FireTEAM (NTN)
FireTEAM is a video-driven exam built by ErgoMetrics and delivered through the National Testing Network. It behaves nothing like a paper test, which is exactly why candidates who only drill written questions struggle with it.
Prep priority
The video format itself is the thing to rehearse — mental math with no scratch paper and paused-video judgment calls are unlike a normal written test
Source: Verified against publicly published information as of July 2026 — confirm against the current job posting.
This list reflects what we verified from published information in July 2026 and is not a complete list of every service that uses this exam. Confirm against the department's current job posting.
24 of our 194 questions tagged for the FireTEAM (NTN) are free to practise. These are our own practice questions written to the published format — they are not real exam items.
Sample 1
A pumper's tank holds 1000 gallons. It discharges water at 250 gallons per minute during initial attack. How many minutes until the tank runs dry if no supply line is connected?
1000 ÷ 250 = 4 minutes. This is the kind of tank-duration calculation used in numerical batteries and matters operationally for knowing when a supply line must be established.
Sample 2
A single fixed pulley is used to raise a hose bundle to an upper floor. Compared to lifting the bundle by hand with no pulley, a single fixed pulley:
A single fixed pulley provides no mechanical advantage — the force required is unchanged — but it redirects the pulling force, which is often more convenient (e.g., pulling down instead of up).
Sample 3
Excerpt from a standard operating guideline: "Upon arrival at a reported structure fire, the first-arriving officer shall complete a 360-degree size-up where conditions safely permit, and shall transmit an initial radio report including building type, visible conditions and the chosen strategic mode before committing crews to interior operations." Based on this excerpt, when should the initial radio report be transmitted?
The excerpt states the report must be transmitted "before committing crews to interior operations," making the sequence explicit.
Our records list four video-driven sections: Human Relations (video scenarios with recurring characters), Mechanical (an animated factory scenario), Math (mental arithmetic with no calculator or scratch paper) and Reading (fill-in-the-blank).
About 2.5 hours across the four sections, taken at an NTN centre or virtually proctored from home.
Our records note a retest is allowed after three months, but retesting deletes your previous scores. Scores are listed as valid for 12 months.
No universal pass mark — each department sets its own cut scores, and NTN does not publish exact question counts.
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