IRPG
Base all actions are based on ______ (10s/18s).
What is current and expected behavior of the fire?
This appears to be a tornado of smoke, ash, embers, and flames that can appear in your fire.
What is a fire whirl?
Command channels use this while tactical channels don't.
What is a repeater?
Mortality significantly increases if a critically injured patient does not receive definitive care during this 60 minute period.
What is the golden hour?
This is the term for fighting fire on the fire's edge.
What is going direct?
This is how big your safety zone should be if the flame height is 20ft.
What is 80ft
This is the term for the degree of vertical movement of air in the atmosphere.
What is atmospheric stability?
If you want to turn a command channel into a tactical channel, you would switch this.
What is the talkaround switch?
On a fire you should always reconsider if these two things are easily accessible.
What are escape routes and safety zones?
Line that lies away from the fire's edge.
What is indirect fire line?
The presence of "this" is what determines if a structure is defensible or non defensible.
What is a safety zone?
The IC or burn boss of every fire or prescription submits a request for one of these to the national weather service before each shift.
What is a spot weather forecast?
If two channels are talking over each other, you can set this in the menu to make you hear one channel over the other.
What is channel priority?
This safety item we all carry was partially developed by NASA.
What is a fire shelter?
This is the term for igniting the unburned fuel between you and the fire.
What is burning out?
This is the minimum sized safety circle for a type 2 helicopter.
What is 90ft.
In an inversion layer, as altitude increases the temperature will do this.
What is increase?
You want to be on this tone if you are close to Copernicus peak.
What is Tone 5?
This is a place where firefighters can take a short relief from an advancing fire front.
What is a Temporary Refuge Area or TRA?
When firing, you would use this tactic for building depth quickly without creating a wall of fire.
What is spiking?
The following are the qualities of this lightning activity level.
- Scattered Thunderstorms
- Moderate rain is commonly produced
- Lightning is frequent, 11-15 strikes in 5 minutes
What is LAL 4?
Rain that doesn't hit the ground.
What is virga?
This is the zone bank where you get the Federal/Forest service channels.
What is Zone 18?
These are the top 2 reasons for firefighter injuries and fatalities.
What are tree and vehicle accidents?
This is the type of cut you should do to a heavy leaner to avoid a barber chair.
What is a side boring back cut?