National Firefighter Ability Tests And the National Firefighter Questionnaire

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1 Ntionl Firefighter Aility Tests An the Ntionl Firefighter Questionnire PREPARATION AND PRACTICE BOOKLET Setion One: Introution There re three tests n questionnire tht mke up the NFA Tests session, these re the: Working with Numers Test. This is time test tht lsts 45 minutes. Firefighters nee to e le to mke si mthemtil lultions, e.g. for interpreting guges or lulting how muh hose is neee t fire. This test will exmine these ilities. Unerstning Informtion Test. This is time test tht lsts 30 minutes. It ssesses your ility to unerstn n interpret the type of written informtion tht you my ommonly ome ross s Firefighter. Situtionl Awreness n Prolem Solving Test. This is time test tht will lst 35 minutes. This test is esigne to ssess your ility to ensure the sfety of yourself n others n your ility to use informtion to solve prolems. Ntionl Firefighter Questionnire. There is no time limit for ompletion of this questionnire, ut most people omplete it in roun 40 minutes. This questionnire provies ojetive, fir n relevnt informtion on the key skills, ttriutes n personl qulities neee to eome suessful Firefighter. The tests re ojetive, fir n relevnt informtion on the key Personl Qulities n Attriutes (PQAs) neee to eome suessful Firefighter. Eh test is ssesse seprtely, ut will e looke t together to form n overll mesure of your suitility to eome Firefighter. Setion Two: Prepring for the NFA tests Generl Preprtion In prtiulr, hek tht you know: the te, time n lotion of the testing session (these will e etile on your invittion letter); n the time it will tke you to get to the venue n the trvel rrngements you nee to mke. If you hve ny speil requirements, plese ensure tht you hve informe the [ontt nme n ontt etils] in plenty of time prior to the event, so tht the neessry rrngements n e me. Complete the Prtie Questions In this ooklet there re prtie questions for eh of the NFA Tests. These re exmples of the sort of questions tht you will e ske. On The Dy You o not nee to ring pper, penils, lultors or ny other equipment s everything you nee will e provie for you. Plese note, you will not e permitte to use lultors for the purpose of the Working with Numers test.

2 Mke sure tht you re physilly omfortle efore the test session strts (visit the toilet, hve rink of wter, mke sure tht you hve eten something et.) During the Test Session The session will run for out 3 hours in totl n will involve ompleting the NFA Tests long with the Ntionl Firefighter Questionnire (NFQ). You will e given five minute rek etween the ssessments. Any instrutions you nee will e re y the Aministrtor n will lso e shown in your question ooklets. Do not strt the tests until you hve een instrute to o so, n you re ler out wht you re oing. At the strt of eh ssessment you will e given one exmple question. Follow the instrutions for these s they will e goo prtie for the ssessment itself. Setion Three: How to use the question ooklets n nswer sheets During the test session you will e given question ooklet n seprte nswer sheet for eh of the tests. Your Aministrtor will re the instrutions lou. You will then hve the opportunity to go through prtie senrio n questions efore strting the time test. Answering the questions When responing to the questions: You shoul only use the informtion provie to nswer the questions. Your nswer pper will e mrke using Optil Mrking Reognition. To ensure your nswers re pike up orretly y the snner plese re the following informtion refully: Choose the orret nswer from the four nswers given n inite it on the nswer sheet. Fill the entire irle tht orrespons to your nswer pressing own hr on the pper to mke s rk mrk s possile. If you mke mistke or hnge your min n eie on nother option plese erse the mistke n fill the irle tht orrespons to your revise nswer. Ensure tht the mistke is ompletely erse, n NOT s shown elow If more thn one irle is fille n there is no inition tht you hve ttempte to show one is inorret you will reeive no mrks for tht question. Eh nswer sheet will look like the exmple shown elow. All nswer sheets will hve similr formt. On the left of eh set of response irles is numer. During the tests you shoul ensure tht this numer orrespons to the numer of the question you re nswering.

3 Setion Four: Prtie questions for the Working with Numers Test Overview of the Working with Numers Test This is time test tht lsts 45 minutes. Firefighters nee to e le to mke si mthemtil lultions, e.g. for interpreting guges or lulting how muh hose is neee t fire. You will e presente with numer of senrios tht will show numeril informtion in vriety of formts from grphs to guges. For eh senrio you will e ske questions with multiple hoie nswers. On the y, you will not e llowe lultor for the test ut you will e provie with pper for your rough workings. Prtie Questions There re series of prtie senrios n questions on the following pges. When you hve omplete the prtie questions you n hek your nswers ginst those provie in Setion 8 of this ooklet. Prtie Senrio 1: Clening the sttion You ve een ske to len the floors of three rooms in your fire sttion: the trining room; the nteen; n the hnging re. A floor pln with the floor spe of eh room is shown elow. In orer to len the floor you hve uket tht ontins enough lening flui for floor spe of 20m 2.

