Size-up
__________ is the process of gathering and evaluating information from a fire to determine a course of action and prepare for a response.
a) Operational readiness
b) Tactical readiness
c) Size-up
d) Strategic planning
Size Up
__________ on a wildland and a ground-cover fire is mounted by containing and extinguishing the fire at its burning edge.
a) Indirect attack
b) Direct attack
c) Transitional attack
d) Defensive attack
D) Direct attack
A hand line is a fireline constructed with:
a) hand lines.
b) strike teams.
c) many scratch lines.
d) hand tools.
D) Hand tools
The location where a wildland fire begins is called the ________.
Area of Origin
A size-up report reports useful information that includes:
a) incident size.
b) what type of apparatus being used.
c) rank of officers.
d) name of town.
Incident size
One type of a direct attack on a wildland fire is:
a) flanking attack.
b) anchor, suppress, and pinch attack.
c) transitional attack.
d) hold, flank, and pinch attack.
A) Flanking attack
A scratch line is a(n) __________, __________ control line that was quickly constructed.
a) finished; permanent
b) unfinished; permanent
c) unfinished; temporary
d) finished; temporary
C) Unfinished: temporary
As the fire grows and moves into new fuel, the most rapidly spreading area and intense part of the fire is called the:
a) flank.
b) heel.
c) main body.
d) head.
D) Head
A size-up report is intended to assist in establishing key information regarding incident conditions when:
a) assigned a division.
b) participating in an escalating event.
c) first arriving on scene.
d) all agencies need specific information.
c) first arriving on scene.
A pincer attack is also known as the:
a) anchor, flank, and pinch attack.
b) anchor, suppress, and pinch attack.
c) flanking attack.
d) hold, flank, and pinch attack.
A) Anchor, flank and pinch attack
Cold trailing is a technique where fire fighters feel ashes and fuels to make sure:
a) the fire is out.
b) their tactics are successful.
c) the fire is still burning.
d) their fireline is effective.
a) the fire is out.
As the fire grows, a change in weather, topography, or fuel may cause it to move in such a way that it projects out into a long, narrow extension called a(n):
a) flank.
b) finger.
c) island.
d) head.
B) Finger
A size-up should start:
a) on the way into the fire station before the shift.
b) once assigned a crew and resource.
c) first arriving on scene.
d) during the incident.
a) on the way into the fire station before the shift.
__________ is most often used for large wildland and ground-cover fires that are too dangerous to approach.
Indirect attack
A __________ is generally established by using natural barriers, such as a river, scree fields, cliffs, rockslides, or other fire resistive or fireproof features.
Natural control line
__________ is a measurement from the middle of the advancing flame to the tip.
Flame length
When sizing up the weather factors, what are some important key elements?
a) Topography of the incident
b) Speed of the wind
c) Atmospheric pressure
d) Safest route to incident
d) Safest route to incident
The decision regarding which flank of the fire to attack is based on the determination of which side of the fire:
a) has the easiest access.
b) has the smallest flame lengths.
c) is easiest to suppress.
d) poses the greater risk.
B) Has the smallest flame lengths.
__________ is the process utilizing a fire engine that can pump water while moving and putting fire out at the same time.
a) Pumping and rolling
b) Bump and run
c) Tactical pumping
d) Anchor and drown
A) Pumping and rolling
___________ are physical barriers to fire, such as roadway surface, that provide an area of safety for fire fighters.
Safety zones