Firefighter Training S-130 (Suppression,
Communication, and Mop-up) Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Construct a fireline. - ✔✔Remove fuel.
Smother with dirt. - ✔✔Remove oxygen.
Spray with water. - ✔✔Remove heat.
Spray with Class A foam. - ✔✔Remove heat.
Short flame lengths. - ✔✔Direct attack method.
Smothering. - ✔✔Direct attack method.
Long flame lengths. - ✔✔Indirect attack method.
Line construction far from the fire edge. - ✔✔Indirect attack method.
Moderately intense fire moving at moderate ROS. - ✔✔Flank attack method.
Encircling spot fires. - ✔✔Parallel attack method.
Keeps burning debris from rolling across control line. - ✔✔Cup trenching.
Prevents fuel outside the control line from burning. - ✔✔Fireproofing fuel.
Eliminates fuel between fire edge and control line. - ✔✔Firing Operations.
Attack parts of a fire threatening life or property. - ✔✔Hotspotting.
Creates emergency control line, especially in light fuels. - ✔✔Creating a scratch line.
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, Finds hotspots along a partly dead fire edge. - ✔✔Cold trailing.
Identify THREE true statements about control lines.
- Anchor points are required only in medium or heavy fuels.
- The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive or defensive strategy is used.
- The control line should be uniform width all around a fire's perimeter.
- The control line should be kept as short and straight as possible. - ✔✔- The control line should be at
least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive of defensive strategy is used.
- The control line should be kept as short ans straight as possible.
Broken up and scattered in the green. - ✔✔Fuel concentrations.
Dropped into the black. - ✔✔Snags.
Trenched and bermed. - ✔✔Control line below the fire.
Placed just over the ridge. - ✔✔Control line above a fire.
Made no wider than necessary. - ✔✔Control line in general.
To be avoided, if possible. - ✔✔Downhill fireline.
Are you down with the guidelines for downhill fireline construction and hose lays?
All of these are TRUE guidelines except.
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Communication, and Mop-up) Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Construct a fireline. - ✔✔Remove fuel.
Smother with dirt. - ✔✔Remove oxygen.
Spray with water. - ✔✔Remove heat.
Spray with Class A foam. - ✔✔Remove heat.
Short flame lengths. - ✔✔Direct attack method.
Smothering. - ✔✔Direct attack method.
Long flame lengths. - ✔✔Indirect attack method.
Line construction far from the fire edge. - ✔✔Indirect attack method.
Moderately intense fire moving at moderate ROS. - ✔✔Flank attack method.
Encircling spot fires. - ✔✔Parallel attack method.
Keeps burning debris from rolling across control line. - ✔✔Cup trenching.
Prevents fuel outside the control line from burning. - ✔✔Fireproofing fuel.
Eliminates fuel between fire edge and control line. - ✔✔Firing Operations.
Attack parts of a fire threatening life or property. - ✔✔Hotspotting.
Creates emergency control line, especially in light fuels. - ✔✔Creating a scratch line.
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, Finds hotspots along a partly dead fire edge. - ✔✔Cold trailing.
Identify THREE true statements about control lines.
- Anchor points are required only in medium or heavy fuels.
- The control line should be at least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive or defensive strategy is used.
- The control line should be uniform width all around a fire's perimeter.
- The control line should be kept as short and straight as possible. - ✔✔- The control line should be at
least 1 1/2 times the height of the fuels.
- One factor in control line position is whether offensive of defensive strategy is used.
- The control line should be kept as short ans straight as possible.
Broken up and scattered in the green. - ✔✔Fuel concentrations.
Dropped into the black. - ✔✔Snags.
Trenched and bermed. - ✔✔Control line below the fire.
Placed just over the ridge. - ✔✔Control line above a fire.
Made no wider than necessary. - ✔✔Control line in general.
To be avoided, if possible. - ✔✔Downhill fireline.
Are you down with the guidelines for downhill fireline construction and hose lays?
All of these are TRUE guidelines except.
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