Wildfire

Question 1

Priorities of wildfire supression.

Answer 1

Firefighter Safety is the number 1 priority.

Then comes -

Protect life and Property

Contain the spread of the fire

Extinguish the fire

Question 2

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________ - When the current and/or the expected fire behaviour is too _______ to attack <!--EndFragment-->

Answer 2

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Defensive - When the current and/or the expected fire behaviour is too intense to attack <!--EndFragment-->

Question 3

When given the order to ‘Fallback’ what should you do?

Answer 3

Protect life, property and assests.

Wait until intensity subsides

Question 4

_________ – When current and/or expected fire behaviour _______ attack on the fire

Answer 4

Offensive – When current and/or expected fire behaviour enables attack on the fire

Question 5

Observe ______ activities.

Protect the POO

Answer 5

Observe suspicious activities.

Protect the POO

Question 6

What is a direct attack?

Answer 6

Working right on the fire edge

Question 7

What type of direct attack is this?

Answer 7

Head attack

Question 8

What type of direct attack is this?

Answer 8

Flank Attack

Question 9

An advantageous location from which a fireline can be constructed. It is used to minimise the possibility of being outflanked by a fire while the line is being constructed

Answer 9

Anchor Point

Question 10

What rake method is this?

Answer 10

Step Up Method

Question 11

What are the rules of the step up method?

Answer 11

• Step up called when section clear
• All people in front step up to next unfinished section
• No overtaking
• Last person is “Polisher”

Question 12

What rakehoe method is this?

Answer 12

One Lick Method

Question 13

What are the rules of the one lick method?

Answer 13

• Each person removes their fair portion of fuel
• Last person ‘polishes’ trail
• Suits when large distances are required
• Suits large teams +12

Question 14

Name components

Answer 14

Question 15

What is a danger of conducting a parallel attack?

Answer 15

Leaving unburnt fuel between fire and operators

Question 16

What type of attack is this?

Answer 16

Parallel Attack

Question 17

What are the rules for backburning?

Answer 17

• Must have Incident Controller Approval
• Must have favourable fuel, weather & topography conditions.
• Must have enough time & enough resources.
• Must have enough width to stop the fire

Question 18

What type of attack is this?

Answer 18

Indirect Attack

Question 19

_______________

(Backburning)

“An area of greatly ________ fire intensity caused by two fire fronts or flanks burning _________ one another”

Answer 19

Junction Zones

(Backburning)

“An area of greatly increased fire intensity caused by two fire fronts or flanks burning towards one another”

Question 20

All these conditions must be present before any consideration or backburning

Answer 20

•Weather - Wind, RH, Temp, Stable Atmos

**•Resources - **Patrol, Lighting, Blackout

•Strong Control line - Spotting Potential

•Time

Question 21

Backburning Hazards

Answer 21

Spotting Over Control Lines

Lack of Time and resources

Incorrect Lighting Patterns

Change in Weather/Wind Direction