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A(n) _____________ is an advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from
which to start constructing a fireline. It is used to minimize the chance of being flanked by
the fire while the line is being constructed.
✓ -:- Anchor point
What term describes the behavior of a fire spreading rapidly with a well-defined head?
✓ -:- Running
The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire is defined as __________.
✓ -:- Fire perimeter
What is a unit of measure popular in fire management, equal to 66 feet?
✓ -:- A chain
A long, narrow extension of a fire projecting from the main body is a __________.
✓ -:- Finger
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What part of the fire is the most rapidly spreading portion of a fire's perimeter, usually to
the leeward or upslope?
✓ -:- Head
What term describes a spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a
fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame?
✓ -:- Fire whirl
What term describes a fire burning without presence of flame or direct flame and barely
spreading?
✓ -:- Smoldering
What are the three methods of heat transfer?
✓ -:- Convection, Conduction, and Radiation
What are the three elements of the fire triangle?
✓ -:- Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
Which fuel type is the primary carrier of fire once ignition has occurred?
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✓ -:- Surface fuels
Houses, vehicles, and trash are examples of what fuel type?
✓ -:- Artificial
What fuel type consists of dead leaves, needles, and twigs on the forest floor?
✓ -:- Timber litter
The terms describing vertical fuel arrangement, from highest orientation to lowest, are:
✓ -:- Aerial fuels, ladder fuels, surface fuels, ground fuels
What is the single most important factor in determining how well a fuel will ignite and
burn?
✓ -:- Moisture content
What fuel is the primary carrier of fire the Central Texas area?
✓ -:- Grass
______________ fuels are distributed continuously over an area and in contact with each
other.
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