CALFIRE programs UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center? - CORRECT ANSWER - CAL FIRE provides
a substantial seed bank:
*as insurance against poor seed crop years
*to provide the widest possible genetic variety of forest tree species.
*Long-term depository
*Restoration of native trees lost to
-wildfire,
-insects
-disease;
*Avoiding losses of tree species threatened with extirpation or extinction;
*mitigates the uncertainties associated with tree species and forest ecosystem adaptation to
climate change.
Calfire programs. List all you can think of. - CORRECT ANSWER - -Vegetation
Management Program
-Fire prevention Program
-Demonstration state forests
-Forest Improvement Program
-Urban & Community Forest Program
-L.A. Moran Reforestation Center
-Fire and Resource Assessment Program
,-Pest Management Program
-Climate Change Program
-Environmental Protection and Regulations Programs
-Archaeology Program
-Biomass and Bioenergy
Landowner asks what can they do about the dying trees on their property. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Answer could be consult with pest mgmt program to identify problem and inform
them of cfip program for a cost share forest improvement project.
Landowner complains a neighbor is cutting trees and selling them likely without thp. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Answer would be notify calfire reg program etc.
What is the Forest Health Management Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - USFS program
-provides information to landowners and makes recommendations to the Board of Forestry
regarding the health of California's forests.
What is the Fire Prevention Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of CAL FIRE's mission
is to prevent fires.
The department's Fire Prevention Program consists of multiple activities including
-wildland pre-fire engineering,
-vegetation management,
-fire planning,
-education
-law enforcement.
Common Fire Prevention projects include - CORRECT ANSWER - -fire break construction
-brush clearance around communities, along roadways and evacuation routes.
, -defensible space inspections,
-emergency evacuation planning,
-fire prevention education,
-fire hazard severity mapping,
-implementation of the State Fire Plan,
-fire-related law enforcement activities such as investigations to determine fire cause and origin
as well as arson cases,
-support for local government fire safe planning in the SRA.
State Fire Plan, Fire Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - The California Fire Plan is the
state's road map for reducing the risk of wildfire.
The Fire Plan is a cooperative effort between the Board and the CDF.
By placing the emphasis on what needs to be done long before a fire starts, the Fire Plan looks to
-reduce fire fighting costs and property losses,
-increase firefighter safety,
-contribute to ecosystem health.
The current plan was finalized in early 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE ENGINEERING Fire Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - Wildland fire
prevention engineering processes
-reduce or eliminate fire hazards and risks,
-change the environment by
~~removing or reducing the heat source,
~~modifying or reducing the fuels (this is where our defensible space program resides),
~~~modifying the act or omission allowing the heat source to contact ignitable fuels.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center? - CORRECT ANSWER - CAL FIRE provides
a substantial seed bank:
*as insurance against poor seed crop years
*to provide the widest possible genetic variety of forest tree species.
*Long-term depository
*Restoration of native trees lost to
-wildfire,
-insects
-disease;
*Avoiding losses of tree species threatened with extirpation or extinction;
*mitigates the uncertainties associated with tree species and forest ecosystem adaptation to
climate change.
Calfire programs. List all you can think of. - CORRECT ANSWER - -Vegetation
Management Program
-Fire prevention Program
-Demonstration state forests
-Forest Improvement Program
-Urban & Community Forest Program
-L.A. Moran Reforestation Center
-Fire and Resource Assessment Program
,-Pest Management Program
-Climate Change Program
-Environmental Protection and Regulations Programs
-Archaeology Program
-Biomass and Bioenergy
Landowner asks what can they do about the dying trees on their property. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Answer could be consult with pest mgmt program to identify problem and inform
them of cfip program for a cost share forest improvement project.
Landowner complains a neighbor is cutting trees and selling them likely without thp. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Answer would be notify calfire reg program etc.
What is the Forest Health Management Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - USFS program
-provides information to landowners and makes recommendations to the Board of Forestry
regarding the health of California's forests.
What is the Fire Prevention Program? - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of CAL FIRE's mission
is to prevent fires.
The department's Fire Prevention Program consists of multiple activities including
-wildland pre-fire engineering,
-vegetation management,
-fire planning,
-education
-law enforcement.
Common Fire Prevention projects include - CORRECT ANSWER - -fire break construction
-brush clearance around communities, along roadways and evacuation routes.
, -defensible space inspections,
-emergency evacuation planning,
-fire prevention education,
-fire hazard severity mapping,
-implementation of the State Fire Plan,
-fire-related law enforcement activities such as investigations to determine fire cause and origin
as well as arson cases,
-support for local government fire safe planning in the SRA.
State Fire Plan, Fire Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - The California Fire Plan is the
state's road map for reducing the risk of wildfire.
The Fire Plan is a cooperative effort between the Board and the CDF.
By placing the emphasis on what needs to be done long before a fire starts, the Fire Plan looks to
-reduce fire fighting costs and property losses,
-increase firefighter safety,
-contribute to ecosystem health.
The current plan was finalized in early 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE ENGINEERING Fire Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - Wildland fire
prevention engineering processes
-reduce or eliminate fire hazards and risks,
-change the environment by
~~removing or reducing the heat source,
~~modifying or reducing the fuels (this is where our defensible space program resides),
~~~modifying the act or omission allowing the heat source to contact ignitable fuels.
