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Emergency Services Jobs
Test Guides
Find your emergency services jobs test guides for the civil service test here.
The practice test questions and tests from government agencies along with the emergency services jobs test guides below will help you study.
Location specific study guides are only available for a limited number of government agencies. If you can’t find one for the agency you’re applying to, no worry. For most jobs titles, the duties don’t vary significantly by location. Consider another guide with a similar job title or in the same field.
Even if you don’t find a guide, you can create your own study plan. Find help for specific subjects including verbal, comprehension, word problems, writing, customer service, math, and reasoning.
PRACTICE CIVIL SERVICE TESTS AND QUESTIONS
- New York State Civil Service Study Guides for Safety and Security, Court Security, and Probation.
- California Highway Patrol study guide for Public Safety Dispatcher test.
- New York City Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services Study Guide.
INTERVIEW
Review why civil service interviews are different and how you should handle those differences along with civil service interview questions and answers.
Written civil service tests are timed. Take practice tests with a time limit.
EMERGENCY SERVICES TEST GUIDES
Assessment Center
- A Preparation Guide for the Assessment Center Method, Tina Louise Rowe, 2013
- Assessment Centers for Public Safety: Fire Service, Law Enforcement & Corrrections, Richard Michelson, 2016
- How to Be Successful on “Oral” Assessment Exercises for Police Promotion, Donald Shroeder, 2005
- Mastering the Assessment Center Process: The Fast Track to Promotion, Linsey Willis, 2017
- The Police Assessment Center: Important Keys for Success: What You Need to Know and May Not Have Been Told, Barry Malkin, 2009
Communications
- 911 Operator (3594) Career Examination Series, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Data Communications Specialist, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Emergency Communications Specialist, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Master the Emergency Dispatcher/911 Operator Exam, Peterson’s, 2015
- Police Communications Technician (3526), National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Public Safety Dispatcher, California Highway Patrol, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Public Safety Dispatcher l (Career Examination Series), National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Telecommunicator I and II (Exam Prep), Ben Hirst, 2008
Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
- Ambulance Attendant, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Ambulance Driver, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider Manual, American Heart Association, 2016
- National Registry Paramedic Prep: Practice + Proven Strategies, Kaplan Medical, 2019
- CliffsNotes EMT-Basic Exam Cram Plan (Cliffsnotes Cram Plan), Cliffs, 2011
- Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide, 2016
- Emergency Care (EMT), Daniel Limmer, 2015
- EMS Field Guide ALS Version, 2017
- EMT Flashcard Book, Jeffrey Lindsey, 2013
- EMT Crash Course Book + Online Preparation, Christopher Coughlin, 2018
- PHTLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support (Phtls: Basic & Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support), NAEMT, 2018
SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT
Additional supervision and management guides are available at Supervision & Management Test Guides.
- Civil Service Administration, Management and Supervision, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Management Test Battery, National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Professional Career Opportunities, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Promotion Test Battery, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Supervision for Civil Service Exams, Lewis Morris, 2016
- Supervisor, National Learning Corporation, 2019