Weather
The most critical factor affecting fire behavior
What is WIND!
0-1/4in in diameter
What is a 1hr fuel?
LCES
What is lookouts, communications, escape routes, and safety zones?
The hand tool usually at the front
What is a pulaski?
All actions are based on...
current and expected fire behavior
The degree to which vertical motion in the atmosphere is either enhanced or suppressed
What is Atmospheric Stability?
Grass, shrub, grass-shrub, timber litter, timber understory, slash, and artificial
What are the general fuel types?
The page in the IRPG where you can find the downhill fireline checklist.
Garden hose, Toy hose
What are two names for 3/4" hose?
The page in the IRPG where you can find the Medical Incident Report (MIR)
What is page 120/all the way in the back of the pink pages?
The lowest temperature to which air can be cooled by evaporating water
What is wet bulb?
Where the most solar radiation and hottest temperatures are
What is a South aspect?
3-7 people, 5-to-1 ratio is ideal
What is span of control?
This has a 150 gallon tank minimum with 2 personnel minimum
What is a type 6 engine?
Give clear instructions and make sure they're understood.
What is number 8 of the 10 standard firefighting orders?
Winds increase and become erratic along the leading edge with hot, dry, and unstable conditions.
What is a cold front
A fuel type that has a strong component of ladder fuels
What is Timber Understory (TU)?
The long, narrow areas connected to the main body of the fire
What are fingers?
Non-powered tool used to capture the natural flow of a waterway for fire operations
What is a gravity sock?
An open and honest debrief: focused on the what, not the who.
What is an After Action Review (AAR)?
What is an unstable atmosphere?
The amount of fuel in an area measured in tons/acre in dry weight
What is fuel loading?
When intense heating of air caused by a fire induces convection and causes air mass to rise and generate its own weather
What is a pyrocumulus?
Brief others as needed, debrief your actions, communicate hazards to others, acknowledge messages, ask if you don't know.
What are the 5 communication responsibilities?
When the components of fuel, weather, and topography interact to create optimal conditions for extreme fire behavior
What is alignment?