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A(n) _____________ is an advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from which to start constructing a fireline. It is used to minimize the chance of being flanked by the fire while the line is being constructed. -:- Anchor point What term describes the behavior of a fire sprea...

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Wildland Fire Questions & 100% Correct
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A(n) _____________ is an advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from

which to start constructing a fireline. It is used to minimize the chance of being flanked by

the fire while the line is being constructed.


✓ -:- Anchor point




What term describes the behavior of a fire spreading rapidly with a well-defined head?


✓ -:- Running




The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire is defined as __________.


✓ -:- Fire perimeter




What is a unit of measure popular in fire management, equal to 66 feet?


✓ -:- A chain




A long, narrow extension of a fire projecting from the main body is a __________.


✓ -:- Finger




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What part of the fire is the most rapidly spreading portion of a fire's perimeter, usually to

the leeward or upslope?


✓ -:- Head




What term describes a spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a

fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame?


✓ -:- Fire whirl




What term describes a fire burning without presence of flame or direct flame and barely

spreading?


✓ -:- Smoldering




What are the three methods of heat transfer?


✓ -:- Convection, Conduction, and Radiation




What are the three elements of the fire triangle?


✓ -:- Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat




Which fuel type is the primary carrier of fire once ignition has occurred?




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✓ -:- Surface fuels




Houses, vehicles, and trash are examples of what fuel type?


✓ -:- Artificial




What fuel type consists of dead leaves, needles, and twigs on the forest floor?


✓ -:- Timber litter




The terms describing vertical fuel arrangement, from highest orientation to lowest, are:


✓ -:- Aerial fuels, ladder fuels, surface fuels, ground fuels




What is the single most important factor in determining how well a fuel will ignite and

burn?


✓ -:- Moisture content




What fuel is the primary carrier of fire the Central Texas area?


✓ -:- Grass




______________ fuels are distributed continuously over an area and in contact with each

other.


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