Chapter 21: Wildland And Ground Fires

What technique is used to remove fuel by burning?

What technique can burn an area of vegetation in front of the fire, thereby creating a wide area devoid of vegetation?

What type of firefighting attack requires only one team of fire fighters?

How much water do small apparatus used for fire fighting wildland fires typically carry?

What combination tool of a hoe and rake is used to create a fire line?

What is the top priority in a wildland fire attack?

What type of fire fighting attack requires two teams of fire fighters attacking both flanks of a wildland fire?

What term describes the relative closeness of wildland fuels?

What fire fighting attack is most often used for large wildland and ground fires that are too dangerous for a direct attack?

What is an unburned area between a finger and the traveling (main body) edge of the fire?

What is an unplanned and uncontrolled fires burning in vegetative fuels that sometimes include structures?

What is the traveling edge of the fire as wildland and ground fires grow and reach into areas with new fuel?

What is the partly decomposed organic material on a forest floor?

What are the three causes of wildland fires?

What fuels are considered those that are close to the surface of the ground?

Fuels of large diameter (large brush, heavy timber, stumps, branches). They ignite and consume more slowly than light fuels

Relativeness closeness of wildland fires. It is a factor of spreading from one area of fuel to another

Portable fire extinguisher consisting of 4 gallon and gallon water tank that is worn on user's back and features hand held piston pump

Features of earth's surface

Fuels that located more than 6 feet off the ground, usually part of or attached to trees

What equipment may be effective fire fighting tactic for small fires with a light fuel load?

Ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature

Location where a wildland or ground fire begins

Where are vegetative fuels located?

What fire is considered a new fire that starts outside the perimeter of the main fire?

What type of aircraft can take on a load of water from a lake and apply it to a fire?

What has a major impact on the behavior of wildland fires?

What are two of the most critical weather conditions that can influence a wildland fire?

What can be carried in a protective pouch on a fire fighter's belt?

What is related to the season of the year?

What will preheat the fuels above the main body of the fire?

The land surface configuration

A system that combines foam concentrate, water and compressed air to produce foam that can stick to both vegetation and structures

An area that has already been burned

The amount of moisture present in a fuel, which affects how readily the fuel will ignite and burn

Debris resulting from natural events such as wind, fire, snow, or ice breakage or from human activities such as building or road construction, logging, pruning, thinning, or brush cutting

Partly decomposed organic material on a forest floor; a type of light fuel

A hand tool constructed of a thin, arched blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used to chop brush for clearing a fire line, or to mop up a wildland fire

Fuels that ignite and burn easily, such as dried twigs, leaves, needles, grass, moss, and light brush

An item of protective equipment configured as an aluminium tent utilized for protection, by means of reflecting radiant heat, in an fire entrapment situation

A new fire that starts outside areas of the main fire, usually caused by flying embers and sparks

A deep indentation of unburned fuel along the fire's perimeter, often found between a finger and head of the fire

A hand tool used for constructing fire lines and overhauling wildland fires. One side of the head consists of a five toothed to seven toothed fire rake; the other side is a hoe

Fuels of large diameter, such as large brush, heavy timber, snags, stumps, branches, and dead timber on the ground. These fuels ignite and are consumed more slowly than light fuels

An unburned area surrounded by fire

An area of unburned fuels

A narrow point of fire whose extension is created by a shift in wind or a change in topography

Which type of fuel spreads more quickly than heavy timber and brush?

What type of fuel is a grass fire characterized?

Which type of fuel would a brush fire be characterized as?

What is the source of almost all naturally caused wildland and ground fires?

What is the most rapidly moving area of a wildland fire?

A deep indentation of unburned fuel along the fire's perimeter, often found between a finger and the head of the fire. It is considered a dangerous place for fire fighters.

A hand tool used for constructing fire lines and overhauling wildland fires. One side of the head consists of a five toothed to seven toothed fire rake; the other side is a hoe

Which type of attack is considered a backfire?

What is the basic guideline for a safety zone? What is the minimum separation area?

List three element, parts or legs of the fire triangle associated with wildland fires

What is the primary fuel for wildland fires?

In wildland fires, what influences the speed and direction which the fire moves?

What is one of the most important pieces of PPE for wildland fire fighters?

What is the ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature?

What are the effects when relative humidity is low?

What are the effects when relative humidity is high?

Changes of elevation in the land as well as the positions of natural and human made features

An area that has already been burned

An area of unburned fuels