IAED EFD

No. The EFD is a fire discipline certification, while the EMD is the medical dispatch discipline. Each discipline has its own protocol content and its own certification path. If you hold more than one discipline, IAED's recertification CDE rules apply per discipline, with each additional discipline adding to your total requirement.

IAED does not publish question counts or time limits on its public site, and this page will not guess. Confirm the current format, item count, and timing with your agency's training officer or through the IAED learning portal before you schedule, since these details can change between revisions.

The passing standard is not stated in the public source material available here, so treat any specific percentage you hear secondhand with caution. Ask your training officer or check the current candidate information in the IAED learning portal. Prepare to a high standard rather than to a rumored cutoff.

Difficulty depends heavily on how well you know the fire protocol rather than on general knowledge. Candidates who have practiced case scenarios and can move through questioning sequences without hesitation generally find it manageable. Candidates who have only read the protocol once often struggle with determinant selection under time pressure.

Weak protocol recall under pressure. Typical failure modes are skipping required interrogation questions, choosing a determinant that does not match the answers given, and confusing similar chief complaints. Rote memorization without scenario practice tends to produce these errors, so rehearse full calls end to end.

Start with the overall protocol structure and the case entry questioning sequence, then work through each chief complaint and its determinant levels. Only after that should you drill timed scenarios. Finishing with full simulated calls, including dispatch decisions, exposes gaps that reading alone will not reveal.

Retake policy is not published in the source material reviewed here, so confirm it directly with IAED or your agency. The IAED learning portal has been rebuilt with new features including retest purchasing, which suggests retakes are handled through that portal. Verify cost and any waiting period before relying on a retake.

IAED announced new CDE caps: recertification for a single discipline is capped at 24 hours, each additional discipline is capped at 12 hours, and the maximum for multi-discipline certification is 48 hours. Recertification fees have not changed. Confirm your personal requirement in the portal, since it depends on how many disciplines you hold.

No. This is independent study material written for candidates preparing for the EFD credential. It is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by IAED, and it does not reproduce any official question bank. Always treat the current official protocol and IAED policy documents as authoritative over any third-party study guide.