Firefighter safety
This is the direction you would face in your fire shelter
What is feet facing the fire?
This fuel type generally has the greatest rate of spread
What is grass?
A full backpack pump is generally filled with this many gallons of water
What is five gallons?
The name of the person in charge of a fire, flood, or earthquake response
ABCs stand for these three words
What is airway, breathing, circulation?
These are three methods of heat transfer
What is radiation, conduction, and convection
This is the maximum flame length that a handcrew can use direct attack on
What is 4 feet?
Developed in the 1970s after disastrous fires in southern California, this group was formed
Due to the land and sea breeze, you will find wind moving this direction in the middle of the night
What is offshore?
This feature should always be in place when constructing a fireline
What is an anchor point?
This amount of feet is in a chain
Wildland fire engines are typically classified in the ICS as this type of engine
This operating guideline relates to the supervisory structure of the organization and pertains to the number of individuals one supervisory can manage effectively
What is span of control?
What is the venturi effect?
This amount of radiant heat is reflected away from a fire shelter when deployed
What is 95%?
These measures are used as surrogates for fire intensity
These three factors determine how wide your fireline should be
This General Staff position prepares and documents the IAP and maintains documentation for incident records
What is the Planning Section Chief?
This term is used to describe when warm air gets trapped between two layers of cold air
What is a temperature inversion?
This artery is used to check the pulse of an unconscious adult
What is a carotid artery?
This term is used to describe a fire that is moving along the crown with no surface fire
What is an independent crown fire?
A V-LAT can hold this many gallons of retardant
What is 3000 gallons?
The ability to communicate in ICS is critical. To ensure clear communication, ICS requires the use of this key component
This type of cloud, also called "lens-shaped" clouds, indicate high winds and long-range spotting
What is Altocumulus lenticularus?