FIREFIGHTER 1C – WILDLAND NEWEST EXAM WITH
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+(ASURRED SUCCESS).
Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container - ANSWERS-c. 5 gallon liquid propane
tank
During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape - ANSWERS-d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWERS-c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate - ANSWERS-a. your supervisor
Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
,d. acreage burned is increased - ANSWERS-a. firefighters subjected to
less heat and smoke
You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point
with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the
earth's surface.
a. True
b. False - ANSWERS-b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the cutting
edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or
another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
c. slop over
d. island - ANSWERS-b. tie-in
There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on
wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four - ANSWERS-c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and
ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False - ANSWERS-a. True
Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened - ANSWERS-b. Left outside the shelter
, Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke - ANSWERS-b. gentle rolling hills
While working around a helispot, you should stay at least ____________
feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that
requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100 - ANSWERS-d. 100
Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line - ANSWERS-b. burning operation
can escape control, acreage burned increases
Name four good practices which increase the rate of handline construction:
a. hot spotting, taking frequent naps, leap frogging, cold trailing
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers,
cold training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
c. cold training, hot spotting, hydrating, leap frogging
d. scratching, hot spotting, cold trailing, straight lines - ANSWERS-b.
keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers,
cold training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
What two documents have been developed to constantly remind us of
wildland fire safety rules?
a. LCES and the 4300 manual
b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout
"Watch Out"
c. Four Common Denominators and the IFSTA 1800
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and
the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch Out"
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+(ASURRED SUCCESS).
Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container - ANSWERS-c. 5 gallon liquid propane
tank
During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape - ANSWERS-d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWERS-c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate - ANSWERS-a. your supervisor
Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
,d. acreage burned is increased - ANSWERS-a. firefighters subjected to
less heat and smoke
You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point
with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the
earth's surface.
a. True
b. False - ANSWERS-b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the cutting
edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or
another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
c. slop over
d. island - ANSWERS-b. tie-in
There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on
wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four - ANSWERS-c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and
ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False - ANSWERS-a. True
Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened - ANSWERS-b. Left outside the shelter
, Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke - ANSWERS-b. gentle rolling hills
While working around a helispot, you should stay at least ____________
feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that
requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100 - ANSWERS-d. 100
Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line - ANSWERS-b. burning operation
can escape control, acreage burned increases
Name four good practices which increase the rate of handline construction:
a. hot spotting, taking frequent naps, leap frogging, cold trailing
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers,
cold training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
c. cold training, hot spotting, hydrating, leap frogging
d. scratching, hot spotting, cold trailing, straight lines - ANSWERS-b.
keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers,
cold training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
What two documents have been developed to constantly remind us of
wildland fire safety rules?
a. LCES and the 4300 manual
b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout
"Watch Out"
c. Four Common Denominators and the IFSTA 1800
d. None of the above - ANSWERS-b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and
the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch Out"
