S-130 WILDLAND COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Place each wildland fire part in order to match to the best description.
1. Greatest forward rate of spread
2. Long, narrow strip of fire
3. Outer boundary of the burning area
4. Fire at this point usually burns into prevailing wind
5. Roughly parallel to the main direction of fire spread
6. Unburned area in the black - ✔✔1. Head
2. Finger
3. Perimeter
4. Rear
5. Flank
6. Island
✔✔Place each incident command system (ICS) section in order to match with its
primary function and place under an incident action plan (IAP).
- Directs the overall management of the incident
- Assists agencies requiring cost-recovery and other services
- Provides all support needs (except aircraft) on an incident
- Achieves the objectives outlined by the IC and the IAP
- Collects, evaluates, and makes assignments through the IAP - ✔✔- Command
- Finance/Administration
- Logistics
- Operations
- Planning
✔✔Place the ICS positions listed below in order (A, B, C, D) to match to the appropriate
locations on the organization chart.
Long Description:
landscape image of an org chart with six rows:
Top row: one box labeled IC with a broken line to the second row (to indicate that some
items are missing.
Second row: four boxes, one blank labeled A, the others labeled "Planning Section
Chief", "Logistics Section Chief", "Finance Section Chief".
Third row: a blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 2 labeled B.
Fourth row: blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 3 labeled C.
Fifth row: a blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 4 labeled D. - ✔✔-
Operations Section Chief
- Branch Director
- Division Supervisor
,- Resource Coordinator
✔✔Identify THREE different types of crews that may be involved in wildland fire fighting.
- ✔✔• Hand crews
• Engine crews
• Helitack crews
• Dozer and tractor plow crews
✔✔Module 2 Quiz - ✔✔Watch Out and LCES
✔✔Identify THREE common denominators of fire behavior on tragedy fires. - ✔✔- Fires
move especially fast uphill in chimneys, drainages, and on steep slopes.
- Flare-ups generally occur in medium fuels.
- Shovels, axes, and Pulaskis can adversely affect fire behavior.
- Unexpected shifts in wind direction or speed increase fire danger.
- Most incidents happen on relatively small fires or on isolated sections of large fires.
✔✔How many situations that shout "Watch out!" are listed in the IRPG? - ✔✔18 very
important "Watch-Outs!"—also found in both the IRPG and the Fireline Handbook.
✔✔When determining safety zone size safety zones should have a ______. -
✔✔diameter equal to at least four times the flame length.
✔✔All of the following are steps supervisors should take when establishing escape
routes, EXCEPT - ✔✔Answer: Refuse to place escape routes above a fire burning uphill
on a slope.
Here are the action steps for supervisors to take:
• Identify and mark escape routes well before they are needed
• Identify at least two escape routes
• Inform all crew members of escape route locations
• Don't place escape routes above a fire burning uphill on a slope
• Make escape routes lead to a safety zone in the black or farther into the green away
from the fire
• Constantly reassess identified escape routes as the fire front progresses
• Mark new escape routes and communicate the change to the crews
✔✔What do the letters in the LCES acronym stand for? - ✔✔LCES is an acronym
representing the four key operational components of the Orders:
• Lookouts
• Communications
• Escape routes
• Safety zones
, ✔✔All of the following are Standard Fire fighting Orders, EXCEPT - ✔✔1. Keep
informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts.
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.
7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your boss 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.
THINK Clearly... ACT Decisively
✔✔Identify THREE of the first five Standard Fire fighting Orders. - ✔✔1. Keep informed
on fire weather conditions and forecasts.
2. Know what your fire is doing at all times.
3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire.
✔✔There is more than one kind of safety zone you can escape to.
Identify THREE examples of safety zones. - ✔✔• The burn
• Natural areas
• Constructed areas
✔✔Identify a TRUE statement about safety zones. - ✔✔Firefighters will not have to
deploy fire shelters in a safety zone.
✔✔When considering the size of safety zones, your Incident Response Pocket Guide
(IRPG) has specific distance recommendations for how far to separate firefighters from
the nearest fuels.
Those specific distance recommendations are based on the assumption that there: -
✔✔Keep in mind that the IRPG's specific distance recommendations are based on the
assumption that there is no slope and no convective heat transfer from wind.
✔✔A safety zone is your refuge from danger.
Identify the TRUE statement about safety zones.
A. A safety zone should only be located in the burn.
B. A safety zone is a place where a fire shelter is not needed.
C. A safety zone is a place where a fire shelter is needed.
D. An engine is the best place for a safety zone. - ✔✔C. A safety zone is a place where
a fire shelter is needed.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Place each wildland fire part in order to match to the best description.
