Tips On Preparing For Fire Department Promotional Exams

By Eloise Hewitt


To become a firefighter, a person has to pass well the entrance exams. Apart from this, one will be required to sit for proficiency tests all through his career. Therefore test taking is an aspect firefighters know too well as a measure of their knowledge in various aspects of their career. It is no wonder for them to get a promotion they have to sit for fire department promotional exams.

The promotional exam is highly competitive and requires proper preparation to pass it. Those people who do not prepare well can say goodbye to the promotion they have been wanting very bad. It is one thing to pass this test but it is another to get a very good score. Passing will guarantee one being on the placement is but with a high score, a person increases his ranking on the list and hence can get a promotion sooner than later.

A study plan, Self discipline and high concentration levels are required to pass this examination. During the period when one is preparing for this test, the person should ensure to avoid unnecessary disturbance from family or friends. Also the person must ensure to set time daily for studies since the person will be working and in the off days, one must utilize them well to cover a lot.

Therefore one has to look for study materials early enough. An individual can be given some of the learning materials by the fire department while other materials he or she can find in the library or search online. Once with these materials, the individual should start reading them and writing short simpler notes they can be able to understand. Since the chunk of materials to read may be a lot, one can decide to read a chapter everyday or 4 chapters a week among other ways.

While writing down short notes, one should also ensure to derive questions from areas he has tackled. After completing the chunk of materials, more often than not an individual will not go back to reading the original material but the person will study his short notes. With the questions derived after every topic, a person should ensure to answer them before leaving the page.

After answering all questions, the person should go back through the short notes, review the notes plus also the questions and answers. This is to ensure all one has read sticks in the head. It is also advisable that one does all practice questions in a study material or found in online sites. Practice tests expose the strong areas in the individual as well as those areas which need further study.

Getting into a study of focused individuals can also help a person understand some topics well. The person can also use the time to explain to someone who has not understood a topic well and this will be a form of revising. Study groups enable people to tackle chapters fast and revise any questions fast also.

Therefore persons must ensure to create an effective study plan and ensure to follow it to the latter. By covering all areas and revising well will ensure that one has confidence when sitting for this test. Also when reading a question, one should do it carefully to understand what is required in order to pick the right choice.




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