WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING COURSE S-190
FINAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Head. Answer: Greatest rate of spread. Moves intensely. May have
more than one head.
◉ Fingers. Answer: Long narrow strips of fire that break off of the main
fire. Caused by mixed fuels, natural features dividing the fire.
◉ Pocket. Answer: Unaffected area between the main fire and finger.
◉ Perimeter. Answer: Outer boundary of burning or burnt area.
◉ Rear/ heel. Answer: Opposite to the head of the fire. Close to the
point of origin.
◉ Flanks. Answer: Sides of a wildland fire. May change to the head or
fingers might form because of fuel.
◉ Islands. Answer: Unburned areas inside the perimeter.
, ◉ Wildland fires. Answer: Unplanned or unwanted fires.
◉ Fireline. Answer: Part of the control line. Dug to mineral soil. Where
firefighting activities take place.
◉ Spot fires. Answer: Smalls fires burning beyond main fire boundary.
◉ Convection column. Answer: Rising hot air/ gas above the fire source.
◉ Slopover/ Breakover. Answer: When fire crosses a control line
◉ The green. Answer: Unburned area close to the fire where live or dead
fuels are. NOT SAFE
◉ Live fuels. Answer: Living plants, high moisture vegetation, low
moisture content
◉ Dead fuels. Answer: Where moisture is only governed by only
atmospheric moisture. Ie: relative humidity and precipitation.
◉ The Black. Answer: Area where fire has already moved through.
FINAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Head. Answer: Greatest rate of spread. Moves intensely. May have
more than one head.
◉ Fingers. Answer: Long narrow strips of fire that break off of the main
fire. Caused by mixed fuels, natural features dividing the fire.
◉ Pocket. Answer: Unaffected area between the main fire and finger.
◉ Perimeter. Answer: Outer boundary of burning or burnt area.
◉ Rear/ heel. Answer: Opposite to the head of the fire. Close to the
point of origin.
◉ Flanks. Answer: Sides of a wildland fire. May change to the head or
fingers might form because of fuel.
◉ Islands. Answer: Unburned areas inside the perimeter.
, ◉ Wildland fires. Answer: Unplanned or unwanted fires.
◉ Fireline. Answer: Part of the control line. Dug to mineral soil. Where
firefighting activities take place.
◉ Spot fires. Answer: Smalls fires burning beyond main fire boundary.
◉ Convection column. Answer: Rising hot air/ gas above the fire source.
◉ Slopover/ Breakover. Answer: When fire crosses a control line
◉ The green. Answer: Unburned area close to the fire where live or dead
fuels are. NOT SAFE
◉ Live fuels. Answer: Living plants, high moisture vegetation, low
moisture content
◉ Dead fuels. Answer: Where moisture is only governed by only
atmospheric moisture. Ie: relative humidity and precipitation.
◉ The Black. Answer: Area where fire has already moved through.
