SAF Fire Management & Prescribed Burning 2

Question 1

Under the Incident Command System (ICS), who is responsible for overall management of a wildfire incident?

Accepted Answer

Incident Commander

Answer

Operations Section Chief

Answer

Safety Officer

Answer

Planning Section Chief

Question 2

Which fireline construction method involves removing all flammable material down to mineral soil?

Accepted Answer

Handline

Answer

Cold trailing

Answer

Scratch line

Answer

Burnout

Question 3

The Standard Firefighting Orders specify how many orders that firefighters must follow at all times?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

5

Answer

8

Answer

18

Question 4

In fire behavior modeling, the term 'rate of spread' (ROS) refers to:

Accepted Answer

The speed at which the fire perimeter advances

Answer

The number of spot fires per hour

Answer

The rate of crown fire initiation

Answer

The hourly increase in fire intensity

Question 5

Which silvicultural system is most compatible with prescribed fire as a vegetation management tool in longleaf pine ecosystems?

Accepted Answer

Shelterwood system

Answer

Clearcut system

Answer

Selection system

Answer

Seed tree system

Question 6

When a prescribed burn escapes containment lines and becomes uncontrolled, it is reclassified as:

Accepted Answer

An escaped prescribed fire

Answer

A project fire

Answer

A wildfire

Answer

A control burn

Question 7

The 'black line' technique in prescribed burning refers to:

Accepted Answer

Pre-burning fuels adjacent to control lines to widen safe zones

Answer

Mapping fire perimeters with GPS

Answer

Painting control lines on topographic maps

Answer

Using smoke columns to judge fire intensity