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100

Base all actions are based on ______ (10s/18s).

What is current and expected behavior of the fire?

100

This appears to be a tornado of smoke, ash, embers, and flames that can appear in your fire.

What is a fire whirl?

100

Command channels use this while tactical channels don't.

What is a repeater?

100

Mortality significantly increases if a critically injured patient does not receive definitive care during this 60 minute period.

What is the golden hour?

100

This is the term for fighting fire on the fire's edge.

What is going direct?

200

This is how big your safety zone should be if the flame height is 20ft.

What is 80ft

200

This is the term for the degree of vertical movement of air in the atmosphere.

What is atmospheric stability?

200

If you want to turn a command channel into a tactical channel, you would switch this.

What is the talkaround switch?

200

On a fire you should always reconsider if these two things are easily accessible.

What are escape routes and safety zones?

200

Line that lies away from the fire's edge.

What is indirect fire line?

300

The presence of "this" is what determines if a structure is defensible or non defensible.

What is a safety zone?

300

The IC or burn boss of every fire or prescription submits a request for one of these to the national weather service before each shift.

What is a spot weather forecast?

300

If two channels are talking over each other, you can set this in the menu to make you hear one channel over the other.

What is channel priority?

300

This safety item we all carry was partially developed by NASA.

What is a fire shelter?

300

This is the term for igniting the unburned fuel between you and the fire.

What is burning out?

400

This is the minimum sized safety circle for a type 2 helicopter.

What is 90ft.

400

In an inversion layer, as altitude increases the temperature will do this.

What is increase?

400

You want to be on this tone if you are close to Copernicus peak.

What is Tone 5?

400

This is a place where firefighters can take a short relief from an advancing fire front.

What is a Temporary Refuge Area or TRA?

400

When firing, you would use this tactic for building depth quickly without creating a wall of fire.

What is spiking?

500

The following are the qualities of this lightning activity level.

- Scattered Thunderstorms

- Moderate rain is commonly produced

- Lightning is frequent, 11-15 strikes in 5 minutes

What is LAL 4?

500

Rain that doesn't hit the ground.

What is virga?

500

This is the zone bank where you get the Federal/Forest service channels.

What is Zone 18?

500

These are the top 2 reasons for firefighter injuries and fatalities.

What are tree and vehicle accidents?

500

This is the type of cut you should do to a heavy leaner to avoid a barber chair.

What is a side boring back cut?