California Fire History
This 2018 fire destroyed much of the town of Paradise in Butte County.
Camp Fire
What are the four core values of MCFD
Service
Teamwork
Operational Readiness
Professionalism
(STOP)
Spell ____________ (as in the tree)
Fir
This organization responded to fires in Marin County prior to the founding of Marin County Fire Dept.
Tamalpais Forest Fire District
What is the industry standard for 1 length of 1.5" single-jacket wildland hose?
100'
This devastating 1906 disaster in San Francisco was followed by widespread fires that destroyed much of the city.
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
Which type of wind blows from the ocean to land?
On-shore
Spell ______________ (Trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials that seasonally shed their leaves)
Deciduous
Tamalpais Forest Fire District was founded this year
1917
What does the "p" stand for in regard to p-line?
personnel line
This 2017 firestorm devastated Santa Rosa neighborhoods, including Coffey Park
Tubbs Fire
What are the Three Structure Triage Categories?
Non-threatened
Threatened Defensible
Threatened Non-defensible
Spell ______________ (like the chainsaw)
Stihl
Marin County Fire Dept was founded in this year
1941
What type of nozzle does MCFD use on their wildland hoselays?
Smooth bore stack tip (3/8" / 1/2" tip)
Starting in Feather River Canyon in July 2021, this wildfire became California's second-largest recorded wildfire, burning nearly one million acres across five counties, including portions of the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests.
Dixie Fire
Name all Contract Counties in California, and how many are in North ops?
Kern, L.A., Orange, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Marin.
(5 S.ops + 1 N. Ops)
Spell __________ (we used it to measure wind speed)
wind anemometer
In June 2024, Marin County Fire Dept officially opened this operational center -- assuming dispatch and resource coordination throughout Marin County. Shane Redmond worked one year here as a Captain, though if you ask him he believes it was a decade.
DOUBLE PTS: What is the address?
ECC - Emergency Command Center (Los Gamos)
1600 Los Gamos Drive
Describe the standard Marin County hosepack complement on our type 3 engines
1.5" (200') w/ 1.5" in-line Ts
hoseclamp
3/4" (50') + full 3/4" complement (1" -->3/4" reducer, shutoff, wye, nozzle)
1" --> 1.5" increaser, 1.5" nozzle
This 2020 fire in Northern California is the first recorded "gigafire" (exceeding one million acres) in modern California history. It burned 1,032,648 acres across 8 counties (Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Tehama, Glenn, Lake, Colusa, Shasta County) and 3 NFs (Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity, Six Rivers).
August 16 – November 12, 2020 (active for 87 days)
August Complex
Name all 3 shift battalions and provide their identifiers.
Bonus Pts: Include the BC recently temp-promo'd to B shift BC position
B - Overshiner (1511)
C - McTigue (1514)
BONUS: Watson (1515) - formerly EMS BC
Spell ___________ (it's a tree that seeds w/ fire, ie Giant Sequoia, Ponderosa Pine)
pyrophyte
Name the 5 major reservoirs in Marin County watershed
DOUBLE PTS: Name them in order!
1. Phoenix
2. Bontempe
2. Alpine
3. Lagunitas
4. Kent
What small appliance is put in place on a steep downhill hoselay to help combat high pressure?
Gizmo