S-130 WILDLAND 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is a backing fire? - ✔✔A backing fire is where the fire moves AWAY from the
head, downhill, or against the wind.
✔✔Place the following terms in order from the lowest ROS to the highest:
Crowning
Running
Smoldering
Creeping
Torching
Crowning - ✔✔1. Smoldering
2. Creeping
3. Running
4. Torching
5. Crowning
✔✔What is a "control line"? - ✔✔A control line refers to all constructed or natural fire
barriers.
✔✔What is a "fireline"? - ✔✔A fireline is any cleared strip or portion of a control line
where flammable materials have been removed by scraping or digging down to mineral
soil.
✔✔What is an "anchor point"? - ✔✔Any good place where you can start constructing a
fireline. Generally, a fire barrier is a safe anchor point.Using an anchor point minimizes
the chance of being outflanked by the fire while the line is being constructed.
✔✔(Blank), begins after a fire has been completely surrounded by control lines. -
✔✔Mop-up
✔✔What are some good anchor points? - ✔✔Things such as a road, lake, pond,
stream, earlier burn, or cliff. This type of barrier provides a safety point for you that will
keep you from getting outflanked by the fire.
✔✔During, (blank), you will extinguish all smoldering material within a specified distance
from a, (blank), line as conditions indicate. - ✔✔Control Line
✔✔A class, (blank), fire is the smallest fire and class, (blank), is the largest. - ✔✔A; G
✔✔How much should your total individual weight gear be? - ✔✔65 pounds
✔✔How much should your Web gear weight be without water? - ✔✔20 pounds
, ✔✔What should your personal gear weigh? - ✔✔45 pounds
✔✔What 3 things does your wildland firefighter protective clothing protect you from? -
✔✔1. Personal injury
2. Radiant heat; &
3. Hostile ambient temperature conditions
✔✔What is the minimum required PPE that a wildland firefighter should have? - ✔✔1.
Protective outerwear
2. Gloves
3. Protective Footwear
4. Hard hat (helmet)
5. Eye protection
6. Hearing protection; &
7. Fire shelter
✔✔You should wear, (blank), over other clothing or directly over cotton undergarments.
- ✔✔Outerwear
✔✔Be sure that your undergarments are, (blank), not synthetic. - ✔✔Cotton
✔✔Completely, (blank), all garment closures - ✔✔Fasten
✔✔Wildland firefighter socks should be made of, (blank). - ✔✔Wool
✔✔Don't use, (blank), to clean your helmet. - ✔✔Cleaning Solvents
✔✔The most critical piece of safety equipment that you will carry for all wildland fire
fighting is the, (blank). - ✔✔Fire shelter.
✔✔What do you use "web gear" for? - ✔✔You use web gear to carry various tools in
canvas pouches. Remember, web gear without water should not weigh more than 20
pounds.
✔✔What are 3 examples of items you could carry in a web pouch? - ✔✔A canteen,
fuses, & fire shelter.
✔✔What is a personal gear bag (or "red bag') for? - ✔✔Items that are bulky such as
clothing & a sleeping bag, and so forth. The bag should not be more than 45 pounds.
✔✔Physically fit workers perform, (blank), in the heat, acclimate faster at high
elevations, and are less likely to be injured on the fireline. - ✔✔Better
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is a backing fire? - ✔✔A backing fire is where the fire moves AWAY from the
head, downhill, or against the wind.
✔✔Place the following terms in order from the lowest ROS to the highest:
Crowning
Running
Smoldering
Creeping
Torching
Crowning - ✔✔1. Smoldering
2. Creeping
3. Running
4. Torching
5. Crowning
✔✔What is a "control line"? - ✔✔A control line refers to all constructed or natural fire
barriers.
✔✔What is a "fireline"? - ✔✔A fireline is any cleared strip or portion of a control line
where flammable materials have been removed by scraping or digging down to mineral
soil.
✔✔What is an "anchor point"? - ✔✔Any good place where you can start constructing a
fireline. Generally, a fire barrier is a safe anchor point.Using an anchor point minimizes
the chance of being outflanked by the fire while the line is being constructed.
✔✔(Blank), begins after a fire has been completely surrounded by control lines. -
✔✔Mop-up
✔✔What are some good anchor points? - ✔✔Things such as a road, lake, pond,
stream, earlier burn, or cliff. This type of barrier provides a safety point for you that will
keep you from getting outflanked by the fire.
✔✔During, (blank), you will extinguish all smoldering material within a specified distance
from a, (blank), line as conditions indicate. - ✔✔Control Line
✔✔A class, (blank), fire is the smallest fire and class, (blank), is the largest. - ✔✔A; G
✔✔How much should your total individual weight gear be? - ✔✔65 pounds
✔✔How much should your Web gear weight be without water? - ✔✔20 pounds
, ✔✔What should your personal gear weigh? - ✔✔45 pounds
✔✔What 3 things does your wildland firefighter protective clothing protect you from? -
✔✔1. Personal injury
2. Radiant heat; &
3. Hostile ambient temperature conditions
✔✔What is the minimum required PPE that a wildland firefighter should have? - ✔✔1.
Protective outerwear
2. Gloves
3. Protective Footwear
4. Hard hat (helmet)
5. Eye protection
6. Hearing protection; &
7. Fire shelter
✔✔You should wear, (blank), over other clothing or directly over cotton undergarments.
- ✔✔Outerwear
✔✔Be sure that your undergarments are, (blank), not synthetic. - ✔✔Cotton
✔✔Completely, (blank), all garment closures - ✔✔Fasten
✔✔Wildland firefighter socks should be made of, (blank). - ✔✔Wool
✔✔Don't use, (blank), to clean your helmet. - ✔✔Cleaning Solvents
✔✔The most critical piece of safety equipment that you will carry for all wildland fire
fighting is the, (blank). - ✔✔Fire shelter.
✔✔What do you use "web gear" for? - ✔✔You use web gear to carry various tools in
canvas pouches. Remember, web gear without water should not weigh more than 20
pounds.
✔✔What are 3 examples of items you could carry in a web pouch? - ✔✔A canteen,
fuses, & fire shelter.
✔✔What is a personal gear bag (or "red bag') for? - ✔✔Items that are bulky such as
clothing & a sleeping bag, and so forth. The bag should not be more than 45 pounds.
✔✔Physically fit workers perform, (blank), in the heat, acclimate faster at high
elevations, and are less likely to be injured on the fireline. - ✔✔Better
