Specialized Firefighters

Question 1

What training provides firefighters with the skillset necessary to handle radioactive materials?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

HazMat

Question 2

Where was the Great Fire of 1910 in which 86 people were killed in a fire that burned three million acres?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Washington, Montana, Idaho

Question 3

What other tasks do firefighters perform besides work the fire on the front lines? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

scheduling,; computer tracking,; maintaining equipment; predicting the fire’s paths

Question 4

Why are tools such as hand tools and chain saws needed in wild land firefighting work?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to cut timber, woodlands, shrubs and vegetation; to manage extremely rugged terrain

Question 5

Why is a Health Screening Questionnaire important for wild land firefighters to take before training?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It is intended to alert administrators to individuals’ previous health conditions such as cardio problems.

Question 6

What are some different forms of training that wild land firefighters go through?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The physical requirement tests (WCT) occur at the beginning of the job and every season thereafter.

Question 7

What are the fires called that burn uncontrollably in areas of vegetation and the name of the firefighters that fight them?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Wild land firefighters are the ones that fight wildfires.

Question 8

What was memorable about Nathanial Langford?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He was the first superintendent of the first national park established anywhere in the world, Yellowstone National Park.

Question 9

The helicrews perform the tasks of hand crews in the most rugged and difficult terrain

Revolt · Accepted Answer

False

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