FIREFIGHTER 1C - WILDLAND EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container: c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
2. During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape: d. escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4: c. 3
4. Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate: a. your supervisor
5. Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fight-
ing:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased: a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
6. You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point
with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the earth's
surface.
a. True
b. False: b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the cutting edge is
always pointed down/away from your body.
,7. When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or
another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
, c. slop over
d. island: b. tie-in
8. There are basic attack methods used on wild-
land fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four: c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
9. The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and
ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False: a. True
10. Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened: b. Left outside the shelter
11. Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke: b. gentle rolling hills
12. While working around a helispot, you should stay at least
feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that
requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100: d. 100
13. Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line: b. burning operation can escape control,
acreage burned increases
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container: c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
2. During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape: d. escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4: c. 3
4. Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate: a. your supervisor
5. Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fight-
ing:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased: a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
6. You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point
with tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the earth's
surface.
a. True
b. False: b. False
Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the cutting edge is
always pointed down/away from your body.
,7. When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or
another fire line, you have reached a:
a. flank
b. tie-in
, c. slop over
d. island: b. tie-in
8. There are basic attack methods used on wild-
land fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four: c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
9. The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and
ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False: a. True
10. Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened: b. Left outside the shelter
11. Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke: b. gentle rolling hills
12. While working around a helispot, you should stay at least
feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that
requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100: d. 100
13. Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line: b. burning operation can escape control,
acreage burned increases
