Partners in Crim
Midterm Baddies
Keepin it County
Fire Behavior 101
Name that Boss
100

Cal fire unit ID # 16 = _____

SCU (Santa Clara)

100

how many feet in a chain?

66 ft

100

I am the first-out type 3 out of Tomales

1560

100

Which method of heat transfer contributes the LEAST to the rapid spread of fire to upslope fuels?

1. Conduction

2. Radiation

4. Convection

Conduction

100

FC1522

Tribolet

200

Cal fire unit ID # 14 = _____

LNU - Sonoma Lake Napa
200

As air temperature increases, relative humidity generally

decreases

200

I am the type-1 out of Marin City

1583

200

What is the term for natural and manmade features of the earth's surface?

Topography

200

C1501

Chief Martinelli

300

Cal fire unit ID # 17 = _____

CZU - San Mateo-Santa Cruz

300

Which weather factor has the greatest effect on fire behavior?

Wind

300
Marin County Fire Dept was founded in this year

1941

300

Name the 3 modes of fire attack

direct

indirect

parallel

300

BC1513

Chief Rosebrock (A shift BC)

400

____________ NF spans roughly 1.7 million acres in northern California and southern Oregon, extending from the Oregon border south toward the Scott and Salmon River valleys, with the Cascade Range to the east and the Siskiyou Mountains to the west

Klamath National Forest

400

Upslope winds generally occur during the ___________________

DAY

400
This organization responded to fires in Marin County prior to the founding of Marin County Fire Dept

Tamalpais Forest Fire District

400

______________ winds are reported in daily weather forecasts

general / 20 ft

400

BC1511

Chief Overshiner (B shift BC)

500

____________  National Forest covers about 1.2 million acres in northwestern California, stretching from the Oregon border south toward Mendocino County, and generally bounded by the Coast Range to the west and the Klamath and Trinity Mountains to the east.

Six Rivers

500

Write the six channels you should have “pre-programmed” in your radio for a local IA on the whiteboard

Tam Crew

V-Fire 24

MRN LOCAL 

A/G 2

CALCORD

AIRGUARD

500

Tamalpais Forest Fire District was founded this year

1917

500

What are the three components of the wildland fire behavior triangle? 

weather

topography

fuel

500

BC1514

Chief McTigue (C shift BC)

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