QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ 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.
◉ Spot fires. Answer: Smalls fires burning beyond main fire
boundary.
◉ Convection column. Answer: Rising hot air/ gas above the fire
source.
◉ Convection column. Answer: Rising hot air/ gas above the fire
source.
◉ Slopover/ Breakover. Answer: When fire crosses a control line
◉ 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
◉ 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
◉ 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.
◉ 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.
◉ The Black. Answer: Area where fire has already moved through.
◉ Surface/ Ground Fuel. Answer: Fuel that contacts the ground. Ex:
leafs, dead branches, bark, tree cones.
, ◉ Surface/ Ground Fuel. Answer: Fuel that contacts the ground. Ex:
leafs, dead branches, bark, tree cones.
◉ Aerial fuels. Answer: Fuel suspended from the ground. Ex:
branches, twigs, bark and vines.
◉ Aerial fuels. Answer: Fuel suspended from the ground. Ex:
branches, twigs, bark and vines.
◉ Black unsafe. Answer: Steep terrain, hot spots, falling snags,
exposure from adjacent Unburned fuels.
◉ Black unsafe. Answer: Steep terrain, hot spots, falling snags,
exposure from adjacent Unburned fuels.
◉ Reburns. Answer: Wind shift or a fire moves fast and doesn't burn
everything.
◉ Reburns. Answer: Wind shift or a fire moves fast and doesn't burn
everything.
◉ Fire behavior. Answer: Manner in which the fire reacts to various
fuels, weather and topography.