Practice tests · NFPA 470
Hazardous Materials Awareness
241 exam-style questions across 2 chapters, each with an explanation of why the right answer is right.
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What a test looks like
Practice
25, 50 or 100 questions. See the right answer and the reason straight after each one.
Exam
25, 50 or 100 questions with no feedback until you submit. Then your score, your weakest areas and every miss explained.
Chapter practice
Pick the chapters you want to work on and drill just those.
Every test is a fresh draw from the whole guide, with the answer options reshuffled. Questions you have seen recently are held back until the pool runs low.
What the exam covers
The awareness-level exam tests whether you can recognize a hazardous materials incident, identify what is involved, protect yourself and others, and call for help: the regulations, standards and laws, recognizing and identifying hazards, and using the Emergency Response Guidebook.
Written to NFPA 470 (2022 edition), Chapter 5, awareness level, with Emergency Response Guidebook questions checked against ERG 2024.
In Manitoba this guide matches MESC course 998924, Hazardous Materials Awareness.
Firehouse Fundamentals is a study aid for the written exam. It does not certify anyone; your training program and certifying body set and mark the exam.
Try a question
From the free sample: the kind of question every Hazardous Materials Awareness test is made of, with the explanation you get after each answer.
Recognizing and Identifying Hazards
What should always be your first action at a hazmat incident?
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Approach from a safe location and direction
The first action at any hazardous materials incident is to approach from a safe location and direction; staying uphill and upwind is a good start. Identification, isolation and notification all follow once you are in a safe position.
Chapters in this guide
- Regulations, Standards, and Laws
- Recognizing and Identifying Hazards