Wildland Fires
Salvage and Overhaul
Hazardous Materials
Ropes and Knots
Water Supply
100

The area where the fire started.

What is the origin?

100

Searching for and extinguishing hidden fires.

What is overhaul?

100

Devices attached to the inside of the beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.

What is the pawls? (also accept dogs or ladder locks)

100

Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/maintenance records.

What is a rope logbook?

100

A system that uses a primary water source that sits at a high elevation such as an elevated storage tank.

What is a gravity system?

200

The part of the fire that spreads most rapidly and does the most damage.

What is the head?

200

 Used to drain runoff from the ceiling above out through windows or doors.

What is a water chute?

200

Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end.

What is a roof ladder?


200

Used to join two ropes of unequal diameters.

What is a becket bend? (also accept sheet bend)

200

The type of water main valve that visually shows whether the gate or valve seat is open or closed.

What is an indicating valve?

300

Fuels that included roots, peat, and other materials that lie under the ground surface.

What are subsurface fuels?

300

The tool most commonly used to open ceilings to check on fire extension.

What is a pike pole?

300

The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing.

What is 75 degrees?

300

Used by firefighters on the ground to prevent equipment and other tied objects from coming in contact with the structure or other objects.

What is a tag line. 

300

The type of hydrant used in climates where freezing weather is expected and water is held below the frost line.

What is a dry barrel hydrant?

400

The attack method where flames at or close to the edge are fought.

What is a direct attack?

400

In the area of actual fire involvement.

Where does overhaul begin?

400

Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.

Where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening?

400

Used only for supporting people.

What is life safety rope?

400

The process of raising water from a static source to supply a pumper.

What is drafting?

500

The method of constructing a line away from the fire by removing unburned fuel.

 

What is an indirect attack?

500

 By looking for discolored walls, feeling for heat, and listening for popping sounds.

How does a firefighter detect hidden fires using his/her senses?

500

Eight to ten feet.

What is the height of a residential story?

500

The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands.

What is kernmantle rope?

500

Used as a filter when drafting from a natural source.

What is a strainer?