FIREFIGHTER 1C WILDLAND EXAM
ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider
a secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape
Answer: d. escape
●● How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer: c. 3
●● Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
,b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate
Answer: a. your supervisor
●● Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased
Answer: a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
●● You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance
point with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to
the earth's surface.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the
cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
,●● When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier,
or another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
c. slop over
d. island
Answer: b. tie-in
●● There are ________________________ basic attack methods used
on wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
Answer: c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
●● The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together
and ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a. True
, ●● Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire
shelter deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened
Answer: b. Left outside the shelter
●● Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke
Answer: b. gentle rolling hills
●● While working around a helispot, you should stay at least
____________ feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a
specific job that requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100
Answer: d. 100
ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS
●● During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider
a secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape
Answer: d. escape
●● How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer: c. 3
●● Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
,b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate
Answer: a. your supervisor
●● Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased
Answer: a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
●● You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance
point with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to
the earth's surface.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the
cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
,●● When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier,
or another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
c. slop over
d. island
Answer: b. tie-in
●● There are ________________________ basic attack methods used
on wildland fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
Answer: c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
●● The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together
and ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a. True
, ●● Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire
shelter deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened
Answer: b. Left outside the shelter
●● Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke
Answer: b. gentle rolling hills
●● While working around a helispot, you should stay at least
____________ feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a
specific job that requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100
Answer: d. 100
