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what do you do when working around inmates and a inmate tries to give you something to mail for him?
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tell your supervisor immediately
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fed agencies cal fire may work with
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BLM. BIA. USFS, Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service
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the position if the fuels?
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ground-all combustible materials lying beneath the surface
surface-all combustible material lying on or immediately above surface -ladder fuels- combustible materials that aid the spread of the fire from the surface to the canopy -aerial fuels-all green and dead material in the upper canopy |
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winds do what at day and what at night
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day-upslope, upvalley, seabreeze (from sea to onshore
night-downslope, downvalley, land breeze (from land to water) |
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things to bring into shelter with you
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water, radio,
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how big of an area shall you clear for your shelter when deploying?
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4x8
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a cotton undergarment while protect you from which kind of heat
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radiant
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can hypothermia be an issue for a burn patient?
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yes
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heat cramps, exhaustion and heat stoke
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-heat cramps are from losing to much salt during profuse sweating
-heat exhaustion- extreme physical exertion in a hot humid environment, blood circulation starts to diminish causes normal to cool skin temp, pale or ashen in color and sweaty -heat stroke-hot and red dry skin, compensatory mechanisms fail and the core body temperture rises can cause brain damage and death |
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what water should be used on burns
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closest, cleanest available water
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should you give the name of a burn victim over the radio when reporting burn?
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no
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5 common denominators for fatalities on fires
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on relatively small fires on isolated sections of large fires
-light flashy fuels such as grass herbs, and light brush -unexpected shifts in wind direction or wind speed -fire runs uphill -air vortices |
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where is general the safest place on a fire?
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clean black
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what does life hazard flagging look like
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red and white barber shop striped
or black and yellow striped |
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what are some things not to do when taking a vehicle as a refuge
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dont lock doors, leave windows open, bring the hoseline inside the cab, or spray water
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when should you use the fire blankets?
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for emergency only
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tanker drop position
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head towards drop with 1 arm on top of helmet and the other holding onto handtool
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what should you do if a helicopter is about to male a bucket drop
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get out of the area
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can you use the chock on the front tires
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never
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how far away from a bulldozer shall we stay
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50 ft
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what level shall we fill a drip torch?
what mixture? |
75 %
-2 parts diesel 1 part gasoline |
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a pulaski is primarily a
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cutting tool
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a mcleod is primarily a
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scraping tool
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are trees conductors of eletricity?
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yes
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how many gallons of water are used in a back pump
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5 gallons
-48 lbs when full -cordura, rubber, steel, and fiberglass |
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what should be your spacing for a hand crew?
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10 ft
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when doing stucture protection what shall you not do?
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spray your water
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when doing a mobile attack what is the universal signal for having the operator stop the engine?
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spray the window with water
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what does foam do?
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reduces surface tension of water and allows for more pentration
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mop up can include
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widening line, patrol, buring islands, water on the fire, fall snags, pile burning material inside fire,
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strategy vs tactics
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strategy is the thinking and tactics is the doing
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safety is the responsibility of?
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everyone
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sra
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state responsibility area
-areas which cal fire has primarily responsibility for protecting (private timber and grass and brush covered lands) public lands covered by feds |
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how many units in cal fire
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21
12 north 9 south |
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what is a contract county?
how many? what counties? |
individual counties providing protection to sra under contract with cal fire
-6 of them -marin, santa barbara, venturs, kern, orange, los angeles |
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indicators of an unstable atmosphere and stable atmosphere
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stable- clouds in layers, stratus type clouds, smole column drifts apart after limited rise, poor visibility due to smoke or haze, fog layers, steady winds, resists vertical rise
unstable- encourages upwardmotion (cold air over warm air is an unstable conidition) clouds grow vertically and smoke rises to great heights, cumulus clouds, good visibility, gusty winds, dust devils and firewhirls |