Wildland Fires Flashcards
(30 cards)
During grass season _____ will be dispatched to all reported grass fires.
Task forces
Who will determine when a task force response will be required?
The Deputy Chief of operations
____ will determine how many units to respond, based on information received from the caller.
Dispatch.
_____ are the only rigs that should normally be used off roadways.
four wheel drive brush pumpers
Visibility is at a premium. When off road, leave all your
warning lights on.
According to the “wildland fire” SOP how should you show other companies where you have found access?
By dropping a cone or Quadra-flare
The fire ground should be divided geographically, Do not assign divisions with Bravo Charlie, Delta etc. Use ______
West flank, East flank etc.
When spotting water supply apparatus consider using ____ to fill brush pumpers.
Mutual aid
With the increased capabilities of the newer tankers, consider using them as a _____
from the road fire attack apparatus.
The new tankers are equipped with turrets that flow form_____
120 gpm to over 300 gpm.
A minimum of ____ brush pumpers would be required on the 1st alarm on medium or large grass fire.
3 Bp’s
Rescue Ladder companies could be utilized for staffing on
undermanned brush pumpers.
Mutual aid may be request by ____ when they feel their response will prevent a fire from getting out of control.
any company officer
or
Distric officer
Due to legal liabilities, OCFD personnel are ____ to ride on mutual aid apparatus, nor vice versa
not
Two important factors that must be considered for successful tanker operations are
Shuttle turn time
and
shuttle GPM flow
What are the several methods of supplying water using tankers?
Single Tank Drop
Multiple tank drop (diamond Method)
Connecting Fold a Tanks
Hopping Tanks
Dump site locations
Nurse feeding
Relay Pumping from a draft.
This method is best used on moving grass fires.
Hopping tanks
The______ method is mostly used on small fires that are not likely to get out of control.
“nursing”
Prime can be achieved by any 1 or 3 ways
Backfilling with tank water
Use pump primer
Jet siphon (most secure method)
If you’re rig gets stuck in a high fuel load and the fire line is coming and no help is in reach, spend your time_______
building a fire line around your rig.
Class A Foams
___% used as a penetrate
.3% used as a penetrate
Class A Foams
___% used as a fire attack.
.5% used as Fire attack
Class A Foams
___% used to pretreat a structure and build a fire line.
1%
Building a fire line with a foam blanket needs to be ______ times the flame height and completely coat all surfaces of the fuel.
1.5 times the flame height.
