civil service exam
Firefighter Jobs Test Guides
Find your firefighter jobs test guides for the civil service test here.
The practice test questions and tests from government agencies along with the firefighter 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
- Anne Arundel County written exam study guide and practice test.
- City of Los Angeles study guide for the Firefighter written test.
- New York City Firefighter Exam Study Guide.
- State of Massachusetts Firefighter guides for the physical assessment and the written exam.
INTERVIEW
- Ace Your Firefighter Oral Boards: The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Oral Board Interview, Roger Aimes, 2011
- Facing the Promotional Interview, John Mittendorf, 2003
- Firefighter Interview Rule Book: Answer Any Question with Confidence, Rob Christensen, 2018
- Smoke Your Firefighter Interview, Paul Lepore, 2011 – RECOMMENDED
Practice Firefighter Interview
Practice interviews are taken from actual interviews with government agencies.
FIREFIGHTER JOBS TEST GUIDES
- Exam Prep: Firefighter I and II, Dr. Ben Hirst, 2009
- Fire Reading Comprehension, National Learning Corporation, 2020
- Firefighter Exam, Learning Express, 2016
- Firefighter Exam for Dummies, Stacey Bell, 2011
- Firefighter Exams (Barron’s Firefighter Exams), James Murtagh, 2017
- Master the Fire Fighter Exam
, Arco, 2008
- Norman Hall’s Firefighter’s Exam Preparation Book, Norman Hall, 2004
- Smoke Your Firefighter Written Exam, Paul Lepore, 2007
Emergency Dispatch
- 911 Operator (3594), National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Master the Emergency Dispatcher/911 Operator Exam, Peterson’s, 2015
- Public Safety Dispatcher l (116), National Learning Corporation, 2019
- Telecommunicator I and II (Exam Prep), Ben Hirst, 2008
Firefighter Essentials
- Essentials of Fire Fighting, International Fire Service Training Association, 2013 – RECOMMENDED
- Firefighter’s Handbook: Essentials of Firefighting and Emergency Response, 2e, Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004
- Fire Officer’s Handbook of Tactics, 3rd Ed., John Norman, 2013 – RECOMMENDED
Firefighter Physical
- Firefighter Functional Fitness, Dan Kerrigan, 2016