Wildland Urban Firefighting Strategy & Tactics Wildland Firefighting
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
_________ condition - is a situation, normally found in a rural or forest setting, where
small clusters of
structures (ranches, farms, resorts, or summer cabins) are exposed to wildland fuels.
There may be miles between these clusters. Structural fire protection service may not
be available. - ANSWER Rural
Based on your size-up and continuing observations, predict, where the fire will be in
____ hour increments - ANSWER one
Aircraft are most effective if they can place their drops just ahead of the flame front as it
approaches the structure - ANSWER
Structure Triage
• Three types of structures are: (3) - ANSWER those threatened, those not threatened,
and those that are lost or can't be protected
Those that require little or no attention - They are made of materials that will not readily
burn, and they have sufficient clearance. - ANSWER
Those that must be protected - These buildings are made of combustible materials and
lack the necessary clearance, but with an effort by firefighting personnel, they probably
can be saved. - ANSWER
Those that are lost even though they may not yet be on fire: these structures cannot be
mainly those structures that are constructed of flammable material and that don't have
the proper clearance, or where the ingress/egress is such that it would be dangerous to
attempt to protect them. - ANSWER
, In your effort to select the structures that you have the best chance of saving, you have
to consider multiple factors:
1. Structure
2. Fuels -it is estimated that ___ percent of the structures that are lost to an advancing
wildland fire are lost because of a lack of adequate clearance from flammable fuels.
3. Fire behavior
4. Firefighting resources
5. Firefighter safety - ANSWER 90
_____________ : Where humans and their development meet or are intermixed with
wildland fuels. - ANSWER Wildland/Urban Interface
There are four different wildland/urban conditions:
_________ condition - is a situation normally within a city or urban area, where structures
abut wildland
fuels. There is a clear line of demarcation between the structures and the wildland fuels
along roads or
back fences. Wildland fuels do not extend into the developed area. Development density
for an interface condition is three or more structures per acre. - ANSWER Interface
_____________ condition - is a condition, normally not in an urban city, where structures
are scattered throughout a wildland area. There is no clear line of demarcation; the
wildland fuels are continuous outside of and within the developed area. The
development density in the intermix ranges from two structures per acre to one
structure per 40 acres. - ANSWER Intermix
Occluded condition - is a situation, normally within a city, where structures abut an
island of wildland fuels
(park or open space). There is a clear line of demarcation between the structures and
the wildland fuels along roads or back fences. The development density for an occluded
condition is usually three or more structures per acre, and the area is less than 1,000
acres in size. - ANSWER Occluded
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
_________ condition - is a situation, normally found in a rural or forest setting, where
small clusters of
structures (ranches, farms, resorts, or summer cabins) are exposed to wildland fuels.
There may be miles between these clusters. Structural fire protection service may not
be available. - ANSWER Rural
Based on your size-up and continuing observations, predict, where the fire will be in
____ hour increments - ANSWER one
Aircraft are most effective if they can place their drops just ahead of the flame front as it
approaches the structure - ANSWER
Structure Triage
• Three types of structures are: (3) - ANSWER those threatened, those not threatened,
and those that are lost or can't be protected
Those that require little or no attention - They are made of materials that will not readily
burn, and they have sufficient clearance. - ANSWER
Those that must be protected - These buildings are made of combustible materials and
lack the necessary clearance, but with an effort by firefighting personnel, they probably
can be saved. - ANSWER
Those that are lost even though they may not yet be on fire: these structures cannot be
mainly those structures that are constructed of flammable material and that don't have
the proper clearance, or where the ingress/egress is such that it would be dangerous to
attempt to protect them. - ANSWER
, In your effort to select the structures that you have the best chance of saving, you have
to consider multiple factors:
1. Structure
2. Fuels -it is estimated that ___ percent of the structures that are lost to an advancing
wildland fire are lost because of a lack of adequate clearance from flammable fuels.
3. Fire behavior
4. Firefighting resources
5. Firefighter safety - ANSWER 90
_____________ : Where humans and their development meet or are intermixed with
wildland fuels. - ANSWER Wildland/Urban Interface
There are four different wildland/urban conditions:
_________ condition - is a situation normally within a city or urban area, where structures
abut wildland
fuels. There is a clear line of demarcation between the structures and the wildland fuels
along roads or
back fences. Wildland fuels do not extend into the developed area. Development density
for an interface condition is three or more structures per acre. - ANSWER Interface
_____________ condition - is a condition, normally not in an urban city, where structures
are scattered throughout a wildland area. There is no clear line of demarcation; the
wildland fuels are continuous outside of and within the developed area. The
development density in the intermix ranges from two structures per acre to one
structure per 40 acres. - ANSWER Intermix
Occluded condition - is a situation, normally within a city, where structures abut an
island of wildland fuels
(park or open space). There is a clear line of demarcation between the structures and
the wildland fuels along roads or back fences. The development density for an occluded
condition is usually three or more structures per acre, and the area is less than 1,000
acres in size. - ANSWER Occluded
