WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION STRATEGY
INCIDENT COMMAND STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Indirect Attack
Answer: Any method of attack that is done away from the actual fire
itself, such as digging line.
◉ Hot Spotting
Answer: Reducing or stopping the spread of fire at points of
particularly rapid rate of spread or special threat.
◉ Cold Trailing
Answer: A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by carefully
inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire,
digging out every live spot, and trenching any live edge.
◉ Burnout
Answer: Setting a fire inside a control line to widen it or consume
fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.
◉ What is the purpose of a cup trench?
Answer: A cup trench is used to catch any burning debris rolling
downhill.
, ◉ List 6 methods of communication
Answer: 1. Hand signals
2. Written messages
3. Use of runners
4. Signal mirrors
5. Whistles
6. Two-way radios
◉ List some examples of a natural control line
Answer: Bodies of water, Natural clearings, Ridge tops, and Riparian
vegetation
◉ List some examples of a man-made control line
Answer: Roads, Hand line, Constructed clearings and Burnout areas
◉ LCES
Answer: Look outs.
Communications.
Escape routes.
Safety zones.
INCIDENT COMMAND STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ Indirect Attack
Answer: Any method of attack that is done away from the actual fire
itself, such as digging line.
◉ Hot Spotting
Answer: Reducing or stopping the spread of fire at points of
particularly rapid rate of spread or special threat.
◉ Cold Trailing
Answer: A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by carefully
inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire,
digging out every live spot, and trenching any live edge.
◉ Burnout
Answer: Setting a fire inside a control line to widen it or consume
fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.
◉ What is the purpose of a cup trench?
Answer: A cup trench is used to catch any burning debris rolling
downhill.
, ◉ List 6 methods of communication
Answer: 1. Hand signals
2. Written messages
3. Use of runners
4. Signal mirrors
5. Whistles
6. Two-way radios
◉ List some examples of a natural control line
Answer: Bodies of water, Natural clearings, Ridge tops, and Riparian
vegetation
◉ List some examples of a man-made control line
Answer: Roads, Hand line, Constructed clearings and Burnout areas
◉ LCES
Answer: Look outs.
Communications.
Escape routes.
Safety zones.
