Wildland Firefighter Training Flashcards

1. Fire not scouted and sized up 2. In country not seen in daylight 3. Safety zones and escape routes not identified 4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior 5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards 6. Instructions and assignments not clear 7. No communication link with crew members and supervisors 8. Constructing line without a safe anchor point 9. Building fireline downhill with fire below 10. Attempting frontal assault on fire 11. Unburned fuel between you and the fire 12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can 13. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below 14. Weather becoming hotter and drier 15. Wind increases and/or changes direction 16. Getting frequent spot fires across line 17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult 18. Taking a nap near fireline.

1. Keep informed on weather conditions and forecast 2. Know what your fire is doing at all times 3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire 4. Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known 5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger 6. Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, and act decisively 7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and adjoining forces 8. Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood 9. Maintain control of your forces at all times 10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first.

(1) Origin, (2) Head, (3) Flank, (4) Rear/Heel, (5) Perimeter, (6) Finger, (7) Pocket, (8) Island, (9) Spot Fire.

<p>Origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Head.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Flank.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rear/Heel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Perimeter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Finger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pocket.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Island.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spot Fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(1) Smoldering, (2) Creeping, (3) Running, (4) Backing, (5) Spotting, (6) Torching, (7) Crowning, (8) Blowup.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire burning without flame and barely spreading.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire spreading rapidly with a well-defined head.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire moving away from the head downhill, or against the wind.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sparks or embers produced by the main fire that are carried by winds or convection columns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire burning on the surface, but periodically igniting the crown of a single or small group of trees or shrubs before returning to the surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire that advances across tops of trees or shrubs more or less independent of surface fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sudden increase in fire intensity or rate of spread of a fire sufficient to preclude direct control or to upset existing suppression plans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(1) Control Line, (2) Fireline, (3) Anchor Point, (4) Mop-up, (5) Class of fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A comprehensive term used for all the constructed or natural fire barriers and treated fire edges used to contain the fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any clear strip or portion of a control line from which flammable material has been removed by scraping or digging down to mineral soil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An advantageous location, generally a fire barrier, from which to start constructing a fireline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Final extinguishing of a fire after it is lined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This classifies the size of the fire with class 'A' being the smallest and class 'G' being the largest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hand Crew, Engine Crew, Helitack Crew, Dozers/Tractor Plow Crew.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Relatively small fires or isolated areas of large fires. - In deceptively light fuels, such as grass, herbs, and light brush. - Responds to topographic conditions and runs uphill. - Shift in wind direction or in wind speed.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Locations that are downhill from the fire - Locations that are in chimneys, saddles, or narrow canyons - Locations that require a steep uphill escape route (greater than 50% slope) - Exposure to heavy fuel concentration on the windward sides of the ridges, rocks, and other solid objects.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drip torches use a combination of gas and diesel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Oxygen 2. Heat 3. Fuel.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fuel type, fuel moisture, temperature, wind, and continuity and arrangement of fuel all influence fire line construction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Direct attack 2. Indirect attack 3. Cold trailing 4. Hot spotting 5. Burnout.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any treatment of burning fuel, such as by wetting, smothering, or chemically quenching the fire or by physically separating burning from unburned fuel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any method of attack that is done away from the actual fire itself, such as digging line.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reducing or stopping the spread of fire at points of particularly rapid rate of spread or special threat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by carefully inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Setting a fire inside a control line to widen it or consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cup trench is used to catch any burning debris rolling downhill.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Hand signals 2. Written messages 3. Use of runners 4. Signal mirrors 5. Whistles 6. Two-way radios.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bodies of water, natural clearings, ridge tops, and riparian vegetation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roads, hand line, constructed clearings, and burnout areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lookouts, Communications, Escape routes, Safety zones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A safety zone is a place safe from the danger of the fire whereas a deployment site is a place where the danger of the fire is still eminent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hard Hat, Gloves, Nomex shirt, Fire boots, Nomex trousers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Incident Commander.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pulaski, Combi, Flapper.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>10 feet is required for constructing line for the safety of the crew members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drip torch, Fusee.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They burn very bright. They drip hot material.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gridding.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wind, Temperature, Relative Humidity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Situational awareness 2. Hazard assessment 3. Hazard control 4. Decision point 5. Evaluate.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fire shelter is designed to reflect radiant heat and to provide cooler, breathable air to protect your lungs and airway.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is never okay to not carry a fire shelter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fire shelters should be evaluated when the fire shelter is given, at the beginning of the fire season, and every 2 weeks throughout the fire season.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gloves, Radio, Water, Hard hat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Seek the lowest point, greatest distance from the nearest fuels, smooth surface textures for shelter seal, utilize heat barriers, remove ground fuel (4' x 8'), and deploy shelters as closely as possible to crew members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water should be consumed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fuel should be placed on the outside of the line.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>66 ft.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fixed wing aircraft used to drop water or retardant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The head of the fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There must be a sender, receiver, and an exchange of information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Simple hose lay, Progressive hose lay, Parallel hose lay.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wooden construction and wood shake roofs, Poor access and narrow, congested one-way roads, Inadequate water supply, Natural fuels 30 feet or closer to structures, Extreme fire behavior, Strong winds, Need to evacuate the public, Structures located in chimneys, box canyons, saddles, or on steep slopes in flashy fuels, Bridge load limits, Working around power lines, Petroleum or propane tanks present.</p> Signup and view all the answers