Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) Practice Exam
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Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) Practice Exam
The CFPS certification assists individuals committed to minimizing fire damage in showcasing their education and expertise through the successful completion of a demanding certification examination. Acknowledged as the leading standard worldwide for fire protection certification, CFPS is founded on industry-leading best practices created by renowned experts in the field.
Who Should Take the CFPS Exam?
The CFPS exam is ideal for various professionals involved in fire protection, including:
- Building officials
- Facility managers
- Fire service personnel
- Risk managers and loss prevention specialists
- Architects, engineers, and designers
- Fire protection consultants and contractors
- Educators and researchers
Eligibility Criteria:
To qualify for the CFPS examination, candidates must demonstrate on the CFPS examination application that they satisfy one of the following criteria:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Fire Protection-related discipline* from an accredited college or university, including degrees in engineering fields applicable to fire protection practices; accompanied by TWO years of documented work experience focused on mitigating fire damage, encompassing both physical and financial aspects.
- Associate’s degree in a Fire Protection-related discipline* from an accredited college or university, or a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an unrelated field; along with FOUR years of verifiable work experience dedicated to minimizing fire loss, encompassing both physical and financial aspects.
- High school diploma or equivalent with SIX years of documented work experience dedicated to mitigating fire damage, encompassing both physical and financial aspects.
Exam Details
- Exam Name: Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)
- Exam Languages: English
- Exam Questions: 100 Questions
- Time Duration: 3 hours
CFPS Exam Course Outline
The Exam covers the given topics -
Domain 1: Understand Safety in the Built Environment 5%
- Understand the challenges to safety in the built environment
- Understand the application of fire protection features
- Be familiar with codes and standards for the built environment, major Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and their processes
Domain 2: Learn the Basics of Fire and Fire Science 10%
- Understand the chemistry and physics of fire
- Identify dynamics of fire growth and products of combustion (Heat Release Rate, Flame Spread and Smoke Development)
Domain 3: Understand Information and Analysis for Fire Protection 5%
- Understand the process, concepts, and tools involved with fire loss investigation
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use of fire incident data and statistics
- Perform fire analysis
Domain 4: Learn the Human Behavior in Fire Emergencies 5%
- Understand the principles of human behavior in fire
- Perform egress design and prediction calculations
Domain 5: Understand the Fire Prevention: Programs, Materials, Processes, and Environments 15%
- Understand Fire hazards and prevention principles
- Understand hazards to Life Safety and mitigation principles
- Understand the components, fire hazards, operating principles and fire protection practices associated with the various types of systems
- Understand and identify the fire hazards and hazard mitigation principles associated with the variou processes, including, but not limited to:
- Understand the hazards and fire protection best practices associated with the following material storage, handling, and housekeeping principles
Domain 6: Understand Facility Fire Hazard Management 10%
- Fire department response tactics and procedures
- Types of building construction and how they relate to fire hazards and fire service response
- Environmental hazards to facilities
- Understand how to perform fire, explosion, and life safety risk assessment and analysis of a given facility
- Understand how to conduct complex inspection surveys of commercial and residential properties to evaluate physical characteristics of a property and business and evaluate compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations
- Understand the processes of acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance and disposition of building systems
- Develop and manage emergency preparedness, response, and business continuity procedures and assure all emergency systems and procedures are tested as planned
- Understand public and private water systems
- Understand fire department access needs for facilities
Domain 7: Understand the System Approaches to Property Classes 5%
- Know how to classify occupancies
- Understand life safety as it relates to different occupancy classifications
- Understand fire protection in special occupancies
Domain 8: Organizing for Fire and Rescue Services 5%
- Perform pre-incident planning for industrial, residential, and commercial facilities
- Understand operations of fire loss prevention and emergency organizations
- Understand operations of emergency medical services
- Understand fire prevention and code enforcement operations
- Understand fire and emergency service training methodology
- Understand operations of fire department facilities and fire training facilities
- Understand operations of public emergency services communication systems
- Understand the basics of fire department apparatus and equipment
- Understand the use and function of fire and emergency services protective clothing and protective equipment (PPE)
- Evaluate fire department response and prevention resources and the placement thereof
- Understand the management of fire response operations
- Understand the concept of Community Risk Reduction (CRR)
Domain 9: Understand Detection and Alarm 10%
- Understand the fundamentals and operational characteristics of the modern fire alarm and detection systems
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems
- Understand surveillance and fire guard services for fire protection
- Understand plans review for detection and alarm systems
- Understanding the basic design and installation concepts of Two-way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
- Understand the benefits and proper application of smoke alarms in the one-and two-family dwelling environment
Domain 10: Water-Based Fire Suppression 20%
- Understand the design and operation of water distribution systems
- Understand water supply system requirements
- Understand design criteria for hydraulics for fire protection
- Determine water supply adequacy testing and determination
- Identify and understand the operating principles of stationary fire pumps
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance processes and requirements for water-based suppression systems
- Understand the characteristics and applications of the following types of water-based suppression systems
- Understand the benefits and proper application of fire sprinkler systems in the one-and two-family dwelling environment
Domain 11: Understand Fire Suppression without Water 5%
- Understand the proper use/application, and the limitations of non-water based agents and systems (clean agent, hybrid, carbon dioxide, dry and wet chemical, foam, etc.)
- Understand the design, proper installation, and operation of non-water-based extinguishing systems
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance processes and requirements for non-water-based extinguishing systems
- Understand the proper installation, use, testing, and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
Domain 12: Confining Fires 5%
- Understand building construction elements for fire protection
- Understand the following elements of confinement of fire in buildings
- Understand structural damage factors to be evaluated after a fire
- Understand fire hazards associated with construction, alteration and demolition of buildings