Wildland FIREFIGHTER TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
How can a canyon impact your fire - Answer-It can lead to increases in potential for preheating,
spotting, and ignition
Why is it easier to light finer fuels and logs - Answer-Less heat to ignite
What is dead fuel moisture - Answer-Moisture content in fuel that is dead, influenced by relative
humidity temperature and wind
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
How can a canyon impact your fire - Answer-It can lead to increases in potential for preheating,
spotting, and ignition
Why is it easier to light finer fuels and logs - Answer-Less heat to ignite
What is dead fuel moisture - Answer-Moisture content in fuel that is dead, influenced by relative
humidity temperature and wind
