Book 99 Brush Fire Operations Flashcards
(45 cards)
Our first-alarm brush response is based on a “____________________” concept
“hit it hard and fast”
Our first-alarm brush response:
__ Engines
__ TF
__ Helicopters
__ BC’s
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Your sizeup should consist of:
1. EXACT ____________ OF FIRE
2. SIZE AND __________ OF FIRE
3. __________ BURNING
- LOCATION
- TERRAIN
- MATERIAL
Your sizeup should consist of:
4. ______ DIRECTION AND SPEED
5. ___________
6. ______ HAZARD
7. _____________ NEEDED
- WIND
- EXPOSURES
- LIFE
- ASSISTANCE
An acre is an area about ____ feet by ____ feet
200’ by 200’
Strategy - After making your initial sizeup and report, place your company under command of your acting ________ and assign your company to the most urgent task
Captain
___________ ATTACK - is one where fire control starts at a point on the perimeter of the fire and works along one or both edges (flanks) toward the head of the fire, extinguishing as you go along
DIRECT
________ ATTACK is the primary method used by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, We normally use what is called a “________ _______” attack, which means that we work rapidly along the flank, making a control line just wide enough to establish control and then going back and coldtrailing the line later
DIRECT
Scratch Line
We also depend primarily on _____ _____ and ______, where other wildland agencies tend to depend more on cutting firebreaks for control
Hose lines
Water
__________ ATTACK is one where the fire officer selects a place where the terrain is favorable for control of the fire
INDIRECT
The most common action for a first-in engine company is to attack the _____ ______
Hot Flank
DEPLOYMENT OF EQUIPMENT: It is very important that streets are not _________ by apparatus
Blocked
DEPLOYMENT OF EQUIPMENT: Consideration must be given to _________ into locations so that apparatus can exit the area if evacuation becomes necessary or to relocate as soon as the fire moves past a given location
Backing
Structural protection is a ____ and ____, fast moving operation
Hit & Run
Place any available ladders to the roof on side _______ from fire.
Away
THERE IS NO _______ IN WETTING DOWN BRUSH, TREES AND FIRE RESISTIVE ROOFS AHEAD OF A FIRE
VALUE
The ultimate objective at a brush fire is to contain the fire to a given perimeter by establishing a fire ________ ______ around it
Control line
_________ ______ is an unfinished preliminary control line made as an emergency action to check the spread of the fire, and to establish control of the perimeter
scratch line
_________ ______ is a firebreak that is wide enough for permanent control that can be used in a direct or indirect attack
Control line
____________ a fire control line must begin as soon as the line is established and must continue until the fire is “dead out”
Patrolling
When a relay is required for an initial commitment, the first-in company officer automatically becomes the _______ _______
Relay officer
Prior to backfiring, approval shall be obtained from the ___
IC
_________ is a good tool for trenching below stumps, logs and pineapples.
McCloud
The landing pad(s) shall be located in the downwind ___ of the available area on a flat surface free of obstacles and debris
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