Fire Building and Safety
These three campfire arrangements are most commonly used when constructing a campfire
What are log cabin, teepee and lean to?
This is the most common natural event that triggers wildfire.
What is lightening?
The most elite firefighters -- these heroes spend 2 - 3 weeks at the major fires around the country.
In Waldo Canyon restoration, these were placed down hillsides to slow erosion and water flow.
What are log erosion barriers?
Good materials for this matchstick sized fuel are grasses, leaves, bark, paper, and wood shavings
What is tinder?
Moving along the surface, below ground or from treetop to treetop
What are ways that wildfire can spread?
Fire fighters attempt to break one leg of this to stop a fire.
What is the fire triangle?
This term describes caring for shared resources for the common good of all.
What is stewardship?
Trappers and early settlers used these three items to start fires
What are striker, flint and char-cloth?
This term describes a surface fire lighting up an individual tree.
What is torching?
This occurs when wind carries an ember over a distance and fuel is ignited.
This tool can be used to move dirt and also tamp down soil.
What is a McCloud?
When treating a burn, this should be done for at least 10 minutes.
What is run cool water over the affected area?
This should be twice as wide as the height of the fuel.
Forest regeneration on burned sites begins with the establishment of this category of plants.
What are pioneer species?
Using aerial data, firefighters establish this to describe the location of the fire.
When this occurs, only the epidermis is damaged and there is no permanent scarring.
What is a 1st degree burn?
This practice reduces the fuel load in an area, cleans up understory, improves wildlife habitat and helps plant life regenerate.
What is prescribed fire?
This type of pine tree produces cones that require the heat of fire to release their seeds.
What are either Jack pine or lodgepole pine?