Property Assessment
The area around a building in which vegetation, debris, and other types of combustible fuels have been treated, cleared, or reduced to slow the spread of fire to and from the building.
What is Defensible Space?
The safe size for screen in vents.
What is 1/8"?
All combustible materials below the surface litter, including duff, tree or shrub roots, punky wood, peat, and sawdust, that normally support a glowing combustion without flame.
What is Ground Fuels?
When cutting, Sawyer must have two escape routes that are ___ to ___ degrees from the direction of the fall.
What is 90 to 135 degrees?
Required PPE on site.
What is hard hat, gloves, ear pro, eye pro, above ankle full grain leather boots, and chaps when operating a saw?
The area 100-200 feet from the foundation and includes vegetation, the home itself, and other structures or attachments like decks, furniture, fences, and outbuildings.
What is Home Ignition Zone?
Most likely way homes ignite.
What is Firebrands or embers?
Fuels that could allow fire to climb into larger trees or the structure itself.
What is Ladder Fuels?
Can occur when the upper quadrant of the bar nose contacts a solid object or is pinched.
What is kickback?
Length of properly fit chaps.
What is 2" below boot tops?
Three recommendations for house number markers.
What is reflective, mounted on non-flammable posts, located at the beginning of the drive, lettering at least 4 inches tall?
Roof features that can contribute to the buildup of fire brands.
What is dormer or design feature that creates an intersection between the roof and a vertical wall?
Fire in the top layer or foliage of a tree.
What is crown fire?
Series of pressures in the material to be cut.
What is bind?
Action to take before equipment operation.
What is check that equipment is in good working order and all safety mechanisms are properly maintained and working?
The recommended minimum distance from a structure for storing firewood.
What is 30 feet?
Deck wildland fire hazards.
What is combustible material and debris and flammable materials on or under the deck?
Recommended canopy spacing of ___ feet between trees or groups of trees.
What is 20 ft? (more if on a slope)
Watch for this danger when cutting a spike top.
What is spike top may fall back the opposite direction as the fall?
Form to complete if any injury occurs at work.
What is a Report of Injury?
Proper size and style of slash piles made by our team.
What is 6 ft base, 10 ft tall, in teepee style?
Best practice in the 0 to 5 ft zone.
Trees that require extra time and/or equipment.
What is do not fall under our grant agreement?
What to do if you are asked to cut a tree that makes you uncomfortable or is above your level?
What is "say no" to the cut?
If you are distracted, ill, tired, or otherwise compromised.
What is tell your supervisor and do not operate equipment?