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A comprehensive set of questions and answers covering key aspects of wildland firefighting. it tests knowledge of fire behavior, safety procedures, and tactical decision-making. The questions delve into topics such as heat transfer methods, fire triangle components, fuel types, and the use of safety zones and deployment zones. valuable for both theoretical understanding and practical application in wildland fire scenarios. It also includes questions on risk management, communication protocols, and the use of personal protective equipment (ppe).
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List 5 Firefighter Orders ✔✔Check your IRPG
List 5 Situations That State Watch Out ✔✔Check your IRPG
To Lower Risk Of Entrapment ✔✔Deploy A Lookout
Person In Charger Of A Fire Is? ✔✔Incident Commander
Why Should Firefighters Have 10 Feet Separation While Walking? ✔✔Safety
3 Methods Of Heat Transfer ✔✔Convection, Conduction, and Radiation
Name The Parts Of The Fire Triangle ✔✔Fuel, Oxygen, And Heat
When Is The Fire Contained? ✔✔When The Control Line Is Complete And The Fire Is Not EXPECTED To Pass The Line
When Is A Fire Controlled? ✔✔When The Control Line Is Complete And The Fire Cannot Escape.
Name Two Types Of Canyons ✔✔Box Canyons, Narrow Canyons, Wide Canyons
4 Basic Fuel Types ✔✔Grass,
Grass - Shrubs,
Shrubs,
Timber - Understory,
Timber - Litter,
Slash - Blowdown
Name Horizontal Arrangements Of Fuel (there's two) ✔✔Patchy
Uniform
4 Examples Of Man Made Barriers ✔✔Roads
Highway
Reservoirs
Fireline
Describe A North Facing Aspect ✔✔Shade
Heavier Fuels
Lower Temperature
Higher Humidity
Higher Fuel Moisture
Less Fire Activity Than The South
3 Indicators Of Fire Behavior ✔✔Fire Whirl
Spotting
Flare-Up
Torching
Name All 9 Parts Of The Fire ✔✔Point Of Origin
Head Of Fire
Flank (Left / Right)
Rear
Fire Perimeter
Fingers
Pockets
Island
Spot Fire
True or False: When implementing the minimum impact suppression tactics, it is not acceptable to construct fire line to halt the spread of fire. ✔✔False
The touchdown pad and safety circle for a type 2 helicopter should be? ✔✔Safety Circle 90, touchdown pad 20 x 20
when properly equipped and prepared to implement "line spike" or "coyote" tactics, how may shifts should crews be prepared to spend on the fire line with minimal support from incident base? ✔✔Two to three
c. Indirect
d. Direct
List the four components of LCES ✔✔Lookouts, Communications, Escape routes, Safety zones
True or False: Once established at the beginning of the operational period, the Risk Management Process should not need to be revisited ✔✔False
Identify four responsibilities of a lookout ✔✔Keep yourself safe, Stay informed of crew's location, establish and maintain communications, know the crew's planned escape routes and safety zones
True or False: When working with multiple resources and overhead a single resource boss qualified individual is sufficient overhead to supervise a downhill fire line assignment ✔✔False
Last three types of communication ✔✔Oral, Visual, Written
Match the procedure with the appropriate checklist:
a. Downhill Checklist
b. Structure Assessment Checklist
c. LCES Checklist
d. Structure Protection Checklist
b. 4
c. 1
d. 2
List five items that you would want to receive in a briefing prior to a tactical assignment. ✔✔From briefing checklist, situation, mission, communications, service/support, risk mangement
List the five communications factors ✔✔Brief, Debrief, Communicate hazards, Acknowledge messages and understand intent, ask if you don't know
