S-130 S-180 S-190 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ What are the 3 components of the fire triangle? Answer: Heat, Fuel
and Oxygen
◉ What is spotting? Answer: Fire producing sparks or embers that are
carried by wind or convection and starts new fires beyond the main fire
◉ What is smoldering? Answer: Fire burning without flame and barely
spreading
◉ What is running? Answer: Fire spreading rapidly with a well defined
head
◉ When is a fire controlled? Answer: When the fire is expected to hold
under all conditions
◉ List examples of a barrier. Answer: Road, River, Black, Rocky Area,
Etc...
, ◉ True or False: A north facing aspect will have more fire activity than a
south facing aspect? Answer: False
◉ Name 2 types of canyons that can result in extreme fire behavior.
Answer: Box and Narrow
◉ List the 6 basic fuel types. Answer: Grass, Grass Shrub, Shrub,
Timber Understory, Timber Litter, Slash-Blow Down
◉ What are the 2 types of horizontal arrangements of fuels? Answer:
Patchy and Uniform
◉ The vertical arrangement of ladder fuel describes what? Answer:
Fuels that link surface materials to the upper canopy
◉ List indicators that fire behavior is increasing. Answer: Low RH,
Crowning, Torching, Fire Whirl, Etc...
◉ What are wind indicators to be aware of that can lead to increased fire
behavior? Answer: Change of wind direction, Dust Devils, Cold Front
Passages
◉ What factor influences fire spread more than any other? Answer:
Wind
EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ What are the 3 components of the fire triangle? Answer: Heat, Fuel
and Oxygen
◉ What is spotting? Answer: Fire producing sparks or embers that are
carried by wind or convection and starts new fires beyond the main fire
◉ What is smoldering? Answer: Fire burning without flame and barely
spreading
◉ What is running? Answer: Fire spreading rapidly with a well defined
head
◉ When is a fire controlled? Answer: When the fire is expected to hold
under all conditions
◉ List examples of a barrier. Answer: Road, River, Black, Rocky Area,
Etc...
, ◉ True or False: A north facing aspect will have more fire activity than a
south facing aspect? Answer: False
◉ Name 2 types of canyons that can result in extreme fire behavior.
Answer: Box and Narrow
◉ List the 6 basic fuel types. Answer: Grass, Grass Shrub, Shrub,
Timber Understory, Timber Litter, Slash-Blow Down
◉ What are the 2 types of horizontal arrangements of fuels? Answer:
Patchy and Uniform
◉ The vertical arrangement of ladder fuel describes what? Answer:
Fuels that link surface materials to the upper canopy
◉ List indicators that fire behavior is increasing. Answer: Low RH,
Crowning, Torching, Fire Whirl, Etc...
◉ What are wind indicators to be aware of that can lead to increased fire
behavior? Answer: Change of wind direction, Dust Devils, Cold Front
Passages
◉ What factor influences fire spread more than any other? Answer:
Wind
