Acronyms/ Initialisms
Know Your Crews
S-190
Name this Machine
History
100

GACC

Geographic Area Coordination Center

100

What crew was involved in the Loop fire Tragedy? 

El Cariso

100

How many feet in a chain and how many Chains in a mile?

66, 80

100

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Bull Dozer

100

Name this Man

Who is Abraham Lincoln

200

SIHCO

Standards for Interagency Hotshot Crew Operations

200

Name 5 of the 7 crews that are the only crew in their state.

Tatanka, Wyoming, Augusta, Asheville, Cherokee, Jackson, Midwein 

200

What is the Fire behavior triangle?

Heat, Fuel, Oxygen

200

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Excavator 

200

Which president created the USFS?

Theodore Roosevelt

300

BAER

Burned Area Emergency Response

300

Name 5 of the 11 crews located in Oregon (R6)

Lagrande, Lakeview, Prineville, Redmond, Rogue River, Union, Vale, Warm Springs, Winema, Wolf Creek, Zig Zag

300

An atmosphere that encourages upward movement of air is know as, 

Unstable Atmosphere

300

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Skidder

300

What Year was the US Forest Service Founded 

1905

400

AD

Administratively Determined

400

Region 1 only has one crew located in Idaho, Name that crew.

Idaho Panhandle IHC

400

What are the 3 methods of heat transfer?

Conductive, Convective, Radiation

400

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Feller-buncher 

400

The Loop Fire took place in this year

1966

500

N-MAC Group

National Multi-Agency Coordination Group

500

Name 2 of the 3 state Hotshot crews.

Lone Peak, Alta, Pioneer Peak
500

What is Dew Point?

 The temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to achieve a relative humidity (RH) of 100% 

500

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Skidgine 

500

The South Canyon Tragedy fire took place in this year

1994