S290 WILDLAND FIRE 2026 EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Spot weather forecasts are - ✔✔Forecasts that are issued to fit the time,
topography, and weather of a specific location
✔✔Initiate action based on ______________ fire behavior - ✔✔current and expected
✔✔According to the hauling chart, a Fire that can generally be attacked at the head or
flanks by persons using hand tools have flame lengths that are ____________. - ✔✔4
feet or less.
✔✔Regardless of fine dead fuel moisture percentage, rate of spread is determined by
the live fuel moisture - ✔✔False
✔✔En route to a fire you notice that smoke from a burning haystack rises straight up.
What could this indicate on a wildland fire - ✔✔An unstable atmosphere may increase
fire activity
✔✔A ground fire has burned under a thick stand of pine reproduction. What potential
problems could occur - ✔✔A reburn possibly involving the canopies
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Spot weather forecasts are - ✔✔Forecasts that are issued to fit the time,
topography, and weather of a specific location
✔✔Initiate action based on ______________ fire behavior - ✔✔current and expected
✔✔According to the hauling chart, a Fire that can generally be attacked at the head or
flanks by persons using hand tools have flame lengths that are ____________. - ✔✔4
feet or less.
✔✔Regardless of fine dead fuel moisture percentage, rate of spread is determined by
the live fuel moisture - ✔✔False
✔✔En route to a fire you notice that smoke from a burning haystack rises straight up.
What could this indicate on a wildland fire - ✔✔An unstable atmosphere may increase
fire activity
✔✔A ground fire has burned under a thick stand of pine reproduction. What potential
problems could occur - ✔✔A reburn possibly involving the canopies