4 Floor pln Trining Room 100m 2 Cnteen 60m 2 Chnging Are 30m 2 Plese nswer the following questions using the informtion ove 1. Wht is the totl re of the floors you hve een ske to len? 130m² 160m² 210m² 190m² 2. How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the trining room floor?

5 3. How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the nteen n the hnging re floors? Setion Five: Prtie Questions for the Unerstning Informtion Test This setion ontins the instrutions n prtie questions for the NFA Unerstning Informtion Test. It will help you fmilirise yourself with the NFA Unerstning Informtion Test, so tht you feel omfortle with the type n style of questions. The prtie questions provie re relisti exmples of the sorts of questions you will e ske ut re not the tul questions you will see on the ssessment y. Overview of the Unerstning Informtion Test This is time test tht lsts 35 minutes. It ssesses your ility to unerstn n interpret the type of written informtion tht you my ommonly ome ross s Firefighter. You will e presente with numer of senrios; the formt of the senrio will vry n my, for exmple, e presente s memo, newsletter or sfety informtion. Eh senrio is followe y numer of multiple hoie questions tht you shoul nswer using the informtion ontine in the senrio lone. Rememer, when responing to the questions: You shoul only use the informtion provie in the senrio to nswer the questions. Choose the orret nswer from the four nswers given n inite it y filling in the entire irle tht orrespons to your nswer. Press own hr on the pper to mke s rk mrk s possile. Prtie Questions There re series of prtie senrios n questions on the following pges. These re provie for you to fmilirise yourself with the style n ontent of this test n to prtie the kins of questions you will see in the tul test. When you hve omplete the prtie questions you n hek your nswers ginst those provie in Setion 8.

6 Prtie Senrio 1: Fire Sfety t Home After fire in the home If someone experienes fire in their home there re numer of things they shoul onsier fter the fire hs een put out y the Fire n Resue Servie. Fire Sfety in the Home 1. Aoring to the rtile: It my e tht the home is no longer seure euse oors or winows hve een mge. If this is the se, winows my nee to e ore up or oors my nee to e reple. The polie or lol ounil my e le to provie nmes of ompnies tht n rry out this work. It my lso e goo ie to remove vlules n importnt ouments from the home until the home is me ompletely seure. Another tsk to onsier is the lening up of the home. Furniture shoul e wipe own n left to ry. Wlls n eilings n e lene with wshing up liqui. Sometimes speilist lening firms n e hire to ssist the homeowner. Fire mge n ffet the seurity of home The insurne ompny will wnt to see n urte fire report The lol ounil will rry out work to mke home seure fter fire Homeowners shoul lwys onsult speilist lening firm fter fire 2. The rtile suggests tht: All oors shoul e me from fire resistnt mteril Vlules n ouments my e t risk in home with fire mge winows or oors Bore up winows re more seure thn norml winows Wlls n eilings shoul only e lene with wshing up liqui

7 3. Whih one of the following sttements is flse? The polie n lol ounil my know ompnies who n repir mge winows or oors Speilist lening firms my e le to help the owner of fire mge home Furniture shoul e wipe own n polishe immeitely The homeowner my nee to o numer of things if they experiene fire in their home Setion Six: Prtie Questions for the Situtionl Awreness n Prolem Solving Test Overview of the Situtionl Awreness n Prolem Solving Test This test is esigne to ssess your ility to ensure the sfety of yourself n others n your ility to use informtion to solve prolems. In the testing session you will e presente with 30 senrios n you will hve 35 minutes to omplete the test. For eh senrio, you will e ske to hoose wht your most likely response woul e seleting from 4 lterntive nswers. At times it my e iffiult to hoose ut you nee to nswer ll questions. No speifi trining or knowlege is neee to nswer the questions. You shoul re eh senrio refully n eie wht you woul o using only the informtion provie in the senrio. Prtie Questions There re series of prtie senrios n questions on the following pges. These re provie for you to fmilirise yourself with the style n ontent of this test n to prtie the kins of questions you will see in the tul test. When you hve omplete the prtie questions you n hek your nswers ginst those provie in Setion You re lle to ro trffi ient where r hs rshe into tree. There is polie offier t the sene. A young girl hs een resue from the r y psser-y, n is very upset. Her fther n mother re still trppe n seriously injure. It will tke ll of your tem to resue the mother n fther quikly. Wht o you o? Leve the hil n onentrte on resuing the prents in the r s they re most t risk. Fous on omforting the hil while my ollegues resue the prents. Ask the polie offier to omfort the hil, while I help my tem resue the prents in the r. Put the hil in the fire engine so tht she is sfe n then help my tem resue the prents in the r

