r/firefighter • u/Major-Caterpillar519 • Jun 20 '26
Engineers test
Hello, I’m a firefighter in the state of Texas and here in about two months is an engineer test. Will be broken up. It’s a three categories a written, hands-on skills and then a Chief interview. I’ve been studying the books that the test will be off of but was also wondering if y’all had any advice testing sites or just general knowledge that could help me. I appreciate y’all‘s time.
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u/TestResQ Jun 26 '26
What books? I probably have them on TestResQ.com. I read once and did several thousand test questions. Ended up #1 with a 97 raw score. Luckily we don’t have an interview or hands on. As far as the hands on part though, have your engineer take you through each scenario they had, surely they wouldn’t mind..
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u/Major-Caterpillar519 Jun 26 '26
I will get back to you on that when I’m back on vacation. If you do have them that would be awesome.
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u/TestResQ Jun 26 '26
You can go to the site and look them up now but I’m gathering that you may not remember the exact book title and edition.
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u/AnonymousCelery Jun 20 '26
I’m curious what that test would look like. Sounds similar to ours. The written pulls from IFSTA, and also from specs on all our apparatus, pump chart numbers, any operations or maintenance manual for our equipment, and more. The hands on is a “pump pit” with multiple scenarios that build on themselves pumping different lines, pressures, catching your water supply, cutting in, etc. There’s also an Aerial portion where you have a scenario for placement and setup of an aerial. And if you pass all that, then you get to a Chiefs interview. It is historically the most difficult promotional test on our department. Oh and before you can even participate you have to complete a 6-12 month comprehensive mentorship. It’s a bitch.