WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AND
FIREFIGHTING TECHNIQUES IN BC
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Airtankers - ANS Fixed-wing aircraft fitted with tanks and equipment for dropping
suppressants or retardants on fires.
Backfire - ANS A fire spreading, or set to spread, into or against the wind.
Being Held - ANS Stage at which the wildfire is projected to remain within the current
perimeter, control line or boundary.
Birddog aircraft - ANS An aircraft carrying the person (Air Attack Officer) directing tanker
action on the fire.
Blow-up - ANS A sudden and unexpected major increase in rate of spread and frontal fire
intensity.
Bucketing - ANS Using buckets suspended from a helicopter to apply water or suppressant to
a wildfire.
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, Campfire - ANS An open fire that burns material in one pile no larger than 0.5 m in height
and 0.5 m in width.
Candling - ANS When the foliage on a single tree or a small clump of trees ignites and flares
up.
Category 2 open fire - ANS An open fire that burns material in one pile not exceeding 2 m in
height and 3 m in width.
Category 3 open fire - ANS An open fire that burns material concurrently in 3 or more piles
each not exceeding 2 m in height and 3 m in width.
Contained - ANS The status of a wildfire suppression action signifying that a control line has
been completed around the fire.
Control line - ANS All constructed or natural fire barriers and treated fire perimeter used to
control or contain a fire.
Crowning - ANS A fire ascending into the crowns of trees and spreading from crown to crown.
Cultural fires - ANS Controlled application of fire on the landscape to achieve specific cultural
objectives.
Danger tree - ANS A live or dead tree whose trunk, root system or branches have
deteriorated or been damaged.
Direct attack - ANS The fire is attacked immediately adjacent to the burning fuel.
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FIREFIGHTING TECHNIQUES IN BC
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Airtankers - ANS Fixed-wing aircraft fitted with tanks and equipment for dropping
suppressants or retardants on fires.
Backfire - ANS A fire spreading, or set to spread, into or against the wind.
Being Held - ANS Stage at which the wildfire is projected to remain within the current
perimeter, control line or boundary.
Birddog aircraft - ANS An aircraft carrying the person (Air Attack Officer) directing tanker
action on the fire.
Blow-up - ANS A sudden and unexpected major increase in rate of spread and frontal fire
intensity.
Bucketing - ANS Using buckets suspended from a helicopter to apply water or suppressant to
a wildfire.
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, Campfire - ANS An open fire that burns material in one pile no larger than 0.5 m in height
and 0.5 m in width.
Candling - ANS When the foliage on a single tree or a small clump of trees ignites and flares
up.
Category 2 open fire - ANS An open fire that burns material in one pile not exceeding 2 m in
height and 3 m in width.
Category 3 open fire - ANS An open fire that burns material concurrently in 3 or more piles
each not exceeding 2 m in height and 3 m in width.
Contained - ANS The status of a wildfire suppression action signifying that a control line has
been completed around the fire.
Control line - ANS All constructed or natural fire barriers and treated fire perimeter used to
control or contain a fire.
Crowning - ANS A fire ascending into the crowns of trees and spreading from crown to crown.
Cultural fires - ANS Controlled application of fire on the landscape to achieve specific cultural
objectives.
Danger tree - ANS A live or dead tree whose trunk, root system or branches have
deteriorated or been damaged.
Direct attack - ANS The fire is attacked immediately adjacent to the burning fuel.
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