BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING
TRAINING CORRECT 100%
an unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that
threatens to escape its bounds - ANSWERWildfire
purposely starting a fire that puts a home or others at risk - ANSWERACA 5-38-302
agency responsible for forest fire supression - ANSWERForestry Commission
large/heavy fuels - ANSWERhardwood and softwood trees
relative humidity - ANSWERMost important of environmental factors and first thing to
check when fighting wildfires
more humidity - ANSWERa fire burns slower with
less humidity - ANSWERhigh wind and dryness
wind - ANSWERchanges rapidly over time influencing the spread of wildfire.
slope - ANSWERthe steepness of the land, never get caught uphill from a fire
ACA 5-38-310 becomes a violation - ANSWERWhen a fire crosses onto another
perons property
Time, location, owner, agent - ANSWERWhen notifying AFC of a controlled burn
give the following
Damages are doubled - ANSWERIn a civil action where a person's property
does not need permission of the landowner - ANSWERFire fighters working under
direction of AFC on private property
combustion - ANSWERThe act of burning is called
fuel, heat, oxygen - ANSWERThis must be present for combustion to occur
radiation, convection, conduction - ANSWERFire spreads by three heat transfer
methods
Radiant heat - ANSWERThis will push heat ahead of the fire pulling moisture and
making fuel easy to ignite
Convection - ANSWERthis will pull oxygen in from all sides pushing heated air
upward making more oxygen for fire (causes embers to create spot fires)
TRAINING CORRECT 100%
an unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that
threatens to escape its bounds - ANSWERWildfire
purposely starting a fire that puts a home or others at risk - ANSWERACA 5-38-302
agency responsible for forest fire supression - ANSWERForestry Commission
large/heavy fuels - ANSWERhardwood and softwood trees
relative humidity - ANSWERMost important of environmental factors and first thing to
check when fighting wildfires
more humidity - ANSWERa fire burns slower with
less humidity - ANSWERhigh wind and dryness
wind - ANSWERchanges rapidly over time influencing the spread of wildfire.
slope - ANSWERthe steepness of the land, never get caught uphill from a fire
ACA 5-38-310 becomes a violation - ANSWERWhen a fire crosses onto another
perons property
Time, location, owner, agent - ANSWERWhen notifying AFC of a controlled burn
give the following
Damages are doubled - ANSWERIn a civil action where a person's property
does not need permission of the landowner - ANSWERFire fighters working under
direction of AFC on private property
combustion - ANSWERThe act of burning is called
fuel, heat, oxygen - ANSWERThis must be present for combustion to occur
radiation, convection, conduction - ANSWERFire spreads by three heat transfer
methods
Radiant heat - ANSWERThis will push heat ahead of the fire pulling moisture and
making fuel easy to ignite
Convection - ANSWERthis will pull oxygen in from all sides pushing heated air
upward making more oxygen for fire (causes embers to create spot fires)
