Emergency Response Procedures Flashcards

What is the correct body position when deploying a fire shelter?

Answer: Lie face down with your feet toward the oncoming fire

Lying face down with your feet toward the fire protects the airway and puts the most protected end toward the heat.

Which reporting system is used to report unsafe situations or near-misses in ground-based wildland fire operations?

Answer: SAFENET

SAFENET handles ground operational safety concerns, while SAFECOM is for aviation.

A holding crew member sees a slopover across the control line. What should they do first?

Answer: Tell the holding boss or burn boss and take initial suppression action if it is safe

Telling supervisors right away while safely attacking the slopover keeps it small and keeps operations coordinated.

Crew members working in heavy smoke report headaches, dizziness and nausea. What is the most likely cause and the right response?

Answer: Carbon monoxide exposure; rotate them out of the smoke and check them

These symptoms in heavy smoke point to carbon monoxide exposure, so personnel should be moved into clean air and checked.

Unauthorized hikers walk into the unit during active ignition. What should the burn boss do?

Answer: Stop ignition in that area and escort the hikers to safety

Public safety needs ignition stopped near unauthorized people until they are safely out.

After a prescribed fire is declared a wildfire, what does federal interagency policy require?

Answer: A declared wildfire review

PMS 484 requires a review of prescribed fires declared wildfires to find lessons learned and causes.

The burn boss gets hurt and cannot continue. Who takes over?

Answer: The qualified person named in the burn plan's organization or chain of command

The burn plan's organization sets up the chain of command so a qualified person can take over without a gap.