S-130 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER TRAINING EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS | GRADED A+ .
List the 18 watch outs - correct Answers -1. Fire not scouted and sized up
2. In country not seen in daylight
3. safety zones and escape routes not identified
4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior
5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards
6. Instructions and assignments not clear
7. No communication link with crew members and supervisors
8. Constructing line without a safe anchor point
9. Building fireline downhill with fire below
10. Attempting frontal assault on fire
11. Unburned fuel between you and the fire
12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can
13. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below
14. Weather becoming hotter and drier
15. Wind increases and/or changes direction
16. Getting frequent spot fires across line
17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult
18. Taking a nap near fireline
List 10 Standard Firefighting Orders - correct Answers -1. Keep informed on weather conditions
and forecast
2. Know what your fire is doing at all times
3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior or the fire
4. Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known
5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger
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, 6. Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, and act decisively
7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and adjoining forces
8. Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood
9. Maintain control of you forces at all times
10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first
Identify nine parts of a fire - correct Answers -(1) Origin, (2) Head, (3) Flank, (4) Rear/Heel, (5)
Perimeter, (6) Finger, (7) Pocket, (8) Island, (9) Spot Fire
Orgin - correct Answers -The location where the fire started
Head - correct Answers -Shows the direction in which the fire is burning. This is the hottest and
most active part of the fire
Flank - correct Answers -Sides of the fire, parallel to the main direction of spread. May have
active fire, but not as hot as the head of the fire.
Rear/Heel - correct Answers -Opposite the head of the fire and burning less vigorously, if at all.
Often near the fire origin.
Perimeter - correct Answers -Boundary of the fire or fire edge. May not have active fire on some
portions.
Finger - correct Answers -An area, usually a narrow strip, that burns away from the main part of
the fire. Could be dangerous if personnel working the fire are flanked by a finger.
Pocket - correct Answers -Unburned area between the main fire and any fingers.
Island - correct Answers -Area of unburned fuel inside the fire perimeter.
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QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS | GRADED A+ .
List the 18 watch outs - correct Answers -1. Fire not scouted and sized up
2. In country not seen in daylight
3. safety zones and escape routes not identified
4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior
5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards
6. Instructions and assignments not clear
7. No communication link with crew members and supervisors
8. Constructing line without a safe anchor point
9. Building fireline downhill with fire below
10. Attempting frontal assault on fire
11. Unburned fuel between you and the fire
12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can
13. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below
14. Weather becoming hotter and drier
15. Wind increases and/or changes direction
16. Getting frequent spot fires across line
17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult
18. Taking a nap near fireline
List 10 Standard Firefighting Orders - correct Answers -1. Keep informed on weather conditions
and forecast
2. Know what your fire is doing at all times
3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior or the fire
4. Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known
5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger
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, 6. Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, and act decisively
7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and adjoining forces
8. Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood
9. Maintain control of you forces at all times
10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first
Identify nine parts of a fire - correct Answers -(1) Origin, (2) Head, (3) Flank, (4) Rear/Heel, (5)
Perimeter, (6) Finger, (7) Pocket, (8) Island, (9) Spot Fire
Orgin - correct Answers -The location where the fire started
Head - correct Answers -Shows the direction in which the fire is burning. This is the hottest and
most active part of the fire
Flank - correct Answers -Sides of the fire, parallel to the main direction of spread. May have
active fire, but not as hot as the head of the fire.
Rear/Heel - correct Answers -Opposite the head of the fire and burning less vigorously, if at all.
Often near the fire origin.
Perimeter - correct Answers -Boundary of the fire or fire edge. May not have active fire on some
portions.
Finger - correct Answers -An area, usually a narrow strip, that burns away from the main part of
the fire. Could be dangerous if personnel working the fire are flanked by a finger.
Pocket - correct Answers -Unburned area between the main fire and any fingers.
Island - correct Answers -Area of unburned fuel inside the fire perimeter.
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