Wildland Flashcards
Briefing Checklist
Situation
Mission/execution
Communication
Service/support
Risk management
Questions
What is the most essential of successful wildland firefighting
Component and confident leadership
In confusing and uncertain situations a good operational leader will do what?
Take charge
Assess situation
Motivate
Demonstrate initiative
Communicate
Supervise
Follow up to the previous question
3 things important to leadership
Duty
Respect
Integrity
What are examples of Duty
-Be proficient in your job, both technically and as a leader.
-Make sound and timely decisions
- Ensure task are understood,supervised and accomplished.
- Develop your subordinates for the future
What are examples of Respect
-Know your subordinates and look out for their wellbeing
-keep them informed
- Build the team
Leaders intent should have three things
Task= what is to be done
Purpose= why is it to be done
End state= how it should look when it’s done
Human barrier factors to situational awareness
-Low experience level with local factors
-Distraction from primary task
-Fatigue
-stress reaction
- hazardous attitudes
What should an AAR have?
What was planned?
What actually happened?
Why did it happen ?
What can we do next time?
What is the green section of the IRPG
Operational engagement
What is the risk management checklist?
-Identify hazards
-assess Hazards
-Develop Controls and make risk decisions
- implement controls
-Supervise and evaluate
How to plan for medical emergencies on the line?
- What are we going to do if someone gets hurt
- How will we get them out of here
- How long will it take to get them to the hospital.
Common denominator for fire fatalities
- On relatively small fires or deceptively quiet areas on large fires.
- Light fuels
- Unexpected wind shift
- When fire responds to topographic conditions and runs uphill.
- Critical burn period between 1400-1700
Common tactical hazards
Position
Situation
What is a safety zone?
Where a firefighter can survive without a fire shelter.
Distance is 4 times the flame length away.
Downhill checklist
It should not be attempted unless no other tactical alternatives.
1. Discuss assignments with crew supervisor.
2.decision made after crew supervisor has scouted it.
3.LCES in place
4.use direct attack whenever possible
5.fire line will not lie in a chimney or chute
6. Starting point will be anchored
7. Monitor Fire from below and attack if possible
What are the structure triage categories
Defensible- prep and hold
Defensible- stand alone
Non defensible- Prep and leave
Non defensible- prep and leave
Non defensible- rescue drive by
Structure protection tactics
-Rapid mitigation measures
-Equipment and water use
- Patrol following the fire front
How to properly refuse a risk
- There is a violation of safe work practices
2.environmental conditions make the work unsafe - They lack the necessary qualifications or experience
- Defective equipment is being used
Hazard tree safety
Situation awareness-one of the most common risks in wildland firefighting
Environment
Steep slope
Diseased tree
Domino
Bug kill areas
Last resort survival
- Escape if you can
- Find a survivable area
- Pick a fire department shelter area
4.expect
Hazmat isolation distances
- minor event ( 1 drum)=150 feet
- Major event 1or more=500 feet
-residential or commercial= 300 feet
-open areas= 1000 feet
BLEVE=2500 feet
Hazmat clarification for fixed
Health Hazard- blue ( 4 most dangerous)
Fire Hazard- red ( 4 below 73 1 above 200)
Yellow reactivity- 5 may detonate 0 stable
Specific hazard- white
Fire Behavior Hauling chart
Flame length less than 4=fire can be attacked by hand tools by the flanks or the head
4 ft -8 FT= fire is to intense for direct attack with hand tools. Dozers, engines might be better
8-11FT=Fire might present serious problems. Torching, spotting and crowning might be
Over 11FT- crowning spotting probable. Control efforts at head of fire are ineffective.
