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FF1 WILDLAND TEST NO. 1 EXAM WITH ACCURATE ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




ANSWERS


Point of origin - correct answer✔✔The precise location where a competent ignition source
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came into contact with the material ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Head of a fire - correct answer✔✔The side of the fire having the fastest rate of spread
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Flank of a fire - correct answer✔✔The part of a fire's perimeter that is roughly parallel to
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the main direction of spread
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Rear of the fire - correct answer✔✔• that portion of a fire spreading directly into the wind
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or down slope||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




• that portion of a fire edge opposite the head
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• slowest spreading portion of a fire edge. Also called
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heel of a fire ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Fire perimeter - correct answer✔✔The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire
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Fingers of a fire - correct answer✔✔The long narrow extensions of a fire projecting from ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




the main body ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Pockets of fire - correct answer✔✔Unburned indentations in the fire edge formed by ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




fingers or slow burning areas ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Island - correct answer✔✔Area of unburned fuel inside the fire perimeter ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

, Spot fire - correct answer✔✔Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a
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firebrand



Smoldering - correct answer✔✔Fire burning without flame and barely spreading ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Creeping fire - correct answer✔✔Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Running fire - correct answer✔✔Behavior of a fire spreading rapidly with a well defined ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




head



Spotting - correct answer✔✔Behavior of a fire producing sparks or embers that are carried
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by the wind and which start new fires beyond the zone of direct ignition by the main fire
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Torching - correct answer✔✔The burning of the foliage of a single tree or a small group of ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




trees, from the bottom up ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




Crown fire - correct answer✔✔A fire that advances from top to top of trees or shrubs,
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more or less independently of the surface fire
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Flare up - correct answer✔✔any sudden acceleration in the rate of spread or
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intensification of the fire. Unlike blowup, a flare-up is of relativity short duration and does ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




not change existing control plans
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Firewhirl - correct answer✔✔spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||




from a fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame. fire whirls range in size from less
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than one foot to over 500 feet in diameter. large fire whirls have the intensity of a small
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