This is one of the two primary categories of aircraft used for fire suppression. Rotor wing and ....
What is Fixed wing
100
WUI stands for this.
What is Wildland Urban Interface
100
Rising air parcels will always _____ and _____.
What is Expand and cool
100
List the 3 qualities of good leadership.
(hint) -
These are all on the handles of the saw shelves in the saw compartments in the buggy's.
What is Duty, Respect and Integrity
100
Name the type of aircraft seen in this picture.
What is Bell 412, Type 2
200
The Martin Mars, boeing 747 and DC-10 are examples of this category of fixed wing tankers.
What is VLAT
200
At these two different times, information is collected when sizing any wildland fire.
What is En route and upon arrival at incident
200
Sinking air parcels will always _____ and _____.
What is Compress and Warm
200
If a crew boss is dispatched to a different geographic area and gets lost in transit, he should call _____.
Who is dispatch
200
Name one of many types of heavy equipments that is very effective in interface operations.
What is a Dozer, Tractor plow, farm tractors with discs, Road graders, Logging equipment
300
What does the abbreviation S.E.A.T stand for?
Single Engine Air Tanker
300
These two indicators will give a some good information about the current fire behavior while en rout to the fire.
What is Winds and Smoke Column
300
Nitrogen and Oxygen account for _____ % of all permanent dry gases in the troposphere.
What is 99%
300
What is the definition of strategy and tactics.
What is
Strategy - The general plan or direction to accomplish incident objectives.
Tactics - Deploying and directing resources on an incident to accomplish the objectives designated by strategies.
(how the plan is accomplished)
300
A type 1 helicopter can carry a minimum of this many firefighters.
What is 15
400
This is the way you report any aviation mishaps dealing with safety.
What is Safecom
400
List the three priorities when developing incident management objectives.
What is
1). Protect life
2). Stabilize the incident
3). Avoid damage to property, and conserve resources
400
List three of four types of temperature inversions.
What is
1). Nighttime or radiation inversion
2). Frontal inversion
3). Marine inversion
4). Subsistence inversion
400
In the IAP form 205, this refers to..?
What is Incident radio communication plan
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
List 2 of the 4 things that should be asked in a AAR according to the S-215 book.
What is
1). What was planned?
2). What happened?
3). Why did it happen?
4). What can we do next time?
500
A pilot cannot fly more than _____ hours and cannot be on duty more than _____ hours during one 24hr period.
What is 8 and 14 hours
500
These are the three things that vary the complexity of interface fires.
What is Fire behavior, number and types of resources and jurisdictions involved.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
List 4 of the 6 cloud formations critical to firefighters
What is
1). Cumulonimbus
2). Cirrostratus
3). Altocumulus Castellanus
4). Altocumulus Floccus
5). Altocumulus standing lenticularus
6). Stratus