Kerala PSC Fire And Rescue Driver (472/2024), Exam Date Out! Submit Confirmation Now and Start Study

Overview

Kerala PSC published the Fire and Rescue Officer Driver Trainee 2025 exam date. Candidates can find the complete timeline of the exam in the Kerala PSC July exam calendar 2025. Candidates can also find the official fire and rescue driver syllabus PDF attached in the July 2025 calendar. Reading and understanding the syllabus is crucial for creating a learning strategy and scoring the best marks in the upcoming PSC Fire and Rescue Officer (Driver) (Driver)(Trainee) exam. Join the best online coaching for PSC.

Kerala PSC Fire and Rescue Driver Exam Date

The fire and rescue officer driver trainee 2025 exam date is 15 July, 2025. The exam will be conducted in pen-and-paper mode. With 15,489 candidates applying for the exam, it is important to follow the deadlines for submission of confirmation and attending the exam promptly. The dates for the physical and driving tests will be officially intimated after the PSC publishes a short list of fire and rescue drivers.

Fire and Rescue Officer Driver 2025 Syllabus

Let’s go through the detailed syllabus for Fire and Rescue driver special topics, Fire & First Aid, and Questions Based on Driving Licence.

Fire and First Aid

1. Fire (10 Mark)
   1. Basic Concepts: - Combustion, Temperature and Heat, Fire Triangle
   2. Chemistry of Heat and combustion: - Heat capacity, Specific heat capacity, Latent heat of fusion, Latent heat of vaporisation, Sublimation, Melting point, Boiling point, Flash point, Fire point, Ignition temperature, Method of heat transfer (Conduction, Radiation, MSDS-LPG, Ammonia, Chlorine.
   3. Method of Fire extinction: - Starvation, smothering/Blanketing, Cooling, Fire Extinguishing agents, Suitability of Extinguishing Medias.
   4. Fire Extinguishers: - Types of Fire Extinguishers, PASS

1. First Aid (10 Mark)
   1. First Aid- Concept -Important Organisations and Persons
   2. Human body, Respiration, Breathing Pulse, Circulation & Skeletal system
   3. Resuscitation methods CAB/ABC rule Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation CPR – Concept and Procedure AED
   4. Choking and its first aid measures
   5. Cuts and Wounds, Amputation and its first aid measures
   6. Bleeding and its first aid measures
   7. Burns, Scalds, Frost Bite and its first aid measures
   8. Fractures, Types of fractures and its first aid measures
   9. Snake bite and its first aid measures

