FIREFIGHTER 1C EXAM MOST RECENT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
Firefighter 1C
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS GET ALL CORRECT GRADED A+
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_chv5ia
1. Removal of flammable material What is defensible space?
from the area around a structure
2. Radiant heat A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat?
3. Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy What are the three reasons the ten standard fire orders
are not obeyed?
4. Ten standard fire orders were devel- What is the difference between the ten standard fire
oped to prevent firefighter fatalities. orders vs watch outs?
The watch outs represent situations
with specific hazards.
5. Hyperthermia What is the most common injury on wildland fires?
6. The gathering of information by ob- What is situational awareness and why is it important?
servation around you. It allows you
to avoid being placed in a hazardous
situation.
7. Subject to report, explain or justify, What does accountability mean?
being answerable or responsible
8. Having the ability to recognize What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the
weather indicators and understand fireline?
what they mean to preplan before
fire behavior changes
9. 21% What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen?
10. Solar radiation refers to the amount What is solar radiation?
of heat taken by the earth from the
sun
1/9
, Firefighter 1C
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_chv5ia
11. Wind Of all the weather factors on a fire, which is the most
important?
12. Wind What generally drives horizontal movement of air?
13. A change in temperature caused by What is lapse rate?
a change in altitude
14. +3 What is the normal lapse rate per every 1,000ft of
elevation change?
15. A layer of very stable air where the What is inversion layer?
temperature rises as the altitude in-
creases
16. Smoke has reached a point where On a calm day, why will a column of smoke stop rising
temperatures equalize. Cool air will and flatten out?
not rise through the warm air.
17. An air mass that is moving hori- What is orographic lifting?
zontally that encounters a mountain
range and is forced upward
18. Elevation, position on slope, aspect, What are the most critical topographic features?
shape of the terrain, steepness of
slope
19. Spotting occurs when burning ma- What is spotting and why is it so dangerous?
terial is carried ahead of the fire
burning unburned fuel. This can
cause fire to cut you off from escape
routes rapidly.
20. What is torching?
2/9
Firefighter 1C
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS GET ALL CORRECT GRADED A+
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_chv5ia
1. Removal of flammable material What is defensible space?
from the area around a structure
2. Radiant heat A fire shelter protects you from what type of heat?
3. Ignorance, Machismo, Apathy What are the three reasons the ten standard fire orders
are not obeyed?
4. Ten standard fire orders were devel- What is the difference between the ten standard fire
oped to prevent firefighter fatalities. orders vs watch outs?
The watch outs represent situations
with specific hazards.
5. Hyperthermia What is the most common injury on wildland fires?
6. The gathering of information by ob- What is situational awareness and why is it important?
servation around you. It allows you
to avoid being placed in a hazardous
situation.
7. Subject to report, explain or justify, What does accountability mean?
being answerable or responsible
8. Having the ability to recognize What does predicted fire weather mean to you on the
weather indicators and understand fireline?
what they mean to preplan before
fire behavior changes
9. 21% What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen?
10. Solar radiation refers to the amount What is solar radiation?
of heat taken by the earth from the
sun
1/9
, Firefighter 1C
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_chv5ia
11. Wind Of all the weather factors on a fire, which is the most
important?
12. Wind What generally drives horizontal movement of air?
13. A change in temperature caused by What is lapse rate?
a change in altitude
14. +3 What is the normal lapse rate per every 1,000ft of
elevation change?
15. A layer of very stable air where the What is inversion layer?
temperature rises as the altitude in-
creases
16. Smoke has reached a point where On a calm day, why will a column of smoke stop rising
temperatures equalize. Cool air will and flatten out?
not rise through the warm air.
17. An air mass that is moving hori- What is orographic lifting?
zontally that encounters a mountain
range and is forced upward
18. Elevation, position on slope, aspect, What are the most critical topographic features?
shape of the terrain, steepness of
slope
19. Spotting occurs when burning ma- What is spotting and why is it so dangerous?
terial is carried ahead of the fire
burning unburned fuel. This can
cause fire to cut you off from escape
routes rapidly.
20. What is torching?
2/9
