S-130 FIREFIGHTER TRAINING EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Smother with dirt. Answer: Remove oxygen.
◉ Spray with water. Answer: Remove heat.
◉ Spray with Class A foam. Answer: Remove heat.
◉ Short flame lengths. Answer: Direct attack method.
◉ Smothering. Answer: Direct attack method.
◉ Long flame lengths. Answer: Indirect attack method.
◉ Line construction far from the fire edge. Answer: Indirect attack
method.
◉ Moderately intense fire moving at moderate ROS. Answer: Flank
attack method.
,◉ Encircling spot fires. Answer: Parallel attack method.
◉ Keeps burning debris from rolling across control line. Answer: Cup
trenching.
◉ Prevents fuel outside the control line from burning. Answer:
Fireproofing fuel.
◉ Eliminates fuel between fire edge and control line. Answer: Firing
Operations.
◉ Attack parts of a fire threatening life or property. Answer:
Hotspotting.
◉ Creates emergency control line, especially in light fuels. Answer:
Creating a scratch line.
◉ Finds hotspots along a partly dead fire edge. Answer: Cold trailing.
◉ Identify THREE true statements about control lines.
- Anchor points are required only in medium or heavy fuels.
, - The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive or defensive
strategy is used.
- The control line should be uniform width all around a fire's perimeter.
- The control line should be kept as short and straight as possible.
Answer: - The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the
fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive of defensive
strategy is used.
- The control line should be kept as short ans straight as possible.
◉ Broken up and scattered in the green. Answer: Fuel concentrations.
◉ Dropped into the black. Answer: Snags.
◉ Trenched and bermed. Answer: Control line below the fire.
◉ Placed just over the ridge. Answer: Control line above a fire.
◉ Made no wider than necessary. Answer: Control line in general.
◉ To be avoided, if possible. Answer: Downhill fireline.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Smother with dirt. Answer: Remove oxygen.
◉ Spray with water. Answer: Remove heat.
◉ Spray with Class A foam. Answer: Remove heat.
◉ Short flame lengths. Answer: Direct attack method.
◉ Smothering. Answer: Direct attack method.
◉ Long flame lengths. Answer: Indirect attack method.
◉ Line construction far from the fire edge. Answer: Indirect attack
method.
◉ Moderately intense fire moving at moderate ROS. Answer: Flank
attack method.
,◉ Encircling spot fires. Answer: Parallel attack method.
◉ Keeps burning debris from rolling across control line. Answer: Cup
trenching.
◉ Prevents fuel outside the control line from burning. Answer:
Fireproofing fuel.
◉ Eliminates fuel between fire edge and control line. Answer: Firing
Operations.
◉ Attack parts of a fire threatening life or property. Answer:
Hotspotting.
◉ Creates emergency control line, especially in light fuels. Answer:
Creating a scratch line.
◉ Finds hotspots along a partly dead fire edge. Answer: Cold trailing.
◉ Identify THREE true statements about control lines.
- Anchor points are required only in medium or heavy fuels.
, - The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive or defensive
strategy is used.
- The control line should be uniform width all around a fire's perimeter.
- The control line should be kept as short and straight as possible.
Answer: - The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the
fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive of defensive
strategy is used.
- The control line should be kept as short ans straight as possible.
◉ Broken up and scattered in the green. Answer: Fuel concentrations.
◉ Dropped into the black. Answer: Snags.
◉ Trenched and bermed. Answer: Control line below the fire.
◉ Placed just over the ridge. Answer: Control line above a fire.
◉ Made no wider than necessary. Answer: Control line in general.
◉ To be avoided, if possible. Answer: Downhill fireline.
