CL
Who has the authority to request, approve, and coordinate the Cl?
Air Tactical Group Supervisor
Who is responsible for maintaining safe drop heights?
The Pilot
How far should fire retardant be kept from waterways?
300ft
How much does retardant weight?
8.79lbs per gallon
What is Coverage Level?
Amount of fire retardant dropped on vegetation, expressed in gallons per 100 square feet.
What are the minimum drop heights?
VLAT - 250 ft above
Multi-Engine Airtanker - 150 ft above
SEAT - 60 ft above
What is the name of the retardant we use.
Phos check MVP-Fx
What is ICS 202, 203,206, and 208
202 - Incident Objectives
203 - Organization Assignment List
206 - Medical Plan
208 - Safety Message Plan
6 Factors that can affect CL.
fuel type, Fire behavior, wind/weather, terrain, and direct attack or indirect attack, reinforcement, Aircraft speed, fuel transition, drop height
Fixed wing types and gallonage.
Type 4 - 799
Type 3 - 800 - 1799
Type 2 - 1800 - 2999
Type 1- 3000 - 5999
Vlat - 6000 above
What was being used before retardant was created?
-Hand tools and wet sacks
-Plain water
-Borate slurry (sodium-calcium borate mixed with water)
-Clay based and thickened mixture (bentonite clay and gum thickened water)
How many drivers in a 25, 28, 32 and 36 inch bar?
25 - 84
28 - 91
32 - 105
36 - 114
What are the two NWCG Standards that chewart gave you where you can find CL information?
505 standard for aerial supervision
514 standard for airtanker operations
What are the 3 main drop configurations?
Salvo drop - Entire Load dropped at once.
Trail drop - Continuous line drop.
Split drop - Portion of the load released. Allows for multiple drops
What is retardant made off
88% water
12% Ammonium Phosphate
-Monoammonium
-Diammonium
Gum thickeners
Flow Conditioner
Red Coloring
CD 2
CD 3
What are the Coverage levels 1 - 6? List them.
CL-1: Short/medium grasses and tundra
CL-2: Conifer with grass, Short-needle closed conifer; summer hardwood, Long-needle conifer; fall hardwood
CL-3: Sagebrush with grass, Sawgrass, and tall grass and Intermediate brush (green) Light slash
CL-4: Short-needle conifer (heavy dead litter)
CL-5: Southern rough Intermediate brush (cured); Alaska Black Spruce
CL-6 California mixed chaparral; high pocosin; Medium to heavy slash
What type of aircraft is the MAFFS?
How much retardant does it hold?
What tank system does it have?
C-130
3000
1 Pressurized System
How does retardant work? more correct answer wins.
Acts as a fuel break to help slow the fire. Coats the fuel as the fire approaches, the phosphate salts react with the natural material present in the vegetation. Chemical reaction helps prevent combustion of the vegetation. The coated vegetation decomposes under the increasing heat and gives off water vapor, leaving behind a non-flammable carbon coating.
What year did chuck start working in ramona?
1991