FDNY Firefighter case studies
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The FDNY Firefighter exam is the written entry route to a career as a New York City firefighter, administered through the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) hiring process. It is intended for candidates seeking an entry-level Firefighter position with the Fire Department of the City of New York. The FDNY Firefighter case studies are 5 cases and about 3,737 words.
1Filling a Riding Position Under Battalion Notice 24-11
You are a newly assigned firefighter at Engine 214, a four-firefighter engine company. At 07:40 the company is dispatched on a mutual-aid response, leaving the quarters staffed by you and three others.
746 words, about 4 min2Company Journal Entry After a Contained Kitchen Fire
At 03:12 you respond as the nozzle firefighter of Engine 214 to a reported fire in a two-story private dwelling at 47-22 Ketcham Street. On arrival, light smoke shows from a first-floor window.
727 words, about 4 min3Ninety-Second Building Card Drill on Linden Boulevard
At 08:00 your lieutenant hands out a building card for 210-14 Linden Boulevard and gives the company 90 seconds to study it before the cards are collected. The card reads: Four-story, 60-foot-by-40-foot ordinary-construction multiple dwelling, built 1928, 16 apartments, no sprinkler, no standpipe.
752 words, about 4 min4Automatic Alarm at St. Aidan's School
At 14:20 on a Tuesday in October, Engine 214 and Ladder 118 are dispatched to an automatic fire alarm at St. Aidan's School, a three-story brick school built in 1952 with a full basement, no sprinklers, and a single open stair in the center of the building.
694 words, about 3 min5First-Arriving Engine at 5th Avenue and Pine Street
At 02:05, Engine 214 is the first-arriving engine at a fire in a two-story taxpayer at the corner of 5th Avenue and Pine Street. You approach northbound on 5th Avenue from the south.
818 words, about 4 min