S-130 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER TRAINING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

S-130 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER TRAINING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ List the 18 watch outs Correct Answer: 1. Fire not scouted and sized up 2. In country not seen in daylight 3. safety zones and escape routes not identified 4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior 5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards 6. Instructions and assignments not clear 7. No communication link with crew members and supervisors 8. Constructing line without a safe anchor point 9. Building fireline downhill with fire below 10. Attempting frontal assault on fire 11. Unburned fuel between you and the fire 12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can 13. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below 14. Weather becoming hotter and drier 2 15. Wind increases and/or changes direction 16. Getting frequent spot fires across line 17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult 18. Taking a nap near fireline List 10 Standard Firefighting Orders Correct Answer: 1. Keep informed on weather conditions and forecast 2. Know what your fire is doing at all times 3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior or the fire 4. Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known 5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger 6. Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, and act decisively 7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and adjoining forces 8. Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood 9. Maintain control of you forces at all times 10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first Identify nine parts of a fire Correct Answer: (1) Origin, (2) Head, (3) Flank, (4) Rear/Heel, (5) Perimeter, (6) Finger, (7) Pocket, (8) Island, (9) Spot Fire Orgin 3 Correct Answer: The location where the fire started Head Correct Answer: Shows the direction in which the fire is burning. This is the hottest and most active part of the fire Flank Correct Answer: Sides of the fire, parallel to the main direction of spread. May have active fire, but not as hot as the head of the fire. Rear/Heel Correct Answer: Opposite the head of the fire and burning less vigorously, if at all. Often near the fire origin. Perimeter Correct Answer: Boundary of the fire or fire edge. May not have active fire on some portions. Finger Correct Answer: An area, usually a narrow strip, that burns away from the main part of the fire. Could be dangerous if personnel working the fire are flanked by a finger. Pocket Correct Answer: Unburned area between the main fire and any fingers. 4 Island Correct Answer: Area of unburned fuel inside the fire perimeter. Spot Fire Correct Answer: Burning area outside the main fire perimeter, often caused by wind blown embers or rolling debris. Name nine fire behavior terms Correct Answer: (1) Smoldering, (2) Creeping, (3) Running, (4) Backing, (5) Spotting, (6) Torching, (7) Crowning, (8) Blowup Smoldering Correct Answer: Fire burning without flame and barely spreading Creeping Correct Answer: Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly Running Correct Answer: Fire spreading rapidly with a well-defined head.