I’m so confused Sticks and Stones What’s burning? I smell smoke What the heck? 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Wildland Fire Behavior

Advertisements

South Texas Fire Weather

Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

Introducing a Fire Danger Rating System for South Africa

Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-miss Wildland Fires. PMS 407 June 1996 Thirtymile Fire 2001 Fatality Site.

01-1-S190-EP Unit 1 - Basic Concepts of Wildland Fire.

Chapter 4 Fire-Related Chemistry and Physics

01-3- S190- EP Convection Radiation Conduction.

Fire Behavior and Prescribed Fire. Heat Fuel Oxygen Fire Triangle.

Wendy Gandy Resource Specialist Texas Forest Service.

S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

Firefighter Refresher: Fuel Types and Suppression Tactics.

FIRE BEHAVIOR IN THE WILDLAND/URBAN INTERFACE An instructional presentation to accompany the video series from the National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire.

Fire Behavior. Photosynthesis Biomass is Destroyed.

Fronts and Temperature Advection Weather Discussion: 26 February, 2008.

Teacher Information! Necessary materials: PowerPoint Guide

Fire Weather: Temperature & Moisture. Weather and the Earth’s Heat Balance Weather = motion in the atmosphere due to unequal heating Over time, the amount.

Fire Behavior. Photosynthesis Biomass is Destroyed.

Living With Wildfire. The Fire Environment Low humidity dries vegetation Winds dry fuels and increase fire spread Weather.

Prescribed Fire ● A managed, intentional fire.. 8 main purposes: ● Removes fuel from the floor ● Gets sites ready for seeding and planting ● Improves.

Wildfires Chapter 13. Learning Objectives Understand wildfire as a natural process that becomes a hazard when people live in or near wildlands Understand.

(Rev. 12/1/04) Part C: The Citizen Wildland Fire Preparedness & Basic Concepts.

FIRE BEHAVIOR. Surface fire: Ground: Crown: Three types of fire behavior Fuels at or near the surface Subsurface organic fuels (duff, organic soils) Tree.

Photo: The Daily Galaxy.  CPBM Objectives (chapter 8) 1) Identify fire behavior terms 2) Explain the fire triangle 3) Discuss the major elements of the.

Natural Hazards Wildfires Chapter 12. Learning Objectives Understand wildfire as a natural process that becomes a hazard when people live in or near wildlands.

CODE OF CONDUCT. Code of Conduct for Fire Suppression: Firefighter safety comes first on every fire every time. The 10 Standard Firefighting Orders are.

CVFD Training – Ground Cover Firefighting

Instructions Welcome to Wildland Jeopardy. This is a basic wildland fire review Powerpoint game I developed as both part of an annual refresher and something.

S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior. Why we feel fire behavior training is critical.

These three elements form a “fire triangle.” Heat Oxygen Fuel.

20 Wildland and Ground Fires. 2 The Wildland Fire Triangle 20.

Basic Wildland Fire Management

Fire and Fuels 8/31/2010. OXYGEN HEAT FUEL THE FIRE TRIANGLE FIRE.

FIRE. Fire – The rapid combination of oxygen, hydrogen, and other elements of organic material in a reaction that produces flame, heat, and light.

Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior S-190 Unit II.

South Texas Fire Weather Jason Runyen Fire Weather Program Leader National Weather Service Corpus Christi FM 2508 Fire Jan 1, 2011.

Fuels and Fire Behavior (Optional). OBJECTIVES Identify key elements of the fire environment: Fuels Weather Topography Fire behavior Discuss how the fire.

Fire Behavior and Prescribed Fire. Heat Fuel Oxygen Fire Triangle.

8-1 MFIRS 8 Wildland Fire Module. 8-2 Optional Wildland Fire Module The State Fire Marshal will accept this data… Currently this module does not replace.

Part D: Vehicle Fire, Confined Enclosures, Wildland Fires.

Fire Weather: Winds.

Weather Elements. Summary from Lesson 2 ____________ is the passage of energy, particularly heat and electricity, through an object. An example is a frying.

Week 9.  Would you live in an area prone to wildfires? If so, where?  What level of risk from wildfires is acceptable to you? (How would you know if.

Fuels and Fire Behavior.  Identify key elements of the fire environment:  Fuels  Weather  Topography  Fire behavior.

Cold Front Indicators Lines of cumulus clouds approaching from the west or northwest Large clouds of dust can precede the arrival of a.

Heat Transfer Review. What type of heat transfer does this picture describe? Radiation.

S-244 Field Observer & Fire Effects Monitor ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATIONS.

Part 3: Bushfires SENIOR SCIENCE DISASTERS. IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT CAN COMBINE TO TRIGGER A BUSHFIRE INCLUDING DRY WEATHER, HIGH TEMPERATURES.

