S-130 - Basic Wildland Firefighting; Exam Qs &As Origin The area where the fire started. It is also the point from which the fire spreads, depending on the fuels present and the effects of wind and slope. Head The part of a wildland fire with the greate
S-130 - Basic Wildland Firefighting; Exam Qs &As Origin The area where the fire started. It is also the point from which the fire spreads, depending on the fuels present and the effects of wind and slope. Head The part of a wildland fire with the greatest forward rate of spread (ROS). The head of a fire often burns intensely and may move with alarming speed. Some large fires may have multiple heads. Fingers long, narrow strips of fire that extend from the main body of a fire. They form: -When a fire burns into mixed fuels; slowing in heavy fuel, but spreading quickly in light fuels -Due to variations in terrain or wind direction -When the head is split by natural features such as fields, water, or rock outcroppings
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