Section IV - Chapter 2 - Wildland Fire Fighting Strategies

Question 1

• Overall plan for incident attack and control

Answer 1

Strategy

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Question 2

• Methods of deploying personnel and equipment to achieve the strategy.

Answer 2

Tactics

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Question 3

• Attacking a problem in an attempt to defeat it

Answer 3

Offensive

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Question 4

• Action to protect something or someone from impending danger

Answer 4

Defensive

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Question 5

____________ strategies employ actions intended to “turn” a fire from one direction of spread to another in order to keep fire from heavier fuel, rougher topography, sensitive wildlife areas, populated areas, etc.

Answer 5

Defensive

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Question 6

______________ strategies are used when firefighters have an opportunity to attack the fire in such a way as to cause it to stop spreading or go out completely.

Answer 6

Offensive

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Question 7

Another common offensive action is to attack the fire problem by constructing ______ ________ so as to remove the fuel.

Answer 7

fire breaks

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Question 8

A ________ ________ is any treatment of burning fuels that is applied by firefighters.

Answer 8

direct attack

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Question 9

Do not make a direct attack on the ?

Answer 9

head of fast moving or hot fires

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Question 10

Methods of direct attack

This action involves attacking the fire by working along each of the flanks either simultaneously or successively from a less active point or anchor point.

Answer 10

Flanking action

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Question 11

Methods of direct attack

This action is used to attack two side (flanks) of a fire with a common goal of pinching off the head of the fire.

Answer 11

Pincer action

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Question 12

Methods of direct attack

This attack involves two or more units of any one type working in line, one in front of the other, to accomplish a specific fire suppression job.

Answer 12

Tandem action

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Question 13

Methods of direct attack

This method is a direct attack with multiple anchor points, which allows for multiple points of attack.

Answer 13

Envelopment action

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Question 14

This attack is a method of suppression in which the control line is located along natural firebreaks, favorable breaks in topography, or at a considerable distance from the fire.

Answer 14

Indirect attack

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Question 15

The following are two common methods of performing an indirect attack:
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Answer 15

• Burning out
• Backfiring

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Question 16

Methods of indirect attack

This method involves setting a fire inside a control line that will consume the fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.

Answer 16

Burning Out

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Question 17

Methods of indirect attack

This method is a fire that is set along the inner edge of a control line to consume fuel in the path of a wildland fire and/or change the direction of force of the fire’s convection column.

Answer 17

backfire

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Question 18

The _________ ________ is a method of fire suppression in which a fire line is constructed approximately parallel to and just far enough from the fires edge to enable firefighters and equipment to work effectively.

Answer 18

parallel attack

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Question 19

The parallel attack is primarily used by ______ crews and ________.

Answer 19

hand crews and dozers

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