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  1. A lookout reports a spot fire outside the unit during active ignition. What is the burn boss's first priority?

    Answer: Make sure personnel are safe and start the contingency plan to suppress the spot

    Firefighter safety comes first, and spot fires are handled with the holding and contingency actions written in the burn plan.

  2. A prescribed fire is outside its prescription, and contingency actions cannot bring it back within prescription in the planned time. What must happen?

    Answer: It is declared a wildfire

    Under the NWCG Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide (PMS 484), the fire must be declared a wildfire if contingency actions cannot bring it back within prescription in the planned time.

  3. Which statement correctly describes contingency resources listed in a prescribed fire plan?

    Answer: They must be available within the response time stated in the plan

    The GO/NO-GO checklist confirms that the planned contingency resources are available within the stated response time before ignition.

  4. Which place is the best choice for an emergency fire shelter deployment?

    Answer: A large, flat clearing with little fuel, away from drainages and saddles

    Large open areas with little fuel lower radiant and convective heat, while chimneys, chutes and saddles channel heat and gases.

  5. In LCES, which element refers to a person posted to watch fire behavior and warn crews of danger?

    Answer: Lookouts

    Lookouts watch fire behavior and hazards and pass warnings to everyone affected.

  6. A holding crew member is confused, has hot, dry skin and is not sweating. What is the correct emergency response?

    Answer: Start rapid cooling right away and request medical evacuation for suspected heat stroke

    Confusion with hot, dry skin points to heat stroke, a life-threatening emergency that needs immediate cooling and evacuation.

  7. Smoke from the burn suddenly cuts visibility on a nearby highway. What is the most appropriate immediate action?

    Answer: Notify law enforcement or road authorities, set up traffic control, and think about stopping ignition

    Smoke on roads is a public safety emergency, and the burn plan's smoke contingency calls for traffic control and fewer smoke-producing operations.

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