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___ is a document listing the performance requirements for a peaceful position in a format that allows for performance evaluation to determine whether an individual is qualified? ✔✔A position task book (PTB)
___ is part of the role and responsibility of a wildland fire fighter? ✔✔Understanding fireline safety
___ outline potential fire dangers in a given area. They offer visual reference of current and past fire trends; historical worst and average conditions, and thresholds for temperature, humidity, wind speed, and fuel moistures associated with past problem fires ✔✔Fire danger pocket cards
NFPA ___ is the standard for wildland fire fighter personnel professional qualifications ✔✔ 1051
On April 5, 1933, executive order 6101 was signed by president frankmlin Roosevelt to create the ✔✔Civilian conservation corps (CCC)
One component of the pocket card is _____. This component discusses the energy release component chart and how it is linked to the fire danger operating plan for the area represented ✔✔Fuel model
One component of the pocket card is ____. This component discuses the length of the typical fire season and the worst all-time values of the components or index of the typical fire season for the area represented ✔✔Seasonal trends
The ____ is a document published by the NWCG that encompasses critical and useful information that is relevant to entry-level firefighters all the way up to the division supervisor level of responsibility ✔✔Wildland fire incident managment
The ___ is a pocket sized book that outlines standards and reference information for wildland fire incident response ✔✔Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG)
The ____ was established by the department of agricultures and the department of the interior in 1976 after a major fire season in California ✔✔National wildlife coordinating group (NWCG)
The incident qualification card or the ____ is a document that certifies that an individual is qualified to perform the tasks of a specific position on a wildland fire ✔✔Red card
Ics form 206 is ued to communicate the ✔✔Medical plan
Incident tactical resources are managed by the ____ chief under unified command ✔✔Operations section
On wildland events, divisions are usually labeled by: ✔✔letters
To divide an incident into functional areas of operations, _____ are established ✔✔Groups
When an incident is separated into geographic areas of operation, they are called ✔✔Divisions
___ is the time it takes for crew members to make it to a safety zone ✔✔Escape time
A ___ is a low topography point between two high points in a mountain range ✔✔Saddle
A ___ is a steep drainage on the side of a mountain ✔✔chimney
A ___ is two canyon walls so close together that spotting can easily occur on the opposite canyon wall, trapping the fire fighter between two bodies of fire ✔✔Narrow canyon
A TRA is a ✔✔Temporary refuge area
Gloves should be ___ and made specifically for fighting fires ✔✔Leather
Maintaining prompt communication with your crew members, supervisor, and adjoining force falls into the _____ category ✔✔Organizational control
Staying informed on fire weather and forecasts falls into the _____ category ✔✔Fire behavior
The standard fire orders were broken down into three easy to remember categories ✔✔Fire behavior, fireline safety, organizational control
___ are combustible materials lying on or near the surface of the ground and a major cause of wildland fire spread ✔✔Surface fuels
_____ occurs when horizontal air currents merge together ✔✔Convergence
_____ refers to the degree of continuous distribution of fuel particles in a fuel bed ✔✔Fuel continuity
A description of a shrub model is: ✔✔brush
A red flag warning usually indicates ✔✔Strong winds
An ____ is a boundary between two air masses of differing properties ✔✔Weather front
An example of an unstable air mass indicator is ✔✔well-defined smoke column
Certain terrain features causes fires to spread at a greater rate; _____ are examples of these features ✔✔Chimneys, saddles, and narrow canyons
Downslope winds occur at night and are ____ superficial winds that blow downslope ✔✔Weak
Overmature fuel complexes ____ the amount of dead fuels present in a fuel bed ✔✔Increase
Slope also has an effect on fuels moisture; surfaces ____ the sun absorb more of the solar energy ✔✔Perpendicular to
Some indicators of stable air mass are ✔✔Stratus clouds
Streaks of rain falling out of the cloud but evaporating before it reaches the ground is called ✔✔Vigra
Three stages of a thunderstorm ✔✔cumulus, mature, dissipating
