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| fire producing sparks or embers that are carried by the wind and which statrt new fires beyond the main fire |
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| fire with low flame and barely spreading |
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| fire burning w/o flame and barely spreading |
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| fire spreading rapidly w/ a well defined head |
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| completion of a control line around a fire, including spot fire & any islands to be saved |
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| what would be done first controlling a fire or containing a fire? |
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| rivers, rocks, roads, resevoir, highways |
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| What are the two types of barriers? |
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| what directtion will is prevelent when talking about the aspect of a mountain |
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| what directtion will is prevelent when talking about the aspect of a mountain |
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| what are the most dangerous types of canyons |
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| box canyon, narrow canyon |
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| name 3 different fuel types |
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| grass, grass shrubs, shrubs, timber, slash |
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| fire whirl, spotting, crowning, |
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| spinning vortex column of ascending hot air & gases rising from fire |
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| when is RH @ its lowest point |
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| fuels that continously burn horizontal are |
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| fuels that burn spiraticly are called |
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| grass has a time lag of ___ , meaning it has a diameter of ___ |
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| a log w/ a diameter of more than 3" has a time lag of |
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| the rate at which dead fuels gain or lose moisture |
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