Wildland Operations Flashcards
Wildland Operations:
Wildland Stations
District One:
1, 10
District Three:
8, 12, 16
District Four:
7, 17, 18, 21, 27
Wildland Operations:
Stations with Operable Brush Trucks
1, 8, 10, 17, 27
Wildland Operations:
Station With 2,500 Gallon Water Tender
Station 27
Wildland Operations:
Wildland Season
April 15-September 15
Wildland Operations:
67 Bravo
Small Outside Fire, Closest Engine
Wildland Operations:
67 Delta 2
brush/grass fire, Closest engine and closest brush truck
Wildland Operations:
67 Delta 3
Large outside fire, closest engine, closest brush truck, on duty Engine Boss, Battalion 4
Wildland Operations:
67 Delta 1
Wildland Fire, closest engine, closest rescue, 2 wildland engines, 2 brush trucks, on duty Engine Boss, 2 commanders (including Battalion 4), 1 squad, Fire Logistics to bring wildland trailer
Wildland Operations:
Operational Priorities for Wildland
- Life Safety
- Property Conservation
- Incident Management
Wildland Operations:
Basic Wildland Fire Philosophy
- Aggresively stop the forward progress of fire whenever possible.
- Evacuation of individuals and protection of exposures in the path of the fire is the priority when immediate fire control is not possible. Protecting exposures typically involves removing flammable material from the immediate area around structures and wetting the structures down.
10 Standard Fire Orders
- Fight Fire Aggressively, but provide for safety first
- Initiate all actions bases on current and expected fire behavior
- Recognize current weather conditions and obtain forecasts
- Ensure instructions are given and understood
- Obtain current information on fire status
- Remain in communication with crewmembers, your supervisor, and adjoining forces.
- Determine safety zones and escape routes
- Establish lookouts in potentially hazardous situations
- Retain control at all times
- Stay alert, keep calm, think clearly, and act decisively
18 Watch Out Situations
- Fire not scouted and sized up
- In country not seen in daylight
- Safety zones and escape routes not identified
- Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior
- Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards
- Instructions and assignments not clear
- No communication link with crew members/supervisors
- Constructing line without safe anchor point
- Building fire line downhill with fire below
- Attempting frontal assault on fire
- Unburned fuel between you and the fire
- Cannot see main fire, not in contact with anyone who can
- On a hillside, where rolling materials can ignite fuel below
- Weather is getting hotter and dryer
- Wind increases and/or changes direction
- Getting frequent spot fires across line
- Terrain and fuel make escape to safety zones difficult
- Taking a nap near the fire line
Wildland Operations:
Urban Interface Watch Out Situations
- Wooden construction, wood shake roofs
- Poor access, one-way roads
- Inadequate water supply
- Natural fuels 30 feet or closer to structures
- Extreme fire behavior
- Strong winds of 25 mph or greater
- Evacuation of public (panic)
- Structures located in chimneys, box, or narrow canons, on slopes of 30% or more in continuous flashy fuel types
- Bridge Load Limits
NMRMP AFD Deployment Guidlines:
By accepting mobilization under the RMP, resourse is available to requesting agency for ___ days
5 days
NMRMP AFD Deployment Guidlines::
Fill or Kill Timeframe
On the road en-route to fire assignment within two hours
