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Fire safety quiz for employees and fire wardens

Fire safety training sticks better when people have to answer, not just listen. These quizzes cover what every employee and fire warden should know, and you can play them live from a big screen while everyone answers on their phone.

Updated 30 October 2026

Free review quizzes

Play them live, on the free plan too: participants answer from their phones with a code, no app needed. Each page shows the questions and options; the correct answer is revealed during the game.

Fire safety quiz for employees (15 questions with answers)

Fire safety and fire warden basics for any workplace: the fire triangle, raising the alarm, extinguishers, fire doors, smoke and evacuation. Free quiz with instant feedback and a short explanation for every answer. General good practice, not tied to any one country's law; where a rule is UK-specific we say so. It supports, but does not replace, your employer's training and risk assessment.

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What fire safety training should cover

Most fire safety law expects employers to give staff suitable training: in England and Wales, for example, it is a duty under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Whatever the country, the core content is much the same:

  • the fire triangle (heat, fuel and oxygen) and how removing one side puts a fire out;
  • common causes of fire at work: electrical faults, smoking, heaters, poor housekeeping, hot work;
  • the alarm, the escape routes, the assembly point and who checks that everyone is out;
  • classes of fire and the right extinguisher for each, and the fires you should never fight;
  • the role of fire wardens or marshals, and what everyone else is expected to do.

Extinguishers: the questions people get wrong

In the UK, extinguishers have a red body with a coloured band: red for water, cream for foam, black for carbon dioxide, blue for dry powder and yellow for wet chemical. Classic mistakes make good quiz questions: water on electrical equipment or on a chip-pan fire, a CO2 extinguisher used in a small enclosed room, or tackling a fire that is already spreading instead of leaving. A good rule to repeat: only use an extinguisher if you have been trained, the fire is small, and your way out is behind you.

How to run a fire safety quiz in a session

Put the quiz on a screen at the end of the talk or before a fire drill. People join with a code from their phones, with no app to install, and answer each question against the clock. After every question the correct answer is shown, which is the moment to explain why. Ten to twelve questions take about ten minutes. Play in teams if the group is shy: the discussion inside each team is part of the learning.

If you need a record, use Test mode (Formatore plan) instead: each person answers under their own name, you set a pass mark, and you download the results for your training file.

Are you a trainer?

Use these quizzes in your courses: team review games during the sessions, then a final test from the phone with named answers, a 70% pass mark and a report for the course file. With the Formatore plan you can also copy and edit the ready-made tests.

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Frequently asked questions

How many questions should a fire safety quiz have?

For a review at the end of a talk, ten to fifteen questions are enough. A formal end-of-course test is usually longer and should follow whatever your training provider or employer requires.

What colour is a CO2 fire extinguisher?

In the UK, a red body with a black band. CO2 is suitable for electrical fires and flammable liquids, but not for cooking oil fires or burning solids such as wood and paper.

Can I use these quizzes for fire warden training?

Yes, as a review alongside the course. They do not replace accredited fire warden training or practical extinguisher training.

Is the quiz free?

Yes. Library quizzes can be played live for free with up to 30 participants.

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