1. Greatest forward rate of spread
2. Long, narrow strip of fire
3. Outer boundary of the burning area
4. Fire at this point usually burns into prevailing wind
5. Roughly parallel to the main direction of fire spread
6. Unburned area in the black - ✔✔1. Head
2. Finger
3. Perimeter
4. Rear
5. Flank
6. Island
✔✔Place each incident command system (ICS) section in order to match with its
primary function and place under an incident action plan (IAP).
- Directs the overall management of the incident
- Assists agencies requiring cost-recovery and other services
- Provides all support needs (except aircraft) on an incident
- Achieves the objectives outlined by the IC and the IAP
- Collects, evaluates, and makes assignments through the IAP - ✔✔- Command
- Finance/Administration
- Logistics
- Operations
- Planning
✔✔Place the ICS positions listed below in order (A, B, C, D) to match to the appropriate
locations on the organization chart.
Long Description:
landscape image of an org chart with six rows:
Top row: one box labeled IC with a broken line to the second row (to indicate that some
items are missing.
Second row: four boxes, one blank labeled A, the others labeled "Planning Section
Chief", "Logistics Section Chief", "Finance Section Chief".
Third row: a blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 2 labeled B.
Fourth row: blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 3 labeled C.
Fifth row: a blank box coming off of the blank box on Row 4 labeled D. - ✔✔-
Operations Section Chief
- Branch Director
- Division Supervisor
,- Resource Coordinator
✔✔Identify THREE different types of crews that may be involved in wildland fire fighting.
- ✔✔• Hand crews
• Engine crews
• Helitack crews
• Dozer and tractor plow crews
✔✔Module 2 Quiz - ✔✔Watch Out and LCES
✔✔Identify THREE common denominators of fire behavior on tragedy fires. - ✔✔- Fires
move especially fast uphill in chimneys, drainages, and on steep slopes.
- Flare-ups generally occur in medium fuels.
- Shovels, axes, and Pulaskis can adversely affect fire behavior.
- Unexpected shifts in wind direction or speed increase fire danger.
- Most incidents happen on relatively small fires or on isolated sections of large fires.
✔✔How many situations that shout "Watch out!" are listed in the IRPG? - ✔✔18 very
important "Watch-Outs!"—also found in both the IRPG and the Fireline Handbook.
✔✔When determining safety zone size safety zones should have a ______. -
✔✔diameter equal to at least four times the flame length.
✔✔All of the following are steps supervisors should take when establishing escape
routes, EXCEPT - ✔✔Answer: Refuse to place escape routes above a fire burning uphill
on a slope.
Here are the action steps for supervisors to take:
• Identify and mark escape routes well before they are needed
• Identify at least two escape routes
• Inform all crew members of escape route locations
• Don't place escape routes above a fire burning uphill on a slope
• Make escape routes lead to a safety zone in the black or farther into the green away
from the fire
• Constantly reassess identified escape routes as the fire front progresses
• Mark new escape routes and communicate the change to the crews
✔✔What do the letters in the LCES acronym stand for? - ✔✔LCES is an acronym
representing the four key operational components of the Orders:
• Lookouts
• Communications
• Escape routes
• Safety zones
, ✔✔All of the following are Standard Fire fighting Orders, EXCEPT - ✔✔1. Keep
informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts.
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.
7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your boss 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.
THINK Clearly... ACT Decisively
✔✔Identify THREE of the first five Standard Fire fighting Orders. - ✔✔1. Keep informed
on fire weather conditions and forecasts.
2. Know what your fire is doing at all times.
3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire.
✔✔There is more than one kind of safety zone you can escape to.
Identify THREE examples of safety zones. - ✔✔• The burn
• Natural areas
• Constructed areas
✔✔Identify a TRUE statement about safety zones. - ✔✔Firefighters will not have to
deploy fire shelters in a safety zone.
✔✔When considering the size of safety zones, your Incident Response Pocket Guide
(IRPG) has specific distance recommendations for how far to separate firefighters from
the nearest fuels.
Those specific distance recommendations are based on the assumption that there: -
✔✔Keep in mind that the IRPG's specific distance recommendations are based on the
assumption that there is no slope and no convective heat transfer from wind.
✔✔A safety zone is your refuge from danger.
Identify the TRUE statement about safety zones.
A. A safety zone should only be located in the burn.
B. A safety zone is a place where a fire shelter is not needed.
C. A safety zone is a place where a fire shelter is needed.
D. An engine is the best place for a safety zone. - ✔✔C. A safety zone is a place where
a fire shelter is needed.
