S-130 Wildland Firefighter Training Exam Questions and
Answers 2025
.Anchor Point - ANSWER-An advantageous location, generally a fire barrier,
from which to start constructing a fireline. Used to minimize the chance of being
outflanked by the fire while the line is being constructed.
.Backing - ANSWER-Fire moving away from the head downhill, or against the
wind
.Blowup - ANSWER-Sudden increase in fire intensity or rate of spread of a fire
sufficient to preclude direct control or to upset existing suppression plans.
.Burnout - ANSWER-Setting a fire inside a control line to widen it or consume
fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.
.Cold Trailing - ANSWER-A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by
carefully inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire, digging
out every live spot, and trenching any live edge.
.Control Line - ANSWER-A comprehensive term used for all the constructed or
natural fire barriers and treated fire edges used to contain the fire.
.Creeping - ANSWER-Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly
, .Crowning - ANSWER-Fire that advances across tops of trees or shrubs more or
less independent of surface fire. High fire intensity and high forward rate of
spread. Use crown fire or crowning with care because it describes a very serious
fire situation.
.Describe the classes of fire - ANSWER-This classifies the size of the fire with
class "A" being the smallest and class "G" being the largest.
.Direct Attack - ANSWER-Any treatment of burning fuel, such as by wetting,
smothering, or chemically quenching the fire or by physically separating burning
from unburned fuel.
.Finger - ANSWER-An area, usually a narrow strip, that burns away from the
main part of the fire. Could be dangerous if personnel working the fire are
flanked by a finger.
.Fireline - ANSWER-Any clear strip or portion of a control line from which
flammable material has been removed by scraping or digging down to mineral
soil.
.Flank - ANSWER-Sides of the fire, parallel to the main direction of spread. May
have active fire, but not as hot as the head of the fire.
.Head - ANSWER-Shows the direction in which the fire is burning. This is the
hottest and most active part of the fire
.Hot Spotting - ANSWER-Reducing or stopping the spread of fire at points of
particularly rapid rate of spread or special threat.
Answers 2025
.Anchor Point - ANSWER-An advantageous location, generally a fire barrier,
from which to start constructing a fireline. Used to minimize the chance of being
outflanked by the fire while the line is being constructed.
.Backing - ANSWER-Fire moving away from the head downhill, or against the
wind
.Blowup - ANSWER-Sudden increase in fire intensity or rate of spread of a fire
sufficient to preclude direct control or to upset existing suppression plans.
.Burnout - ANSWER-Setting a fire inside a control line to widen it or consume
fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line.
.Cold Trailing - ANSWER-A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by
carefully inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire, digging
out every live spot, and trenching any live edge.
.Control Line - ANSWER-A comprehensive term used for all the constructed or
natural fire barriers and treated fire edges used to contain the fire.
.Creeping - ANSWER-Fire burning with a low flame and spreading slowly
, .Crowning - ANSWER-Fire that advances across tops of trees or shrubs more or
less independent of surface fire. High fire intensity and high forward rate of
spread. Use crown fire or crowning with care because it describes a very serious
fire situation.
.Describe the classes of fire - ANSWER-This classifies the size of the fire with
class "A" being the smallest and class "G" being the largest.
.Direct Attack - ANSWER-Any treatment of burning fuel, such as by wetting,
smothering, or chemically quenching the fire or by physically separating burning
from unburned fuel.
.Finger - ANSWER-An area, usually a narrow strip, that burns away from the
main part of the fire. Could be dangerous if personnel working the fire are
flanked by a finger.
.Fireline - ANSWER-Any clear strip or portion of a control line from which
flammable material has been removed by scraping or digging down to mineral
soil.
.Flank - ANSWER-Sides of the fire, parallel to the main direction of spread. May
have active fire, but not as hot as the head of the fire.
.Head - ANSWER-Shows the direction in which the fire is burning. This is the
hottest and most active part of the fire
.Hot Spotting - ANSWER-Reducing or stopping the spread of fire at points of
particularly rapid rate of spread or special threat.