8 2. You tten fire in n ol lok of flts. While fighting the fire insie the uiling you notie tht there is lot of wter uiling up in the entre of the lok, while rooms ner the outsie wlls ontin fr less wter. The eiling is lso strting to fll own. Wht o you o? Continue to fight the fire n o not worry out the wter. Lrge mounts of wter re lwys neessry to fight fire Inform my mnger of this informtion so tht they n ssess the risk of the uiling ollpsing Keep fighting the fire ut voi the eep wter t the entre of the uiling. Ol uilings generlly sg in the mile It is not unusul for prts of the eiling to fll own in fire. I woul tke re tht nothing flls on me. 3. You re t lrge ftory fire tht you re helping to put out. Your mnger tells you to use your hose to put wter on the fire in prtiulr re. You o s you re instrute, ut fter while the fire eomes more intense in nother re nery. Wht woul you o? Put the wter where the fire is more intense. Keep putting the wter on the sme re n keep n eye on where the fire is getting stronger. If it ontinues to get stronger I will tell my mnger. Keep putting the wter on the sme re euse I ve een tol to o it like this y my mnger. Stop wht I m oing n go to fin my mnger to sk him wht I shoul o. Setion Seven: Prtie Questions for Ntionl Firefighter Questionnire (NFQ) This setion ontins the instrutions n prtie questions for the NFQ. The instrutions re shown s they will tully e presente to you. The prtie questions re relisti exmples of the sorts of questions you will e ske. They hve een provie for you to fmilirise yourself with the style of NFQ questions. The NFQ is esigne to provie informtion out your personl style n ehviour. Your responses to the questionnire will e onsiere longsie other informtion from the seletion proess to help us eie if you re suite to eoming Firefighter. Eh question in the questionnire onsists of sttement together with rting sle on the ompnying nswer sheet. You re ske to eie how strongly you gree or isgree with eh sttement y filling the entire irle tht orrespons to your nswer pressing own hr on the pper to mke s rk mrk s possile. if you strongly isgree with sttement; if you isgree; if you neither gree nor isgree;

9 Strongly isgree Disgree Neither gree nor isgree Agree Strongly gree if you gree; or e if you strongly gree. Look t the exmple elow. E1. I try to hek tht I hve omplete tsks properly In the exmple, the person hs strongly gree with the sttement I try to hek tht I hve omplete tsks properly If you mke mistke or hnge your min n eie on nother option plese erse the mistke n fill the irle tht orrespons to your revise nswer. Plese rememer the following when you re ompleting the questionnire: You shoul nswer the questions honestly n give the response tht esries you est. Answer the questions in orer n mke sure you on t miss ny out. Don t spen too long thinking out ny one question give the response tht feels nturl to you. When nswering the questions you shoul try not to use the mile irle unless you hve to. Prtie Questions 1. It gives me plesure to work with other people. A B C D E 2. I m unomfortle when people re trete unfirly. A B C D E 3. I ten not to get istrte when I m fe A B C D E with tight eline. Setion Eight: Answers to the Prtie Questions NFA Working with Numers Test

10 Q1. Answer 100m m m 2 = 190m 2 Q2. Answer 100m 2 / 20 = 5 Q3. Answer 60m m 2 = 90m 2, 90m 2 / 20m 2 = 4.5 = 5 ukets NFA Unerstning Informtion Test Q1. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, It my e tht the home is no longer seure euse of oors or winows tht hve een mge. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion in the extrt. Q2. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, It my lso e goo ie to remove vlules n importnt ouments from the home until it hs een me ompletely seure. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion in the extrt. Q3. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, Another tsk to onsier is the lening up of the home. Furniture shoul e wipe own n left to ry No suggestion is given tht this shoul e one immeitely. Therefore sttement C is flse. The remining sttements re supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. NFA Situtionl Awreness n Prolem Solving Test Q1. Answer In this sitution your priority is to resue those people most t risk from hrm, the mother n fther. Asking polie offier to omfort the hil n helping your tem to resue the prents is the est thing to o. Q2. Answer There my e nger of the uiling ollpsing. The sfety of yourself n your tem is essentil; this shoul e rought to the ttention of your line mnger urgently. Q3. Answer There my e times when rpily hnging onitions men tht Firefighter hs to use his / her own inititive to mke sitution sfe. Chnging where the wter is put, to where the fire is most intense is the est nswer. Setion Nine: Frequently ske questions Some of the most frequently ske questions out the NFA Tests n their nswers re given elow. Q: How re the tests sore? A: In eh of the tests, you will get one mrk for eh orret response. Mrks re not eute for wrong nswers. For eh question, there is only one orret nswer. While the ssessments re sore iniviully, your performne on ll the ssessments re looke t together n use to eie whether you hve the neessry skills n qulities to progress to the next stge of the Firefighter seletion proess. Q: Will I get feek on my results? A: Yes. Following your testing session you will reeive letter informing you of whether you hve een suessful t this stge of the proess or not. Regrless of whether you hve een epte onto the next stge of the proess you will lso reeive written feek. This will explin wht the ssessments were mesuring, provie you with n inition of how you performe n wht this mens in terms of your strengths n potentil res for evelopment.