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Fireline Handbook
Policy
Terminology
Fire Weather
Misc.
100
The new name for the Fireline Handbook.
What is the Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide.
100
The minium staffing required for a Type 4 engine, including the ENGB.
What is 2 personnel, including the ENGB
100
The burning of the foliage of a single tree or a small group of trees, from the bottom up.
What is Torching
100
The ratio of the amount of moisture in the air, to the maximum amount of moisture that air would contain if it were saturated.
What is Relative Humidity
100
A daily safety briefing for wildland fire that focuses on high risk events found within a firefighter's scope of work that are performed on an infrequent basis.
What is 6 Minutes of Safety
200
The number of sticks of 100ft hose needed to complete a trunk line 15 chains long.
What is 10 sticks of 100ft hose.
200
The full compliment of course work required for the entry level position of FFT2.
What is S-130, S-190, I-100, L-180, IS-700
200
An inclusive term for all constructed or natural barriers and treated fire edges used to control a fire
What is a Control Line
200
A term used in smoke management forecasts. It represents the top of the layer through which relatively vigorous mixing will take place.
What is Mixing Height
200
The Chief of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Fire Management Branch.
Who is John Segar
300
The International Phonetic Alphabet (Yes, all of it)
What is: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Julliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu
300
The allowable dollar amount of a single purchase when either services OR a combination of services and supplies are purchased with your purchase credit card.
What is $2,500
300
A fire edge that crosses a control line or natural barrier intended to confine the fire
What is Slopover
300
An estimated index of the amount of precipitation needed to bring the top 8 inches of soil back to saturation.
What is KBDI (Keetch-Byram Drought Index)
300
Should be used on a portable pump on the discharge side when pumping uphill to prevent draining your hose lay by backflow when the pump is not running.
What is a "Check and Bleeder" valve, or "Gated Y" Valve
400
When a fire is encircled by a fireline, but not under control.
What is "containment".
400
The number of mandatory days off required during a 21-day detail, exclusive of travel to/from the home unit.
What is zero. (If the detail will exceed 21 days, then 2 mandatory days off will be provided to the 22nd day) 07-5 - Redbook
400
Burning technique in which lines of fire are started simultaneously from the apex of a ridge point, and progress downhill, maintaining position along the contour; used in hilly areas to ignite ridge points or ridge ends.
What is Chevron Firing Technique
400
A number related to the contribution of fire behavior to the effort of containing a fire. (Difficulty of control)
What is the Burning Index. (Derived from a combination of Spread Component and Energy Release Component.)
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!
How many cows does it take to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs? (Must be +/- 500 to be correct)
500
The Water Use Hand Signals for "How full is tank?" and the response of "Tank is low". (Demonstrate)
500
The minimum hourly requirement for the annual fire refresher for USFWS.
What is zero. (FWS does not have a minimum hour requirement, but all 4 core topics must be covered. Entrapment Avoidance, Current Issues, Fire Shelter, and Other Hazards/Safety Issues).
500
Method of broadcast burning in which fire is ignited in the center of the area to create a strong draft; additional fires are then ignited progressively nearer the outer control lines (sometimes in one step) as indraft increases so as to draw the flames and smoke toward the center.
What is Center Firing
500
The two main indices used to designate Red Flag Criteria in the Valley. (Specific)
What is <35 RH and 25+ MPH sustained winds
500
The year in which the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey were transferred to the Department of the Interior and were combined to form the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
What is 1940