S 190 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
SHEET
●● Point of Origin
Answer: The location where a competent ignition source came into
contact with the material first ignited and sustained combustion
occurred.
●● Head
Answer: The most rapidly spreading portion of a fire's perimeter, usually
to the leeward or up slope.
●● Flanks
Answer: The parts of a fire's perimeter that are roughly parallel to the
main direction of spread.
●● Rear or Heel
Answer: That portion of a fire edge opposite the head. Slowest spreading
portion of a fire edge.
●● Fingers
,Answer: The long narrow extensions of a fire projecting from the main
body.
●● Pocket
Answer: Unburned indentations in the fire edge formed by fingers or
slow burning areas.
●● Island
Answer: An unburned area within a fire perimeter.
●● Spot
Answer: Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a
firebrand.
●● Anchor point
Answer: The anchor point is any good place where you can start
constructing a fireline.
●● Control line
Answer: Control line refers to all constructed or natural fire barriers. It's
also used to describe the treated fire edges used to contain the fire.
●● Fireline
, Answer: A fireline is any cleared strip or portion of a control line where
flammable material has been removed by scraping or digging down to
mineral soil.
●● Mop-up
Answer: The mop-up phase marks the final extinguishing of a fire after
it has been completely surrounded by control lines. It is a strategy to
make a fire safe or to reduce residual smoke.
●● Contained
Answer: Contained is the status of a wildfire suppression action that can
reasonably be expected to stop the fire spread under prevailing and
predicted conditions.
●● Controlled
Answer: Controlled is the point in time when the perimeter spread of a
wildland fire has been halted and can reasonably be expected to hold
under foreseeable conditions.
●● Chain
Answer: A chain is a surveying term and equals 66 ft. (20 m).
●● Smoldering
ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW
SHEET
●● Point of Origin
Answer: The location where a competent ignition source came into
contact with the material first ignited and sustained combustion
occurred.
●● Head
Answer: The most rapidly spreading portion of a fire's perimeter, usually
to the leeward or up slope.
●● Flanks
Answer: The parts of a fire's perimeter that are roughly parallel to the
main direction of spread.
●● Rear or Heel
Answer: That portion of a fire edge opposite the head. Slowest spreading
portion of a fire edge.
●● Fingers
,Answer: The long narrow extensions of a fire projecting from the main
body.
Answer: Unburned indentations in the fire edge formed by fingers or
slow burning areas.
●● Island
Answer: An unburned area within a fire perimeter.
●● Spot
Answer: Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a
firebrand.
●● Anchor point
Answer: The anchor point is any good place where you can start
constructing a fireline.
●● Control line
Answer: Control line refers to all constructed or natural fire barriers. It's
also used to describe the treated fire edges used to contain the fire.
●● Fireline
, Answer: A fireline is any cleared strip or portion of a control line where
flammable material has been removed by scraping or digging down to
mineral soil.
●● Mop-up
Answer: The mop-up phase marks the final extinguishing of a fire after
it has been completely surrounded by control lines. It is a strategy to
make a fire safe or to reduce residual smoke.
●● Contained
Answer: Contained is the status of a wildfire suppression action that can
reasonably be expected to stop the fire spread under prevailing and
predicted conditions.
●● Controlled
Answer: Controlled is the point in time when the perimeter spread of a
wildland fire has been halted and can reasonably be expected to hold
under foreseeable conditions.
●● Chain
Answer: A chain is a surveying term and equals 66 ft. (20 m).
●● Smoldering
