 4 min5A Chinese-language complaint about fire safety
A resident sends this email in Chinese to your station's public enquiry address: 『我住喺永寧大廈12樓。昨晚約11點，我聞到好大陣煙味，走廊個消防喉轆箱好似被人鎖住，後樓梯又擺滿雜物，成日都係咁。我打去管理處，佢哋話「冇事嘅，之前都係咁」。我想問吓你哋幾時會嚟檢查？』 You are the station officer asked to draft a reply. The building is a 20-storey composite building with a licensed karaoke on the lower floors.
665 words, about 3 min