Topographic Effects on Fire Behavior. Objectives §Describe how slope affects fire spread. §List five factors of topography that affect fire behavior.

Unit 2 – Fire Behavior. Unit 2 Objectives Define a fire triangle Affects of fire by: 1. Fuel volume 2. Fuel size 3. Fuel arrangement 4. Topography Define.

Forestry Science I Unit 4: Wildfires Lesson 2: Fire Behavior Prepared by Chad Bass December 5, 2001 To accompany Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum.

Combustion Processes. Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial May 7, 2011.

 LCES  10’s / 18’s  Common Denominators  Working on a hill.

Prescribed Fire in the Forest Ecosystem FORS 5610 / 7610 Location: Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center For more information: Dr. Pete Bettinger.

Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-miss Wildland Fires. PMS 407 June 1996 Thirtymile Fire 2001 Fatality Site.

Unit 4 – Wildfire Size-up After sighting the smoke column Check size, height, color, direction and shape. Verify your expected behavior of fire relative.

Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190)

Ignition Techniques (adapted from FL DOF)

Bushfire Survival.

Natural Disasters By: Patrick L. Abbott.

Prescribed Fire for Site Preparation

Fire Danger Signage at The Woods

General Weather Processes

Essentials of Fire Fighting

The Wildland/Urban Interface

2018 RT-130 Wildland Refresher -

Basic Fire Behavior Walt Thomson

Unit 1 - Basic Concepts of Wildland Fire

WEATHER and THE FIRE EVIRONMENT

Presentation transcript:

I’m so confused Sticks and Stones What’s burning? I smell smoke What the heck? Jeopardy Game - S-190 Intro to Wildland Behavior Test Review

QUESTION: What are the 3 methods of heat transfer ? ANSWER: Radiation, Conduction, Convection

QUESTION: What are the 3 components of the Fire triangle ? ANSWER: Oxygen, Fuel, Heat

QUESTION: What is the definition of Fire Burning without flame and barely spreading ANSWER: Smoldering

QUESTION: What is the definition of Fire Spreading rapidly with a well defined head ? ANSWER: Running

QUESTION: What is the definition of a fire producing sparks or embers that are carried by wind or convention and starts new fires beyond the main fire ? ANSWER: Spotting

QUESTION: What does it mean when a Fire is considered “Controlled” ? ANSWER: When the fire is expected to hold under reasonable conditions.

QUESTION: Give four examples of what is considered a barrier ? ANSWER: Rock-slide area, River, Lake, Road, Fire-line, green field.

QUESTION: Name 2 type of canyons that can result in extreme fire behavior? ANSWER: Box canyon, Narrow canyon

QUESTION: List 6 basic fuel types ANSWER: Grass, Grass – shrub, Shrub, timber, timber-understory, slash-blowdown

QUESTION: What are the two type of horizontal arrangements of fuels ? ANSWER: Uniform, Patchy

QUESTION: The vertical arrangement of ladder fuel describes what ? ANSWER: Fuels that link the surface materials to the upper canopy.

QUESTION: List at least 3 indicators that fire behavior is increasing ANSWER: Torching, flare-ups, crowing, increased rate of spread, increase spotting

QUESTION: What is one wind indicator to be aware of that can lead to increased fire behavior ? ANSWER: Cold front passage, shifting winds, Increasing winds, Erratic winds

QUESTION: What factor influences fire spread more than any other ? ANSWER: Wind

QUESTION: List 3 weather factors which may produce rapid fire spread? ANSWER: Thunderstorms, frontal passage, Fire Whirls, Dust devils, Foehn Winds

QUESTION: Relative humidity is usually at its lowest in (time of day) ? ANSWER: Mid-Afternoon

QUESTION: As relative humidity decreases fuel moisture ? ANSWER: Increases

QUESTION: Hazards of a thunderstorm include ? ANSWER: (All of the following) Strong winds, Lighting, Erratic Fire behavior (all these)

QUESTION: The moisture content, in which type of fuel is MOST affected by a change in the relative humidity ? ANSWER: Grass

QUESTION: List two dangerous conditions that can develop when a fire is burning in a steep narrow canyon ? ANSWER: Pre-heating, Spotting, Rolling Material, Increased rate of spread, Wind influences

QUESTION: Every Firefighter on a wildland fire incident is required to carry one of these ? ANSWER: Fire Shelter

QUESTION: Who is in charge of a Wildland fire incident ? ANSWER: The I/C – Incident Commander

QUESTION: What is it called when a wild-land firefighter get overrun by an advancing fire ? ANSWER: A burn over

QUESTION: A North facing aspect (slope) will have more fire activity that a south facing aspect (True / False) ? ANSWER: False

QUESTION: A combination of high winds and low relative humidity can cause what ? ANSWER: High rates of fire spread.