{
    "General Competency Questions": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "question": "Why do you want to be a firefighter?"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "question": "What have you done to prepare for a career in the Fire Service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "question": "Why do you want to work for this department?"
        },
        {
            "id": 4,
            "question": "Name some of the traits, characteristics, or attributes of a good firefighter."
        },
        {
            "id": 5,
            "question": "What are some of the biggest challenges faced by the Fire Service today?"
        },
        {
            "id": 6,
            "question": "Describe the emergency vs. non-emergency duties of a firefighter."
        },
        {
            "id": 7,
            "question": "Where do you see yourself in 1, 5, 10, 20 years?"
        },
        {
            "id": 8,
            "question": "Describe the chain of command and your role in it."
        },
        {
            "id": 9,
            "question": "How do you handle stress, now and once you have the job?"
        },
        {
            "id": 10,
            "question": "How do you think the role of the firefighter will be different in 5 years?"
        },
        {
            "id": 11,
            "question": "What is the organizational structure of our Fire Department?"
        },
        {
            "id": 12,
            "question": "Why do you think honesty and integrity are important in the Fire Service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 13,
            "question": "What are the advantages and disadvantages of similar vs diverse teams?"
        },
        {
            "id": 14,
            "question": "List in order of importance: Emergency Response, Public Education, Fire Standards/Enforcement."
        },
        {
            "id": 15,
            "question": "What is the most important duty of a firefighter?"
        },
        {
            "id": 16,
            "question": "What does leadership mean to you?"
        },
        {
            "id": 17,
            "question": "What do you like most and least about a supervisor?"
        },
        {
            "id": 18,
            "question": "What do you appreciate in a manager’s style?"
        },
        {
            "id": 19,
            "question": "What are the six common leadership styles in the Fire Service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 20,
            "question": "What do you like most and least about being a firefighter?"
        },
        {
            "id": 21,
            "question": "How does diversity impact the Fire Service today?"
        },
        {
            "id": 22,
            "question": "How would you make a positive impact regarding the diversity in the community?"
        },
        {
            "id": 23,
            "question": "Firefighters work 24-hour shifts. How have you prepared, and what challenges do you think you’ll face?"
        },
        {
            "id": 24,
            "question": "Public Education is important in the Fire Service. How would you provide this service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 25,
            "question": "You are a probationary firefighter. How do you prepare yourself?"
        },
        {
            "id": 26,
            "question": "Why is respect so important, and what does it mean?"
        },
        {
            "id": 27,
            "question": "Would you break a rule if asked to?"
        },
        {
            "id": 28,
            "question": "What are potential sources of workplace conflict? How would you handle workplace conflict?"
        },
        {
            "id": 29,
            "question": "Why should we hire you?"
        },
        {
            "id": 30,
            "question": "What are your strengths and weaknesses? (What would your boss say about you?)"
        },
        {
            "id": 31,
            "question": "How do you want to be remembered at the end of your career?"
        },
        {
            "id": 32,
            "question": "What skills do you bring to Dispatch?"
        },
        {
            "id": 33,
            "question": "Walk me through a truck check."
        },
        {
            "id": 34,
            "question": "How do you define teamwork in the context of firefighting?"
        },
        {
            "id": 35,
            "question": "What motivates you to perform well in stressful situations?"
        },
        {
            "id": 36,
            "question": "Explain how you would handle feedback from a superior, especially if it was critical."
        },
        {
            "id": 37,
            "question": "What is your understanding of the core values of the Fire Service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 38,
            "question": "Describe a time when you demonstrated initiative in the workplace."
        },
        {
            "id": 39,
            "question": "How do you prioritize tasks during an emergency response?"
        },
        {
            "id": 40,
            "question": "What role does technology play in modern firefighting, and how are you prepared for it?"
        },
        {
            "id": 41,
            "question": "How would you approach learning new skills and techniques required for this job?"
        },
        {
            "id": 42,
            "question": "Explain how you balance personal and professional commitments in a demanding job."
        },
        {
            "id": 43,
            "question": "What strategies do you use to ensure continuous improvement in your work?"
        },
        {
            "id": 44,
            "question": "How do you approach building trust and relationships within a new team?"
        },
        {
            "id": 45,
            "question": "What does a day in the life of a firefighter look like for both emergency and non-emergency activities?"
        }
    ],
    "Situational Questions": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "question": "What would you do if a firefighter makes disparaging remarks in public about visible minorities?"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "question": "What would you do if a senior firefighter is making inappropriate, unwelcomed, bullying comments towards another firefighter?"
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "question": "What would you do if you believe that a fellow firefighter is unfit for duty (e.g., drugs, alcohol, medication)?"
        },
        {
            "id": 4,
            "question": "What would you do if you are following an order from your captain and a more senior officer gives you an alternate order?"
        },
        {
            "id": 5,
            "question": "What would you do if your captain gives you a performance review that you are unhappy with?"
        },
        {
            "id": 6,
            "question": "What would you do if you saw a firefighter put a valuable item in their pocket at a call?"
        },
        {
            "id": 7,
            "question": "What would you do if you noticed a fellow firefighter is not their usual self (moody, withdrawn, seething, etc.)?"
        },
        {
            "id": 8,
            "question": "What would you do if you noticed two firefighters cheating on an exam?"
        },
        {
            "id": 9,
            "question": "What would you do if you see two firefighters getting heated and about to fight?"
        },
        {
            "id": 10,
            "question": "What would you do if you are confronted by an irate citizen and you are all by yourself?"
        },
        {
            "id": 11,
            "question": "What would you do if you are on your way home after a shift and see a car accident or other emergency?"
        },
        {
            "id": 12,
            "question": "What would you do if you are assigned undesirable or dangerous tasks at an emergency scene or back in the station?"
        },
        {
            "id": 13,
            "question": "What would you do if you notice one firefighter not being included in the group (e.g., coffee poured for everyone but them)?"
        },
        {
            "id": 14,
            "question": "What would you do if you are the apparatus driver and during your daily truck check you discover the emergency lights are not working, and your captain says, 'Don’t worry about it. The next crew on duty will take care of it'?"
        },
        {
            "id": 15,
            "question": "What would you do if one member of the crew has a really negative attitude about training?"
        },
        {
            "id": 16,
            "question": "What would you do if a fellow firefighter tells you they don’t want minorities, women, or LGBTQ+ individuals in the fire service?"
        },
        {
            "id": 17,
            "question": "What would you do if you respond to your first fire call, and your captain tells the crew to wear all PPE, but senior firefighters are not wearing all the necessary gear?"
        },
        {
            "id": 18,
            "question": "What would you do if you are faced with conflicting orders from two supervisors at the scene of an emergency?"
        }
    ]
}