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A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat? - Radiant Heat
When are the 10 firefighter orders not obeyed - Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy
What are the most common injuries on the fire line - Heat related injuries
What is situational awareness - The gathering of information by observation or having or
having it reported to you
What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the Fireline - A change of weather is
the most cause of deaths
What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? - about 21%
What is solar radiation? - energy from the sun
Of all various weather conditions what is the most important one? - Wind
What is a lapse rate? - the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude.
What is the normal lapse rate for every thousand feet of elevation change? - 3.5 degrees
What is an inversion layer? - A layer of very stable air where the temperature rises as the
altitude increases
On a calm day, why will a column of smoke stop rising and flatten out? - The inversion
layer
What is orographic lifting? - occurs when an air mass that is moving horizontally
encounters a mountain range and is force upward
What is slope reversal and why is it dangerous? - When a fire burns and changes the
slope, leading to a change in rate of spread