Wildland (EOM 206, 308, 511) Flashcards

Question

High Level Vegetation Fire Weather Requirements --EOM 206 Wildland Dispatch Modes

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-Temp >/= 90 -Wind Speed >/= 15 MPH -RH 15% - 40% -GACC 7 Day fire potential --Orange or Red

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-5 Type 3 -2 Type 1 -1 Water Tender -2 BC's

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-RH /= 25 MPH Wind Gusts > 35 MPH for >/= 6 Hrs OR Existing Dry Lightning Activity **Not a temperature

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--Coastal (Zone 243) -RSF, SOL, DMR, ENC, CBD, OCS --Inland (Zone 250) -ESC, SMC, VTA, NCF

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⎯ Temperature ⎯ Wind speed ⎯ Relative humidity -0930 and 1430

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--Fuel --Weather --Topography

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--includes light grass to heavy brush -fuel temperature is one of the most important fuel flammability factors --fuels on south and west facing slopes will have higher fuel temps

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--wind --Temp --Relative Humidity (RH)

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--steepness of a slope is one of the most important topographic features affecting fire behavior --crest of a slope is the most logical place to stop and hold a slope driven fire --Narrow canyons are more likely to have independent wind currents than wider ones.

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--Size-up the Fire, Should be continuous --plan should include objectives, strategy and tactics and resource needs --ICs should focus on Suppression if they believe they can stop the fire spread quickly --ICs should focus on Command if the fire is already well established

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--Direct --Indirect --Combination of the two --A combination attack is the preferred strategy. Take aggressive action on the fire perimeter while defending structures at the same time

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--Primary --Alternative --Contingency --Emergency

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--Focused on FF safety and mission objectives. It yields the most desirable results

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--A fallback plan that yields less desirable results, but closely resembles primary plan

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--Focused on FF safety --TRA tactical refuge areas --safety zones

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--A plan totally focused FF survival ▪ Escape Routes ▪ Deployment Zones/Refuge Areas ▪ Fire Shelters

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--5 levels of engagement in firefighting --Defend – Reinforce – Advance – Withdraw – Delay

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--Holding action, protecting priority areas

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--Add resources as necessary to advance or defend

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--Direct or indirect attack. Anchor and flank

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--Cease current activities until conditions change --move away from the threat

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--Wait until the situation has changed to allow for a different level of engagement

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— Task: = What is to be done — Purpose: = Why it is to be done — End State: = How it should look when done

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1. Wet Line 2. Constructing Fire Line 3. Firing Operations -Backfire -Burning Out

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--include mobile attack, hose lays, and all other forms of stopping the fire’s spread with water. --A minimum of 1 ½” hose line with a 50 GPM nozzle should be used on fires that are fast moving, of high intensity, are threatening high-valued exposures --Progressive hose lays require 1 ½” hose

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--should be constructed around any wildland fire that has the potential to escape --not necessary on fires that can be completely controlled and mopped-up with water

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Any fire set to consume fuel in the path of a free burning wildfire

Answer 28

To clean up a line, by the use of fire, of any residual fuel between the control line and the fire’s edge

Answer 29

Resources Code Section 4426 is very clear when it comes to backfiring. “A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or federal forest officer, unless it can be established that the setting of such backfire was necessary for the purposes of saving life or valuable property.”

Answer 30

— Control lines are to be complete all around the area of fuel to be consumed — Both ends of a backfire line must have anchor points. — Backfires are to be supervised by a qualified Company or Chief Officer. — Backfires set near chimneys or saddles, on mid-slope roads or on descending lines above the main fire require special handling

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--Location --Air-to-Ground Frequency --Ground Contact

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safety of all aircraft over the incident

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— Fire area access — Fire orientation — Size up, threats, and priorities — Establishing operational objectives — Validate control objectives — Developing an IAP — Ordering additional aircraft — Identifying communication frequencies — Evaluating the effectiveness of the IAP

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FIRE BEHAVIOR: 1. Keep informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts. 2. Know what your fire is doing at all times. 3. Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire. FIRELINE SAFETY: 4. Identify escape routes and safety zones - and make them known. 5. Post lookouts when there is possible danger. 6. Be alert, Keep calm, Think clearly, Act decisively. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL: 7. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor and adjoining forces. 8. Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood. 9. Maintain control of your forces at all times. If 1-9 Are Considered, Then: 10. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first.

Answer 35

1. Fire not scouted and sized-up. 2. In country not seen in daylight. 3. Safety zones and escape routes not identified. 4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior. 5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards. 6. Instructions and assignments not clear. 7. No communication link with crew members or supervisor. 8. Constructing line without a safe anchor point. 9. Building fire line downhill with fire below. 10. Attempting frontal assault on fire. 11. Unburned fuel between you and the fire. 12. Cannot see main fire; not in contact with someone who can. 13. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below. 14. Weather becoming hotter and drier. 15. Wind increases and/or changes direction. 16. Getting frequent spot fires across line. 17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult. 18. Taking a nap near the fire line.

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--a pre-planned area expected to protect fire personnel and equipment from known hazards, WITHOUT having to use fire shelters. --4X the maximum flame length.

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--a pre-planned area to take refuge for short-term relief, WITHOUT having to use a fire shelter

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Incident Briefing

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Incident Objectives

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Assignment List

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Medical Plan

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Organizational Chart

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General Message

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Demobilization

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Incident Personnel Performance Rating

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It is the medical Incident report given when a medical emergency occurs on the fire line.

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--Red/Priority 1-Life or limb threatening injury or illness-Evacuation is Immediate. Ex.-Unconscious, Diff Breathing, Bleeding severely, 2nd or 3rd degree burns more than 4 palm sizes, heat stroke, disoriented. --Yellow/Priority 2-Serious injury or illness-Evacuation may be delayed if necessary. Ex-Significant trauma, unable to walk, 2nd or 3rd degree burns 1-3 palms sizes. --Green/Priority 3-Minor injury or illness-Non Emergency transport. Ex-Strains, sprains and minor heat related illness.

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Brief summary of injury or illness Unconscious, struck by falling tree

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Air Ambulance, Short Haul, Hoist, Ground Ambulance

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Descriptive Location and Lat/Long

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Geographic Name + Medical Ex--"Trout Meadow Medical"

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Name of on scene IC Ex--Strike Team Leader Collins is IC

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Name of Care Provider Paramedic Smith is providing medical care

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Contact Communications/Dispatch "Communications--Division Alpha, Stand-by for Emergency Traffic" Provide Incident Summary-- "Communications--I have a Red Priority patient, he is unconscious and was struck by a falling tree, I'm requesting an air ambulance to Forest Road 1 at (Lat and Long), This will be Trout Meadow Medical, IC is STL Collins and Paramedic Smith is providing patient care.

Answer 55

4 times the flame length