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FT 157: Wildland Fire Control Quizzes 1-5
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FT 157: Wildland Fire Control Quizzes1-5
Aerobic fitness is a measurement of what? - -oxygen delivery
- How many hours should you sleep for every hour you work? - -1/2 hour
- It is possible during hard work in the heat to lose up to how much sweat in
an hour? - -2 quarts
- Which of the following is considered a medical emergency and needs
immediate care? - -heat stroke
- What is the most critical health danger of carbon monoxide gas? - -it
replaces oxygen in the red blood cells
- In what length of time should you be able to deploy your fire shelter? - -25
seconds or less
- What should never be done before entering your fire shelter? - -wet
yourself down with water to cool yourself
- What are three primary weather factors that impact a fire? - --
temperature
- relative humidity (moisture)
- wind
- What is the primary factor in determining a safety zone? - -a safety zone
must be void of fuels
- What is not true regarding escape routes? - -you should always plan your
escape route uphill
- What part of the fire will normally be the hottest? - -the head of the fire
- What is the biggest danger in light flashy fuels? - -flare-ups that can trap
firefighters
- A fire on a 30% slope will burn how much faster than a fire on level
ground? - -twice as fast
- One of the most reliable safety zones is "the black" as long as what is true?
- -there is no canopy fuel to support reburn
, - a dead limb just hanging in a tree waiting to fall is called? - -a widow
maker
- Every power line on the ground or still in the air should be considered as
what? - -charged with electricity
- The first of the ten standard firefighting orders has to do with what? - -
weather conditions and forecasts
- How many watchout situations are there? - -18
- The book tells us that there are 18 factors that have an affect on wildland
fire behavior. Mr. Osborne thinks that 3x3 perspective is a better way to
think of it. This perspective tells us that? - -there are three major factors
(weather, fuel, and topography) each with three sub-categories
- What is the most dangerous side effect from carbon monoxide poisoning
that can lead to firefighter fatalities? - -confusion and fatigue can lead to
bad decision making
- Who is responsible for safety on a wildland fire? - -every firefighter
- What is the driving force behind the changes in fire behavior? - -weather
- At what time of day does the greatest amount of solar radiation reach the
earth? - -12:00pm
- what are the three ways that winds enhance and spread wildland fires? - --
additional oxygen
- flattens flames
- causes spot fires
- where are surface winds normally measured? - -20 feet above the ground
- as air descends in a thunderstorm, it is cooled by evaporation. this causes
what? - -downdrafts
- which wind has the greatest effect on the direction that fires will burn? - -
mid-flame winds
- what is the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the
greatest amount available at the same temperature called? - -relative
humity
- wind speeding up through a narrow canyon is what type of an effect? - -
venturi effect
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