NFPA Firefighter I case studies

NFPA Firefighter I · Put your knowledge to work in context.

NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, is the National Fire Protection Association document that identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature. Its current edition is 2019, and the standard is listed by NFPA as Active. The NFPA Firefighter I case studies are 5 cases and about 3,877 words.

First-Due Engine: Line Selection, Water Supply, and the Search Decision

You are the officer of the first-arriving engine at 02:10. A two-story wood-frame single-family house, 30 by 40 feet, has heavy fire showing from a second-floor front window, with smoke pushing from the open front door on the first floor.

815 words, about 4 min 2

Air Management and the MAYDAY Decision Inside a Smoke-Filled Mercantile

You are the nozzle firefighter on a 1¾-inch line inside a 12,000-square-foot mercantile occupancy with heavy smoke down to the floor and zero visibility. Your 30-minute, 4,500-psi SCBA read 4,500 psi on entry; at 14:12, after 12 minutes of work, it reads 2,200 psi.

770 words, about 4 min 3

Second-Floor Victim at a Window: Ladder Rescue Without a Truck Company

You are on the first-arriving engine at 03:40 for a two-story wood-frame apartment building. A woman is at a second-floor front window shouting; smoke is pushing from the window above her head and from a side door on the first floor.

783 words, about 4 min 4

Post-Knockdown Ventilation in a Sprinkler-Controlled Restaurant Fire

You are the ventilation group supervisor at a single-story 6,000-square-foot restaurant fire. The fire began in a deep-fat fryer in the kitchen and the sprinkler system, which is flowing, has knocked it down.

738 words, about 4 min 5

Gasoline Tanker Rollover: Isolation, Foam Capability, and a Bystander With a Lighter

At 22:00 you arrive on a two-lane rural highway for a rolled tanker-trailer. The rig is on its side in a ditch; the tank is not breached, but a valve manifold is seeping gasoline onto the shoulder, and product is running toward a culvert that drains to a creek 300 feet away.

771 words, about 4 min