FIREFIGHTER TRAINING S-130 (SUPPRESSION, COMMUNICATION, AND MOP-UP) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

FIREFIGHTER TRAINING S-130 (SUPPRESSION,
COMMUNICATION, AND MOP-UP)


Airdrops present opportunities and challenges. After an airdrop, you can often
take advantage of the agent's effects on the fire. Choose the set of words BEST
completing the following sentence.



- Impassible

- Corrosive

- Slick

- Toxic - ANSWERS-Slick



If your portable radio is unreliable or malfunctioning, direct voice communication
is your best bet. However, there are other means of communicating.



Identify THREE alternative communication techniques in this situation.



- GPS Beacon

- Signal Flags

- Flare Signals

- Smoke Signals

, - Hand signals

- Runners - ANSWERS-- Signal Flags

- Hand Signals

- Runners



A fire is uphill from the control line and you want to prevent burning debris from
rolling down the slops, across the control line, and igniting fuels on the other side
of the line.



The technique you'll want to use to control this threat is called the:



- Progressive Line

- Control Line

- Cup Trench

- Basket Ditch - ANSWERS-- Cup Trench



You're involved in a mop-up operation in heavy fuels.



Identify the most commonly used foam in wildland firefighting operations.



- Medium Expansion Wet Foam

- High Expansion Fluid Foam