Wildland FIREFIGHTER TEST WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat? - ANSWER-Radiant Heat
When are the 10 firefighter orders not obeyed - ANSWER-Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy
What are the most common injuries on the fire line - ANSWER-Heat related injuries
What is situational awareness - ANSWER-The gathering of information by observation or having or having it reported to you
What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the Fireline - ANSWER-A change of weather is the most cause of deaths
What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? - ANSWER-about 21%
What is solar radiation? - ANSWER-energy from the sun
Of all various weather conditions what is the most important one? - ANSWER-Wind
What is a lapse rate? - ANSWER-the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude.
What is the normal lapse rate for every thousand feet of elevation change? - ANSWER-
3.5 degrees
What is an inversion layer? - ANSWER-A layer of very stable air where the temperature rises as the altitude increases
On a calm day, why will a column of smoke stop rising and flatten out? - ANSWER-The inversion layer
What is orographic lifting? - ANSWER-occurs when an air mass that is moving horizontally encounters a mountain range and is force upward
What is slope reversal and why is it dangerous? - ANSWER-When a fire burns and changes the slope, leading to a change in rate of spread
What can happen when fighting fire on a south facing slope - ANSWER-It burns hotter in the afternoon
A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat? - ANSWER-Radiant Heat
When are the 10 firefighter orders not obeyed - ANSWER-Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy
What are the most common injuries on the fire line - ANSWER-Heat related injuries
What is situational awareness - ANSWER-The gathering of information by observation or having or having it reported to you
What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the Fireline - ANSWER-A change of weather is the most cause of deaths
What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? - ANSWER-about 21%
What is solar radiation? - ANSWER-energy from the sun
Of all various weather conditions what is the most important one? - ANSWER-Wind
What is a lapse rate? - ANSWER-the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude.
What is the normal lapse rate for every thousand feet of elevation change? - ANSWER-
3.5 degrees
What is an inversion layer? - ANSWER-A layer of very stable air where the temperature rises as the altitude increases
On a calm day, why will a column of smoke stop rising and flatten out? - ANSWER-The inversion layer
What is orographic lifting? - ANSWER-occurs when an air mass that is moving horizontally encounters a mountain range and is force upward
What is slope reversal and why is it dangerous? - ANSWER-When a fire burns and changes the slope, leading to a change in rate of spread
What can happen when fighting fire on a south facing slope - ANSWER-It burns hotter in the afternoon
