Firefighter 1C – Wildland FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container - ANSWER ✔ c. 5 gallon liquid
propane tank
2. During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape - ANSWER ✔ d. escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWER ✔ c. 3
4. LCES - ANSWER ✔ Lookout
Communication
Escape Route
Safety Zone
,5. S-FACTS - ANSWER ✔ Survival
Fire Environment:
Fuels, Wind, Terrain
Access
Construction/Clearance
Time Constraints
Stay or Go:
Check & Go, Prep & Go, Prep & Defend, Fire Front Following, Bump &
Run, Anchor & Hold, Tactical Patrol
6. Hazard Trees - ANSWER ✔ A hazard tree is a tree with a structural defect.
7. Snag - ANSWER ✔ dead or dying tree that is still standing
8. Widow-maker - ANSWER ✔ Broken tree branch suspended in a tree or
other trees, waiting to fall.
Note: aka hang-up or fool killer
9. Failure Zone - ANSWER ✔ any area that can be reached by any part of the
failing tree
keep your distance at least one and a half times the height of the tree
,10.Chimney - ANSWER ✔ steep drainage on the side of a mountain.
rapid rates of fire spread
11.Saddle - ANSWER ✔ low topography point between two high points in a
mountain range.
points of least resistance for winds and convective energy.
12.What is defensible space? - ANSWER ✔ Removal of flammable material
from the area around a structure
13.A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat? - ANSWER ✔ Radiant
heat
14.What are the three reasons the ten standard fire orders are not obeyed? -
ANSWER ✔ Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy
15.What is the difference between the ten standard fire orders vs watch outs? -
ANSWER ✔ Ten standard fire orders were developed to prevent firefighter
fatalities. The watch outs represent situations with specific hazards.
16.What is the most common injury on wildland fires? - ANSWER ✔
Hyperthermia
17.What is situational awareness and why is it important? - ANSWER ✔ The
gathering of information by observation around you. It allows you to avoid
being placed in a hazardous situation.
, 18.What does accountability mean? - ANSWER ✔ Subject to report, explain or
justify, being answerable or responsible
19.What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the fireline? - ANSWER
✔ Having the ability to recognize weather indicators and understand what
they mean to preplan before fire behavior changes
20.What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? - ANSWER ✔ 21%
21.What is solar radiation? - ANSWER ✔ Solar radiation refers to the amount
of heat taken by the earth from the sun
22.Of all the weather factors on a fire, which is the most important? -
ANSWER ✔ Wind
23.What generally drives horizontal movement of air? - ANSWER ✔ Wind
24.What is lapse rate? - ANSWER ✔ A change in temperature caused by a
change in altitude
25.What is the normal lapse rate per every 1,000ft of elevation change? -
ANSWER ✔ +3
26.What is inversion layer? - ANSWER ✔ A layer of very stable air where the
temperature rises as the altitude increases
2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container - ANSWER ✔ c. 5 gallon liquid
propane tank
2. During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape - ANSWER ✔ d. escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWER ✔ c. 3
4. LCES - ANSWER ✔ Lookout
Communication
Escape Route
Safety Zone
,5. S-FACTS - ANSWER ✔ Survival
Fire Environment:
Fuels, Wind, Terrain
Access
Construction/Clearance
Time Constraints
Stay or Go:
Check & Go, Prep & Go, Prep & Defend, Fire Front Following, Bump &
Run, Anchor & Hold, Tactical Patrol
6. Hazard Trees - ANSWER ✔ A hazard tree is a tree with a structural defect.
7. Snag - ANSWER ✔ dead or dying tree that is still standing
8. Widow-maker - ANSWER ✔ Broken tree branch suspended in a tree or
other trees, waiting to fall.
Note: aka hang-up or fool killer
9. Failure Zone - ANSWER ✔ any area that can be reached by any part of the
failing tree
keep your distance at least one and a half times the height of the tree
,10.Chimney - ANSWER ✔ steep drainage on the side of a mountain.
rapid rates of fire spread
11.Saddle - ANSWER ✔ low topography point between two high points in a
mountain range.
points of least resistance for winds and convective energy.
12.What is defensible space? - ANSWER ✔ Removal of flammable material
from the area around a structure
13.A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat? - ANSWER ✔ Radiant
heat
14.What are the three reasons the ten standard fire orders are not obeyed? -
ANSWER ✔ Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy
15.What is the difference between the ten standard fire orders vs watch outs? -
ANSWER ✔ Ten standard fire orders were developed to prevent firefighter
fatalities. The watch outs represent situations with specific hazards.
16.What is the most common injury on wildland fires? - ANSWER ✔
Hyperthermia
17.What is situational awareness and why is it important? - ANSWER ✔ The
gathering of information by observation around you. It allows you to avoid
being placed in a hazardous situation.
, 18.What does accountability mean? - ANSWER ✔ Subject to report, explain or
justify, being answerable or responsible
19.What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the fireline? - ANSWER
✔ Having the ability to recognize weather indicators and understand what
they mean to preplan before fire behavior changes
20.What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? - ANSWER ✔ 21%
21.What is solar radiation? - ANSWER ✔ Solar radiation refers to the amount
of heat taken by the earth from the sun
22.Of all the weather factors on a fire, which is the most important? -
ANSWER ✔ Wind
23.What generally drives horizontal movement of air? - ANSWER ✔ Wind
24.What is lapse rate? - ANSWER ✔ A change in temperature caused by a
change in altitude
25.What is the normal lapse rate per every 1,000ft of elevation change? -
ANSWER ✔ +3
26.What is inversion layer? - ANSWER ✔ A layer of very stable air where the
temperature rises as the altitude increases
