Fire Streams
Incident Command
Take a Walk on the Wild(land) Side
Duck, duck... moose (random Yukon fire trivia)
Ultimate safe response
100
When water is converted to steam, it increases in volume by this amount.
What is 1700 times?
100
The ongoing evaluation of influential factors at the scene of an incident
Size-up
100
An axe head with a mattock (used for digging) attached to the back.
What is a Pulaski?
100
According to Colin this info will be asked of you on any FMO quiz ever written
What is life safety, incident stabilization, property conservation
100
This system requires the firefighter jig to keep it quiet.
What is personal alert safety system?
200
The 3 most common hose diameters used by Yukon fire departments.
What are
1 3/4"
2 1/2"
4"
200
This principle establishes the maximum number of people or functions any one supervisor can control.
Span of control
200
The area where structures and other human development meet and intermix with wildland areas containing flammable vegetation.
Wildland Urban Interface fire (WUI)
200
Whose safety?
Who is Mike Marcuson
200
For each firefighter, one of these shall always be used for accountability and one for rehab
What are accountability tags
300
Fire stream of finely divided particles used for fire control.
What is a fog stream?
300
The map feature denoted by this symbol:
Incident Command Post
300
Fire that burns in the upper foliage of trees.
Crown Fire
300
Warren will tell you to extinguish a fire by...
What is "put the wet stuff on the red stuff"
300
What are the three standard maintenance requirements for equipment
What are the manufacturer's specifications, fire dept. SOPs, Essentials of Fire Fighting
400
Two places to use a broken stream nozzle.
What are attics, basements, confined spaces.
400
The ICS application in which responding agencies/jurisdictions with responsibility share incident management.
Unified Command
400
The tactic depicted in this photo:
Back Firing or Back Burning
400
What department has the biggest... spreaders in the Yukon?
What is SHOT
400
What fire channel is typically used on scenes with large mutual aid responses
What is the fire mutual aid channel
500
Maximum flow rate for a handline.
What is 350 GPM or 1,400 L/min?
500
The ICS principle that means each employee reports directly to just one supervisor.
Unity of Command
500
The three components of the wildland fire triangle.
Fuel
Weather
Topography
500
Which active Yukon VFD currrently holds the record for fewest members?
What is Beaver Creek
500
According to the IAFF 61% of career firefighter line of duty deaths between 2002-2017 were caused by
What is cancer