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Firefighter applicant preparation
Know the written test before you study.
Choose the right provider guidance and turn it into focused study. No fire-service experience is assumed.
Provider guide · reviewed 2026-10-01
PST · Firefighter Selection Tool (FST)
PST describes cognitive abilities and non-cognitive traits. Its FST does not require specialized firefighting knowledge. Use the candidate guide for your assigned firefighter examination.
- Use PST's current firefighter candidate guide for instructions, timing and permitted materials.
- Practice reading and written expression, basic arithmetic, rule-based reasoning, ordering information, spatial orientation and visualization.
- Review why you missed an item before adding speed. Answer work-style and biographical questions accurately from your own experience.
A study loop you can repeat.
- Choose one skill named in your official guide and work through an authorized example slowly.
- Explain how you reached the answer. Record whether a mistake came from the concept, reading or time pressure.
- Review the weak skill using ordinary reading, math or reasoning exercises. Then try a fresh example.
- Add timing only after you understand the task. Follow the actual rules for paper, calculators and online equipment.
This is study guidance, not a scored practice exam or a reproduction of provider questions. Commercial practice products may charge a fee; check the assigned exam before buying.
Complete the whole testing process.
A written score may be only one requirement. Confirm questionnaires, recorded interviews, employer selection, score transfers, separate applications and accommodation deadlines. Answer personal-history and work-style questions honestly.