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What is the most essential element of successful wildland firefighting?
Competent and confident leadership
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Leadership means providing ______, _______, and ________ for wildland firefighters working to accomplish difficult tasks under dangerous, stressful circumstances.
Purpose, direction, motivation
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In confusing and uncertain situations, a good operational leader will do what 6 things?
Take charge; Assess Situation; Motivate; Demonstrate Initiative; Communicate; Supervise
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What are the 5 communication responsibilities that all firefighters have?
Brief others as needed; Debrief your actions; Communicate hazards to others; Acknowledge messages; Ask if you don’t know
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What are the 3 main points for a leader’s intent?
Task (what is to be done); Purpose (why is it to be done); End State (how it should look when done)
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24 hours awake affects your decision making capability like ___ blood alcohol content.
0.10
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Target Fixation, Action tunneling and Escalation of commitment are all examples of _____ reactions.
Stress
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What are the 5 major common denominators of fire behavior on fatal and near-fatal fires?
Relatively small fires or deceptively quiet areas of large fires; in relatively light fuels; unexpected shift in wind direction or in wind speed; fire responds to topographic conditions and runs uphill; critical burn period between 1400-1700
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Time available to use escape routes will decrease and safety zone size will increase (possibly by more than double) as wind exceeds ____ and/or slope exceeds ____.
10 mph; 20%
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1 acre is approximately the size of what?
A football field or 208 feet by 208 feet
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What must be identified at the structure during sizeup and triage before the decision is made to commit to stay and protect a structure?
A safety zone for firefighters and equipment
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Base all actions on ______ and ______ fire behavior - do this first!
Current; expected
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A “Defensible - Prep and Hold” structure has some tactical challenges and a _______ ______ present.
Safety Zone
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A “Non-Defensible - Prep and Leave” structure has _____ ______ present and some tactical challenges.
NO safety zone
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A “Non-defensible - Rescue Drive-By” structure has ______ ______ present and ______ tactical challenges.
NO safety zone; significant
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How much water should be kept in reserve during structure protection tactics?
100 gallons
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When an individual feels an assignment is unsafe, what do they have the obligation to identify, to the degree possible?
Safe alternatives for completing that assignment
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What is one possible outcome of managing risk?
Turning down an assignment
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Individuals may turn down an assignment as unsafe when: There is a ______ of safe work practices.
Safe
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Individuals may turn down an assignment as unsafe when: _______ _______ make the work unsafe.
Environmental conditions
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Individuals may turn down an assignment as unsafe when: They lack the necessary ______ or _______.
Qualifications; experience
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Individuals may turn down an assignment as unsafe when: _______ equipment is being used.
Defective
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What criteria outline should be used to document the turn down of an assignment?
Risk Management Process (Firefighting Orders, Watch Out Situations, etc.)
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If a supervisor asks another resource to perform the (turned down) assignment, what are they (the supervisor) responsible for doing?
Inform the new resource that the assignment was turned down and the reasons why it was turned down
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If an unresolved safety hazard exists or an unsafe act was committed, what form should the individual submit if it was a ground hazard?
SAFENET
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If an unresolved safety hazard exists or an unsafe act was committed, what form should the individual submit if it was an aviation hazard?
SAFECOM
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Approaching thunderstorms may be noted by a sudden ____ in wind direction, a noticeable ____ in wind speed, and a sharp ____ in temperature.
Reverse; rise; drop
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Direct attack must be abandoned within ____ feet of transmission lines.
100 feet
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Always maintain a distance of __ feet from transmission towers.
35 feet
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Never use a straight stream or foam - use a ________. (Ground Tactics near powerlines)
Fog pattern
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Keep a minimum of ___ feet away from areas on fire that contain suspected UXO.
1,000 feet (Unexploded Ordnance)
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On the NFPA 704 placard, what is the color for each Health, Fire, Reactivity and Specific Hazards?
Health - Blue; Fire - Red; Reactivity - Yellow; Specific - White
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What are the ranges for health, fire and reactivity hazards and which is more severe?
0-4; 4 is the most severe in all categories
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What size fire extinguisher is needed for a helicopter landing?
40 BC (20lb)
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Suppressant (water, foam or water enhancer) = ______ attack with close ground support.
Direct
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Retardant = _____ attack, point protection and ____ attack ahead of ground support.
Indirect; direct
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At flame lengths less than ___ feet, fires can generally be attacked at the head or flanks by firefighters using hand tools.
4 feet
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At flame lengths over __ feet, control efforts at the head of the fire are ineffective.
11 feet
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What is the first consideration of (fire) line location?
Firefighter safety
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Reporting is required for all introductions of wildland fire chemicals into _______, or within ____ feet if applied aerially.
Waterways; 300 feet
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Whenever possible, use ____ attack and build line __ ____ ___ _____ as conditions safely permit.
Direct; as close to the fire edge
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What minimum distance should be kept when working around heavy equipment in front? In Back? In Timber?
Front -100 feet; Back - 50 feet; Timber - increase both distances to 2 ½ times the canopy height
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In rough terrain, at least __ workers will be required to carry a stretcher (with a victim).
15
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What are the 6 main points that are covered in the Briefing Checklist?
Situation; Mission/Execution; Communications; Service/Support; Risk Management; Questions or Concerns?
