S-130 & S-190 Study Guide 2024/2025
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Anchor point - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Minimize the chance of being flanked by the
fire while the line is being constructed
Should you fight fire without an anchor point and why? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔No, Fire can create a flanking it can come back in a different direction
L.C.E.S. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lookout
Communication
Escape Route
Safety Zone
What is dry lightning? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a lightning strike without rain
How many gallons of water do most backpack pump extinguisher hold? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔4-8
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, Compressed-air foam system (CAFS) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A system that
combines foam concentrate, water, and compressed air to produce foam
that can stick to both vegetation and structures.
Island - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An unburned area surrounded by fire.
Heel of the fire - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The side opposite the head of the fire,
which is often close to the area of origin.
Unburned indentions in the fire edge formed by fingers or slow burning
areas - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pockets of a fire
Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a firebrand -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Spot fire
Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Creeping fire
The burning of foliage of a single tree or a small group of trees, from the
bottom up - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Torching
An advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from which to
start constructing a fireline. Used to minimize the chance of being flanked
by the fire while the line is being constructed. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anchor point
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Anchor point - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Minimize the chance of being flanked by the
fire while the line is being constructed
Should you fight fire without an anchor point and why? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔No, Fire can create a flanking it can come back in a different direction
L.C.E.S. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Lookout
Communication
Escape Route
Safety Zone
What is dry lightning? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a lightning strike without rain
How many gallons of water do most backpack pump extinguisher hold? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔4-8
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, Compressed-air foam system (CAFS) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A system that
combines foam concentrate, water, and compressed air to produce foam
that can stick to both vegetation and structures.
Island - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An unburned area surrounded by fire.
Heel of the fire - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The side opposite the head of the fire,
which is often close to the area of origin.
Unburned indentions in the fire edge formed by fingers or slow burning
areas - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pockets of a fire
Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a firebrand -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Spot fire
Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Creeping fire
The burning of foliage of a single tree or a small group of trees, from the
bottom up - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Torching
An advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from which to
start constructing a fireline. Used to minimize the chance of being flanked
by the fire while the line is being constructed. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anchor point
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