Questions Based on Driving Licence

1. Driving License Related Regulations (MV Act 1988 Chapter I, II, Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 Chapter I, Chapter II (Except Rule 31), Kerala Motor Vehicles Act 1989) (Total 5 marks)
   1. Testing of knowledge on MV Act 1988, CMVR 1989, KMVR 1989 Definitions such as Articulated vehicles, Certificate of Registration, Golden Hour, Public place, Transport Vehicles, Gross vehicle weight, Heavy goods and passenger Motor Vehicles etc. (1 mark)
   2. Testing the knowledge on understanding and Distinguishing of definitions of CMVR 1989 category-M, N&T types of vehicles described in CMVR rule 3 and 2 (c), (i), (w) (1 mark)
   3. Questions from Motor Vehicle Act 1988 to check the knowledge on Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21 and 23. (1 mark)
   4. Questions from Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 to check the knowledge on Rules 3, 4, 5, 9, 15(3), 16, 17A, 18, 21, 22, 26 and 32. (1 mark)
   5. Questions from Kerala Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 to check the knowledge of Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules 4, 6, 19, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45 and 46. (1 mark)
2. Drivers Badge Related Questions and Motor Vehicle Driving Regulations 2017 (5 marks)
   1. Transport Vehicle drivers Badge Questions (2 marks)
      1. Meaning of Public service vehicles,
      2. Types of Public service vehicles, types and validity of permit such as Contract Carriage, Goods, Hazardous goods, Stage Carriage, Temporary permit, Special Permit etc.
      3. Validity of fitness certificate of vehicles with respect to age, Seating Capacity
   2. Motor Vehicle Driving regulations 2017 (3Marks)
      1. Regulations 3 to 10
      2. Regulations 11 to 26
      3. Regulations 27 to 40
   3. Basic knowledge on Automobile Engineering with respect to Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 Rule 31 (5 marks)
      1. CMV Rule1989 Rule 31A - Driving theory – Foot, Hand and other controls, Pre-driving checks, beginning to drive, driving on the road, Driving Inter Sections, Reversing and parking.
      2. Drivers responsibility on Roads
      3. Priority of Certain Vehicles
      4. Introduction to dial gauges and controls, Development of Judgment and anticipation, Cross country and Hill driving.
      5. Qualities of a good driver, Holding Steering Wheels, MSM and PSL, types of Stopping Emergency, Normal, Use of Engine brake and Exhaust brake. Etc
   4. Offenses under Motor vehicles Act 1988 (5 marks)
      1. MV Act 1988 Section 112 Limits of speed in various roads as per latest Government order (S.R.O. No. 707/2023, G.O.(P)No.15/2023/Tran. Dated 23/06/2023.
      2. MV Act Section 113, 114 & 115 - Limits of weight and limitation of Use, powers and power to have the vehicle weighed.
      3. MV Act 1988, Section 130-134 -duty to produce licenses, Precautions to be taken, stop, give information, duty while accident.
      4. MV Act Section 177 to 201 – General offenses penalty – Penalty for violation of MV regulations 2017, Minimum fine by court, Disobedience, Driving of vehicle by unauthorized person, Excessive speed, dangerous driving, Red light Jumping, Drunken            driving, Abatement of offenses, Using vehicle in Unsafe, without registration, permit, insurance, carriage of excess load and passengers, Use of seat belts, failure to allow free passage of Emergency vehicles, use of horns and silence zones, offenses by juveniles penalty for causing obstruction to free flow of traffic.
   5. Good Samaritan & Detention of Documents and Vehicles under Motor Vehicles Act (5 marks)
      1. CMVR 1989, Rule 168 Examination of Good Samaritan and Rule 169 Examination of Good Samaritan (2 marks)
      2. MV Act 1988 Section 206 & 207 Power of police and other officers to impound documents and vehicles. CMVR 1989, Rule 138, 138A, 138B, 139, 139A & 167- Signals and additional safety measures, FAST TAG, Carriage of goods in Motor Vehicles, Production of License and Certificate of Registration, Production of documents in electronic forms. E-challan, procedure and payment of E-challan (3 marks)
   6. Chapter V part 3 – Construction Equipment and Maintenance of Motor Vehicles. heading with safety devices and special provisions. CMVR Rule 117 to 137) (5 Marks)
      1. speedometer, speed governors, horns, silencers, painting of motor Vehicles. (Rule 117- 122)
      2. safety devices in motor Cycles, safety belt, Collapsible steering, safety belt, special requirement of Transport Vehicles in that are driven on hills, Safety requirement of all Vehicles, Exemptions of Armoured Vehicles (Rule 123-125L)
      3. Transportation of goods and dangerous or hazardous nature to human life, spark arr-ester, manner of display of class labels, Emergency information panel, instruction to the driver, Driver report to the police station (Rule129-136)

Kerala PSC Fire and Rescue Driver Preparation

The driver position in the Kerala Fire and Rescue Department is a great opportunity for the right candidates. Syllabus-oriented learning with a perfect strategy that suits your schedule is necessary to crack the OMR exam. Along with the written exam preparation, candidates need to practice for the physical exam also. Therefore, it is best for the candidates to choose a mode of study that values self-paced learning. Platforms like Competitive Cracker are offering comprehensive online coaching for Kerala PSC Fire and Rescue Driver. With a well-structured study plan followed by topic-wise live and recorded sessions of leading faculties, you will get the best insights to crack the exam. Added to this, the dedicated previous question session and mock tests give the candidates the best idea about the nature of the exam. Start the online preparation now and stay ahead with your preparations.