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Which product container is most likely to BLEVE? ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

a. refrigerated rail road car
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b. open top hopper
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c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
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d. non pressurized tank container - correct answer✔✔c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
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During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a secondary
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____________ route. ||\\|//||

a. response
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b. hose lay
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c. frequency
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d. escape - correct answer✔✔d. escape
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How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
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a. 1
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b. 2
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c. 3
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d. 4 - correct answer✔✔c. 3
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Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
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a. your supervisor
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b. any firefighter
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c. a civilian
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,d. an inmate - correct answer✔✔a. your supervisor
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Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fighting:
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a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
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b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
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c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
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d. acreage burned is increased - correct answer✔✔a. firefighters subjected to less heat and
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smoke

You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point with tines
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pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the earth's surface.
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a. True
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b. False - correct answer✔✔b. False
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Note: you want to carry it the same but the tines pointed up as the cutting edge is always
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pointed down/away from your body. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or another fire line,
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you have reached a:
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a. flank
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b. tie-in
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c. slop over
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d. island - correct answer✔✔b. tie-in
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There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on wildland fires.
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a. one
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b. two
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c. three
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,d. four - correct answer✔✔c. three
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Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
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The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and ready for
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immediate use. ||\\|//||

a. True
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b. False - correct answer✔✔a. True
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Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter deployment:
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a. Taken inside the shelter
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b. Left outside the shelter
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c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
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d. Sharpened - correct answer✔✔b. Left outside the shelter
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Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
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a. steep topography
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b. gentle rolling hills
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c. high winds
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d. dense smoke - correct answer✔✔b. gentle rolling hills
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While working around a helispot, you should stay at least ____________ feet away from a
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helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that requires otherwise. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

a. 50
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b. 150
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c. 75
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d. 100 - correct answer✔✔d. 100
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, Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fighting:
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a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
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b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
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c. permits using natural barriers
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d. can allow more time to construct line - correct answer✔✔b. burning operation can
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escape control, acreage burned increases ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

Name four good practices which increase the rate of handline construction:
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a. hot spotting, taking frequent naps, leap frogging, cold trailing
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b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold training on
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inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
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c. cold training, hot spotting, hydrating, leap frogging
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d. scratching, hot spotting, cold trailing, straight lines - correct answer✔✔b. keeping line
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straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold training on inactive ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

portion of fire, hot spotting. ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

What two documents have been developed to constantly remind us of wildland fire safety
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rules?

a. LCES and the 4300 manual
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b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch Out"
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c. Four Common Denominators and the IFSTA 1800
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d. None of the above - correct answer✔✔b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18
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Situations That Shout "Watch Out" ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//|| ||\\|//||

Dirt thrown on flaming fuel should be directed at what portion of the flame?
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a. base ||\\|//||

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