The direction of the slope's face in relation to the cardinal compass points is called its ✔✔Aspect
The first slopes to be heated by the sun's energy are those facing __________ ✔✔east
The passage of a ___ air mass, also called a ____ front, causes the most problems for fire crews ✔✔Cold; cold
A common threat to an existing control line could include ✔✔Spotting
A scratch line is an _____,_____ control line that was quickly constructed ✔✔Unfinished, temporary
A wet line is distributed by ✔✔Hand crews
Cold trailing is a technique where firefighters feel ashes and fuels to make sure ✔✔The fire is out
The decision regarding which flank of the fire to attack is based on the determination of which side of the fire ✔✔Has the smallest flame lengths
The three components that form the building blocks of an effective strategy are ✔✔Task, purpose, and end state
_____ can be used before and after a flame front to monitor an area for potential or remaining threats to structures ✔✔Patrol tactics
When prepping the exterior structure, remove all dead fuels to a minimum of ____ from a structure ✔✔10ft
A___ is also called a council tool ✔✔Fire rake
An example of a scraping tool is an ✔✔Shovel
_____ engines are typically used for structure protection but can also be used for wildland fire suppression. They are versatile and can be used to respond off road on a wildland fire ✔✔Type 2
____ or harvesters, are a type of mechanized logging equipment that allow for accelerated line construction by cutting down and removing trees in light to moderate timber ✔✔Feller bunchers
A ____ is best described as a dozer pulling a plow unit ✔✔Tractor plow
A ___ is a piece of logging equipment used to grab logs and haul them from one location to another ✔✔Skidder
____ is a fire set by firefighters along the inner edge of a control line in attempt to burn an area of vegetation ✔✔Backfiring
Terrain features that has a channeling effect on the convective energy of fire ✔✔Chimney
Occurs when horizontal air currents merge together ✔✔Convergence
Weather that can quickly increase fire danger and cause extreme fire behavior such as weather fronts and foehn winds ✔✔Critical fire weather
Foehn winds ✔✔a dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range
Thunderstorm Winds ✔✔are a good indication of an unstable air mass and generally arise as a result of extreme differences in localized heating of the air near the ground.
Frontal Winds ✔✔winds generated by the movement of an air mass across the earths surface
Critical winds ✔✔Winds that dominate the fire environment and easily override the upslope/downslope and up alley/down alley winds
Crown fires ✔✔extremely hot fires that burn whole trees and leap from treetop to treetop
Downbursts ✔✔a localized area of strong winds in a downdraft beneath a severe thunderstorm
Downdrafts ✔✔Downward rushes of air caused by winds blowing downward, hitting the land and spreading out in strong gusts of wind following thunderstorms
A boundary separating moist and dry air masses. Also called a dew point line ✔✔Dry front line
Circular flow of air or water drawing energy from a flow of much larger scale ✔✔Eddy
Boundary between two air masses ✔✔front
Occurs when moving, cooler air mass pushes its way under warmer air mass and forces the air up a slope ✔✔Frontal lifting
Pressure gradients ✔✔-difference between atmospheric and intrapulmonary pressure
-created by changes in volume of thoracic cavity
Low topography points between two high topography points ✔✔Saddles
Spotting ✔✔When sparks or embers produced by the main fire are carried by winds or a convection column
Downward or sinking motion of air in the atmosphere ✔✔Subsidence
Thermal lifting ✔✔lifting of warmer air due to density differences
Valley winds ✔✔Daily winds that flow up a valley during the day and down a valley at night
Vertical fuel arrangement ✔✔Refers to the different heights of the fuels that are present at a fire
Type 2 IA ✔✔___________ crews are often sought after on emerging incidents due to the flexibility of the crew. They have the capability to be broken into squads for fireline construction and firing ops.
—— crews has limited to no experience. ✔✔Type 3
___ forest service and bureau of land managment have smoke jumper program ✔✔Us department of agriculture
Smokejumpers are self sufficient for ____ and need little logistical support ✔✔48 to 72 hours
The ___ houses the motor, stores the fuel, and allows you to safely handle the chainsaw ✔✔Power head
The hotter and faster the fire burns, the ____ the control line must be ✔✔Wider
Three methods to disperse or dispose of brush are the toss method, the window method, and the ___ ✔✔Bank method
