Firefighter 1C - Wildland Exam
_____________________________ are answerable for keeping a secure work surroundings.
A. Firefighters
b. Supervisors
c. Safety Officers
d. All personnel - ANS-d. All employees
A again-up man or woman is required for all cars besides sedans and choose-ups.
A. True
b. False - ANS-a. True
A McLeod hand device is assessed as a _______________________.
A. Reducing tool
b. Scraping device/raking
c. Digging device
d. Aggregate tool - ANS-b. Scraping device/raking
Note: what are the alternative equipment labeled as:
Brush Hook: reducing device
Polaski: grubbing & cutting tool
Chingadera: grubbing & scraping device
Chain Saw: reducing device
Shovel: digging tool
A McLeod need to be inspected _____________________?
A. Before and after each use
b. Whilst leaving, returning from out of unit challenge
c. Starting, end of fire season
d. Not one of the above - ANS-a. Earlier than and after each use
A Pulaski awl combines an awl with some other tool. Which other tool?
A) select
B) An adze
C) A maul
D) A sledge - ANS-B) An adze
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A quick built, minimum width, brief line wherein fuels had been removed to mineral soil is a:
a. Rapid line
b. Scratch line
c. Brief line
,d. Tool line - ANS-b. Scratch line
A t-blouse fabricated from which of the subsequent is to be worn underneath the Nomex uniform
always?
A. 20% silk
b. Forty% rayon
c. 100% nylon
d. 100% cotton - ANS-d. 100% cotton
A widow maker could create which types of hazards:
a. Tripping
b. Rolling
c. Falling
d. Rocking - ANS-c. Falling
Additional Terms to Study - ANS-Moving on...
An superb region from which to begin building manipulate line is called a/an:
a. Tie-in
b. Bloodless trail
c. Safety island
d. Anchor point - ANS-d. Anchor point
An location of unburned gasoline between two (2) arms, or between a finger and the principle
body of the hearth is referred to as:
a. A pocket
b. The green
c. A finger
d. The heel - ANS-a. A pocket
An unburned area among a finger and the principle head of the fire is referred to as:
A) the heel.
B) a flank.
C) a pocket.
D) the vicinity of beginning. - ANS-C) a pocket
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Another way to classify vegetative fuels is via their size, form, compactness, and quantity. These
classifications are:
A) residing or lifeless.
B) organic or inorganic.
C) light or darkish.
D) best or heavy. - ANS-D) fine or heavy.
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, Are quality fuels or heavy fuels affected extra via modifications in relative humidity?
A. Fine fuels are affected extra.
B. Heavy fuels are affected more.
C. They are similarly affected.
D. Neither are affected. - ANS-a. Fine fuels are affected greater.
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As a widespread rule, the fireline must be as a minimum _______ as huge as the predominant
gas is tall. - ANS-1.Five instances
As a remaining hotel, what can hearth combatants do to shield themselves in being overrun by
way of a wildland fire?
A. Dig a hollow
b. Climb a tree
c. Deploy a fire shelter
d. Take cover in heavy brush - ANS-c. Deploy a fire safe haven
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Box Canyon - ANS-or useless-cease, canyons, are regions in which intense updrafts and
extreme fires arise
The steep canyon walls assist pressure the convective column aloft.
Chimney - ANS-steep drainage on the facet of a mountain.
Fast quotes of fireplace spread
Communicate data about risks to:
a. All personnel inside the region
b. First available manager
c. Equipment operator
d. All the above - ANS-d. All the above
Dirt thrown on flaming fuel must be directed at what portion of the flame?
A. Base
b. Pinnacle
c. Center
d. All of the above - ANS-a. Base
Do fires unfold more quick in pleasant fuels or in heavy timber and brush?
A) It depends at the temperature.
B) It relies upon on the amount.
C) Fires spread extra speedy in heavy timber and brush.
D) Fires unfold more fast in fine fuels. - ANS-D) Fires unfold extra fast in first-class fuels.
