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How many feet in a mile? - ANS-5280 feet
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How many yards in a mile? - ANS-1760 yards
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How many quarts of fluid do you lose in an hour? - ANS-1-2 quarts
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What are the three hazard markings on a ladder? - ANS-Electrical Hazard
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Heat Sensor g
Ladder Positioning g
What side of the slope will burn most steady? - ANS-East/South East
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What does Kern Stand for? - ANS-center of the rope aka core
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Tensile Strength of Kern Mantle rope 5/16inch? - ANS-4,200 lbs
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Types of roof collapse. - ANS-Lean-to Collapse
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V-shape Collapse g
Pancake Collapse g
Cantilever Collapse g
How many feet should a ladder be placed away from electrical hazards. - ANS-10feet
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Red Hydrant pressures. - ANS-less than 500gpm
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How many people per fly section on an extension ladder? - ANS-1 person
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What is not important when reading smoke? - ANS-Odor
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How big should the safety zone be with 50 foot flame lengths? - ANS-200 feet in all
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directions.
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A ball peen hammer is used for what? - ANS-Metal
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Definition of BLEVE - ANS-Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
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, What hand tool is used for grubbing? - ANS-Pulaski
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Definition of span of control? - ANS-The idea that a single person can manage a certain
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number of people or resources effectively. 3-7 people or resources with 5 being
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optimal.
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What is not part of a wildland urban interface Tactical Action? - ANS-Flank and Hold
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As temperature goes up, humidity does what? - ANS-Goes Down
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What is the most important factor influencing fire behavior in the wildland environment?
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- ANS-Wind
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A fire whirl is an indicator of what kind of environment? - ANS-Unstable
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atmosphere/erratic fire behavior
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Roof types... - ANS-Flat roof
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Pitched roof g
Arched roof g
Applied break test psi lose - ANS-No more than 3 PSI per min
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Static break test psi lose - ANS-No more than 2 PSI per min
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How many minutes does it take to fill an empty water tender - ANS-15 mins
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Travel time per mile on a paved road? - ANS-2mins per mile
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Travel time per mile on a dirt road? - ANS-4mins per mile
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Tread depth per DMV - ANS-At least 4/32-inch tread depth on front tires. And 2/32 inch
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on other tires.
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What is momentum? - ANS-Mass (weight) X Acceleration
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What is inertia? - ANS-The force that makes a moving vehicle tend to stay in motion in
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the same direction.
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What is centrifugal force influenced by? - ANS-Speed and the radius of a curve
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Hydraulic equation? - ANS-EP=NP+FL+A+-H g g g
WUI Strategies-Non-Threatened - ANS-Safety zones and TRA are present and
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construction features or defensible space make it unlikely that the structure will ignite
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during initial fire front contact.
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