Wildland Fires
The area where the fire started.
What is the origin?
Searching for and extinguishing hidden fires.
What is overhaul?
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What is the pawls? (also accept dogs or ladder locks)
Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/maintenance records.
What is a rope logbook?
A system that uses a primary water source that sits at a high elevation such as an elevated storage tank.
What is a gravity system?
The part of the fire that spreads most rapidly and does the most damage.
What is the head?
Used to drain runoff from the ceiling above out through windows or doors.
What is a water chute?
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end.
What is a roof ladder?
Used to join two ropes of unequal diameters.
What is a becket bend? (also accept sheet bend)
The type of water main valve that visually shows whether the gate or valve seat is open or closed.
What is an indicating valve?
Fuels that included roots, peat, and other materials that lie under the ground surface.
What are subsurface fuels?
The tool most commonly used to open ceilings to check on fire extension.
What is a pike pole?
The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing.
What is 75 degrees?
Used by firefighters on the ground to prevent equipment and other tied objects from coming in contact with the structure or other objects.
What is a tag line.
The type of hydrant used in climates where freezing weather is expected and water is held below the frost line.
What is a dry barrel hydrant?
The attack method where flames at or close to the edge are fought.
What is a direct attack?
In the area of actual fire involvement.
Where does overhaul begin?
Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
Where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening?
Used only for supporting people.
What is life safety rope?
The process of raising water from a static source to supply a pumper.
What is drafting?
The method of constructing a line away from the fire by removing unburned fuel.
What is an indirect attack?
By looking for discolored walls, feeling for heat, and listening for popping sounds.
How does a firefighter detect hidden fires using his/her senses?
Eight to ten feet.
What is the height of a residential story?
The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands.
What is kernmantle rope?
Used as a filter when drafting from a natural source.
What is a strainer?