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_____________________________ are answerable for keeping a secure work surroundings.
A. Firefighters
b. Supervisors
c. Safety Officers
d. All personnel - ANS-d. All employees
A again-up man or woman is required for all cars besides sedans and choose-ups.
A. True
b. False - ANS-a. True
A McLeod hand device is assessed as a _______________________.
A. Reducing tool
b. Scraping device/raking
c. Digging device
d. Aggregate tool - ANS-b. Scraping device/raking
Note: what are the alternative equipment labeled as:
Brush Hook: reducing device
Polaski: grubbing & cutting tool
Chingadera: grubbing & scraping device
Chain Saw: reducing device
Shovel: digging tool
A McLeod need to be inspected _____________________?
A. Before and after each use
b. Whilst leaving, returning from out of unit challenge
c. Starting, end of fire season
d. Not one of the above - ANS-a. Earlier than and after each use
A Pulaski awl combines an awl with some other tool. Which other tool?
A) select
B) An adze
C) A maul
D) A sledge - ANS-B) An adze
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A quick built, minimum width, brief line wherein fuels had been removed to mineral soil is a:
a. Rapid line
b. Scratch line
c. Brief line
,d. Tool line - ANS-b. Scratch line
A t-blouse fabricated from which of the subsequent is to be worn underneath the Nomex uniform
always?
A. 20% silk
b. Forty% rayon
c. 100% nylon
d. 100% cotton - ANS-d. 100% cotton
A widow maker could create which types of hazards:
a. Tripping
b. Rolling
c. Falling
d. Rocking - ANS-c. Falling
Additional Terms to Study - ANS-Moving on...
An superb region from which to begin building manipulate line is called a/an:
a. Tie-in
b. Bloodless trail
c. Safety island
d. Anchor point - ANS-d. Anchor point
An location of unburned gasoline between two (2) arms, or between a finger and the principle
body of the hearth is referred to as:
a. A pocket
b. The green
c. A finger
d. The heel - ANS-a. A pocket
An unburned area among a finger and the principle head of the fire is referred to as:
A) the heel.
B) a flank.
C) a pocket.
D) the vicinity of beginning. - ANS-C) a pocket
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Another way to classify vegetative fuels is via their size, form, compactness, and quantity. These
classifications are:
A) residing or lifeless.
B) organic or inorganic.
C) light or darkish.
D) best or heavy. - ANS-D) fine or heavy.
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, Are quality fuels or heavy fuels affected extra via modifications in relative humidity?
A. Fine fuels are affected extra.
B. Heavy fuels are affected more.
C. They are similarly affected.
D. Neither are affected. - ANS-a. Fine fuels are affected greater.
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As a widespread rule, the fireline must be as a minimum _______ as huge as the predominant
gas is tall. - ANS-1.Five instances
As a remaining hotel, what can hearth combatants do to shield themselves in being overrun by
way of a wildland fire?
A. Dig a hollow
b. Climb a tree
c. Deploy a fire shelter
d. Take cover in heavy brush - ANS-c. Deploy a fire safe haven
pg. 804
Box Canyon - ANS-or useless-cease, canyons, are regions in which intense updrafts and
extreme fires arise
The steep canyon walls assist pressure the convective column aloft.
Chimney - ANS-steep drainage on the facet of a mountain.
Fast quotes of fireplace spread
Communicate data about risks to:
a. All personnel inside the region
b. First available manager
c. Equipment operator
d. All the above - ANS-d. All the above
Dirt thrown on flaming fuel must be directed at what portion of the flame?
A. Base
b. Pinnacle
c. Center
d. All of the above - ANS-a. Base
Do fires unfold more quick in pleasant fuels or in heavy timber and brush?
A) It depends at the temperature.
B) It relies upon on the amount.
C) Fires spread extra speedy in heavy timber and brush.
D) Fires unfold more fast in fine fuels. - ANS-D) Fires unfold extra fast in first-class fuels.
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