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FIREFIGHTER 1C - WILDLAND EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS
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 Ans: 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 Ans: d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 Ans: c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
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a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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
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d. island Ans: b. tie-in
There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on
wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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
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d. dense smoke Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: b. keeping
line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
FIREFIGHTER 1C - WILDLAND EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS
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 Ans: 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 Ans: d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 Ans: c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
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a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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
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d. island Ans: b. tie-in
There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on
wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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
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d. dense smoke Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: b. keeping
line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
