S-260
True or false: consuming beer at an incident is permitted as long as it is done off shift and does
not disrupt others - ANS-FALSE
Name 3 documents that address incident behavior
**Important** - ANS-1) Wildland Fireline handbook
2) IRPG
3) Incident Business Management Handbook
When you observe or hear of inappropriate behavior you should: (list 3 actions) - ANS-1) Report
to supervisor
2) Report to Human Resources Specialist
3) Report to IC
4) Provide support
5) Document
Violation of incident conduct rules can result in: (list 2)
**Important** - ANS-1) Removal from assignment
2) Termination
3) Information sent back to home unit
True or False: All incident personnel can use government property for government use as long
as it is not damaged or consumed. - ANS-FALSE
List 2 responsibilities or roles of the incident Human Resources Specialist - ANS-1) Point of
contact for civil rights and human resource concerns
2) Receive reports and verify for inappropriate behavior
If you feel like you are being harassed, whom might you talk to? - ANS-Your supervisor, HRS,
the offender
(answer is 'all of the above')
Under what 4 types of employment coverage can incident personnel be hired and paid? -
ANS-Organized crews, casual, state employed offices, federal sources of recruitment,
cooperators
True or false: Agreements for organized crews, which are hired as casuals, can deviate from the
Pay Plan for Emergency Workers - ANS-FALSE
True or false: Fireline personnel must be a minimum of 18 years of age - ANS-TRUE
, True or false: Active military personnel on leave can be paid as casuals - ANS-FALSE
List 3 situations that authorize the hiring of casuals
**Important** - ANS-1) To fight an ongoing fire
2) When fire danger is very high to extreme, or during high risk periods
3) Provide support to an ongoing incident
List the 3 forms necessary to hire and pay a casual:
**Important** - ANS-1) I-9
2) W-4
3) Single resource casual hire information
Define "casual" - ANS-Person hired and compensated under the pay plan for emergency
workers
True or false: federal and state taxes will be withheld from a casual's pay - ANS-TRUE
True or false: An individual will be paid for their 2 R&R days no matter what day they get back -
ANS-FALSE (only if the two days fall on regular work days)
Medical treatment is non-compensable except when: - ANS-Traveling to and from the medical
facility
The initial timekeeping document which needs to be completed and submitted daily is the: -
ANS-SF-261 (CTR)
True or false: If hazard pay is authorized, GS employees receive HP for all hours in pay status
that day - ANS-TRUE
True or false: All incident personnel must adhere to work/rest guidelines - ANS-TRUE
True or false: Drivers on an incident man not drive over 10 hours in one duty day - ANS-TRUE
List 3 reasons a GS employee can receive hazard pay
**Important** - ANS-1) uncontrolled fireline
2) rough terrain
3) working with helicopter overhead
What form would a Personnel Time Recorder use to record time? - ANS-OF-288
Regular government employee, Casual, or Both?
Payment overtime
**Important** - ANS-Regular gov employee
True or false: consuming beer at an incident is permitted as long as it is done off shift and does
not disrupt others - ANS-FALSE
Name 3 documents that address incident behavior
**Important** - ANS-1) Wildland Fireline handbook
2) IRPG
3) Incident Business Management Handbook
When you observe or hear of inappropriate behavior you should: (list 3 actions) - ANS-1) Report
to supervisor
2) Report to Human Resources Specialist
3) Report to IC
4) Provide support
5) Document
Violation of incident conduct rules can result in: (list 2)
**Important** - ANS-1) Removal from assignment
2) Termination
3) Information sent back to home unit
True or False: All incident personnel can use government property for government use as long
as it is not damaged or consumed. - ANS-FALSE
List 2 responsibilities or roles of the incident Human Resources Specialist - ANS-1) Point of
contact for civil rights and human resource concerns
2) Receive reports and verify for inappropriate behavior
If you feel like you are being harassed, whom might you talk to? - ANS-Your supervisor, HRS,
the offender
(answer is 'all of the above')
Under what 4 types of employment coverage can incident personnel be hired and paid? -
ANS-Organized crews, casual, state employed offices, federal sources of recruitment,
cooperators
True or false: Agreements for organized crews, which are hired as casuals, can deviate from the
Pay Plan for Emergency Workers - ANS-FALSE
True or false: Fireline personnel must be a minimum of 18 years of age - ANS-TRUE
, True or false: Active military personnel on leave can be paid as casuals - ANS-FALSE
List 3 situations that authorize the hiring of casuals
**Important** - ANS-1) To fight an ongoing fire
2) When fire danger is very high to extreme, or during high risk periods
3) Provide support to an ongoing incident
List the 3 forms necessary to hire and pay a casual:
**Important** - ANS-1) I-9
2) W-4
3) Single resource casual hire information
Define "casual" - ANS-Person hired and compensated under the pay plan for emergency
workers
True or false: federal and state taxes will be withheld from a casual's pay - ANS-TRUE
True or false: An individual will be paid for their 2 R&R days no matter what day they get back -
ANS-FALSE (only if the two days fall on regular work days)
Medical treatment is non-compensable except when: - ANS-Traveling to and from the medical
facility
The initial timekeeping document which needs to be completed and submitted daily is the: -
ANS-SF-261 (CTR)
True or false: If hazard pay is authorized, GS employees receive HP for all hours in pay status
that day - ANS-TRUE
True or false: All incident personnel must adhere to work/rest guidelines - ANS-TRUE
True or false: Drivers on an incident man not drive over 10 hours in one duty day - ANS-TRUE
List 3 reasons a GS employee can receive hazard pay
**Important** - ANS-1) uncontrolled fireline
2) rough terrain
3) working with helicopter overhead
What form would a Personnel Time Recorder use to record time? - ANS-OF-288
Regular government employee, Casual, or Both?
Payment overtime
**Important** - ANS-Regular gov employee
