Basic Wildland Firefighting Training Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

An unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that threatens to escape its bounds Correct Answer Wildfire Purposely starting a fire that puts a home or others at risk Correct Answer ACA 5-38-302 Agency responsible for forest fire supression Correct Answer Forestry Commission ACA 5-38-310 becomes a violation Correct Answer When a fire crosses onto another perons property Time, location, owner, agent Correct Answer When notifying AFC of a controlled burn give the following Damages are doubled Correct Answer In a civil action where a person's property Does not need permission of the landowner Correct Answer Fire fighters working under direction of AFC on private property Combustion Correct Answer The act of burning is called Fuel, heat, oxygen Correct Answer This must be present for combustion to occur Radiation, convection, conduction Correct Answer Fire spreads by three heat transfer methods Radiant heat Correct Answer This will push heat ahead of the fire pulling moisture and making fuel easy to ignite Convection Correct Answer this will pull oxygen in from all sides pushing heated air upward making more oxygen for fire (causes embers to create spot fires) Conduction Correct Answer heat transfers through root systems Fuel, weather, topography Correct Answer Environmental influences on fires Small/light fuels Correct Answer sage grass, light brush, vines Large/heavy fuels Correct Answer hardwood and softwood trees Relative humidity Correct Answer Most important of environmental factors and first thing to check when fighting wildfires More humidity Correct Answer a fire burns slower with