Wildland Fire Fighting In Washington County
Wildfire Acronyms
Wildland Engines
Wildfire Safety
Wildfire Tools of the Trade
100
Adam Heyder
Who is the Washington County Fire Warder
100
LCES
What is:
Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routs, Safety Zones?
Or:
What must be in place before attacking a wildland fire?
100
3/4 inch, 1 inch, and 1 1/2 inch
What are the common sizes of fire hose carried on wildland engines or used for wildland fire?
100
An area where fire fighters can survive a burn over without deploying a fire shelter
What is a safety zone?
100
4 common wildland fire tools
What are Pulaski, Shovel, Mcloud, Combi tool?
200
Crew Time Report (CTR) and Emergency Equipment Shift Ticket (Equipment Ticket)
What is the paper work needed for SCIFR to be paid for wildland fire responses out of the city?
200
AAR
What is After Action Review?
200
One part diesel, three parts gasoline
What is drip torch fuel mix?
200
Carried by fire fighters on all wildland fires and used as a last resort to survive a burnover.
What is a fire shelter?
200
Holds 5 gallons, weighs 45 pounds, sprays water through a hand pump, is the basis for the pack test.
What is the bladder bag?
300
VHF Frequency "Utah State Fire"
What is the common call up frequency for all agencies arriving on a wildland fire in Washington County?
300
IRPG
What is the Incident Response Pocket Guide?
300
A hose lay where a trunk line is used to support lateral hoses from gated Ys vs a direct hose lay.
What is progressive hose lay?
300
8" leather boots, nomex pants with nomex shirt tucked in, hard hat, gloves (also IA pack, water bottle, eye and ear protection)
What is minimum PPE to get on SCIFR brush truck to IA Fire?
300
Dry Mopping
What is controlling and/or extinguishing a wildfire without using water or retardant?
400
800 mhz Channel CLRCTY
What is the 800 mhz frequency that patches Color Country Wild Fire Dispatch?
400
NH and NPSH
What is Fire Hose Thread Patters: National Hose and National Pipe Straight Hose?
400
Always park your engine facing our for a quick escape
How should you park your engine before engaging a wildfire?
400
A type of wildfire line construction (or fire fighting) where you keep one foot in the black (vs indirect attach)
What is Direct Attack?
400
VHF Radio channels commonly used to manage a multi-agency wildfire with air support.
What are tactical, Command, Air to Ground?
500
What are KING Radios?
500
FIRES
Fire Information Retrieval and Evaluation System (FIRES)
500
What engine type
Type 4
500
Any loose overhead debris such as limbs or tree tops that may fall at any time
What is the widowmaker
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500
Name this tool
What are Chainsaw Chaps