ICC Portable Fire Extinguisher Technician (FE)
Practice for the ICC®/NAFED Portable Fire Extinguisher Technician exam — 100 questions, open book, against NFPA 10 and the federal transport rules.
About the Portable Fire Extinguisher Technician (FE)
Granted by International Code Council (ICC®), co-sponsored with NAFED
Inspects, services, maintains and recharges portable fire extinguishers, and handles cylinder transport under the federal hazardous materials rules.
Eligibility Requirements
Open book — you bring your own references. Renewal requires 1.5 CEU (15 contact hours) per 3-year cycle.
What's Included
Every plan gets the same full-access study library.
Scheduling & Fees
Where to take it
- Administered by
- ICC via Pearson VUE test centres or PRONTO remote proctoring
Fees
- Exam fee (ICC member)
- $255
- Exam fee (non-member)
- $320
- Renewal, 3-year cycle (member)
- $105
- Renewal, 3-year cycle (non-member)
- $130
Keeping Your Certification Active
Renewal requirements
- Cycle
- 3 years
- Continuing education
- 15 hours
Frequently Asked Questions
No — this is independent study material that prepares you for the official ICC certification exam. You still sit the real exam through ICC and its testing partners. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the International Code Council.
Some ICC exams are split into 2021 and 2024 code-cycle forms, and if yours is, you choose your cycle when you register. Our questions follow the 2021 cycle where a cycle applies. Check your exam registration for the code year (or confirm it is a "No Code Year" exam) before you start studying.
Because the difficulty is finding and applying the right provision quickly, not recalling it. For I-Code-based exams, ICC also gives you a clean digital codebook at the exam with none of your own notes, bookmarks or tabs carried over, so speed of navigation is the skill that actually gets tested. Check your exam registration to see which references — and reference format — apply to your exam.
No. You bring your own references, and you should study from the same editions ICC lists for your exam and code cycle. Our questions cite the exact section so you can practise locating it in your own copy.
We revise the pool whenever ICC changes an exam reference list or the underlying codes are updated, so your practice stays aligned with the cycle you registered for.
Related reading
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ICC FE Extinguisher Technician: Requirements, Cost, and How to Apply
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What's on the ICC FE Extinguisher Technician Exam? 7 Domains
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