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Fire in Wildland Management Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Fire in Wildland Management Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Fire in Wildland Management Exam 1Questions and Answers
Pre-Ignition - -Vaporizing of fuels through endothermic reactions
- Combustion - -Exothermic reaction that releases energy
- Pyrolysis - -Thermal decomposition of wood into volatiles
- Flaming Fire - -Gas phase of combustion when O2 is present
- Smoldering Fire - -Glowing phase of combustion at low O2 levels
- PPE - -Minimum safety items for arduous duties
- In the movie Fire Wars, the Hotspot crew was repeatedly pulled back from
control lines to their safety zones indicating the use of which safety system?
A. LES
B. ICS
C. Red Flag Warning - -A. LCES
- What are the two main ignition sources of fire in North America? - -
Humans, Lightning
- List 4 madatory PPE items utilized by firefighters - --Hard Hat
-Gloves
-Nomex Shirts/Trousers
-8" boots -fire resistant soles leather laces
- What is one of the 10 standard wildland firefighting orders and why is it
important? - -Know the weather occurring in that region. This is important
because the weather has a big influence on what could happen with the fire,
for example if its windy the fire can spread and become a crown fire.
- Explain the reason for watch out situation #9 building fireline downhill with
fire below you - -This is a watchout situation because if you're building a
fireline downhill heading towards the fire below you, you have to cautiously
watch it to make sure if doesn't spread upward towards you since fires
travel/spread quickly uphill and its harder for us to go uphill, were slower and
could get caught in it.
- What are the three environmental elements that affect fire behavior? - -
Fuels
Weather
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