January 21
2010

PART IV – here are the questions relating to the documents on Part II.

Full Name
Email
Your Class CRN
Listed Instructor from your CRN
Questions 1-9 apply to the Thirty Mile Fire.
1. What was the cause of death for the firefighters that died?
2. Did fatique play a role in the fatalities?
3. If yes in #2, why?
4. Were firefighters the only ones trapped in the fire?
5. About what time of day did the accident occur?
6. Was road dead end or did it go through the canyon to another road junction?
7. Why would the answer in question 6 make a difference?
8. What was cited as the reason the firefighters could not fully deploy their fire shelters?
9. Was leadership responsible for this accident? Why?
Questions 10 - 17 apply to the South Canyon Fire
10. What was the cause of the South Canyon Fire?
11. Why wasn't this fire immediately suppressed?
12. What was cited as the major cause of the "blow up" of the fire?
13. What was the condition of the fuels involved with the fire?
14. Which way was the "escape route" for the firefighters?
15. What was cited as the cause of the firefighters compromising and lack of recognition of the Standard Firefighting Orders and Watch-Out Situations?
16. Did the firefighters' equipment play a role in the fatalities, and if so, how?
17. One of the firefighting crews was from out of state. Did this play a role in their ability to fight fire, and if so, how?
Questions 18 - 21 apply to the Haines Index!
18. What does the Haines Index measure?
19. Fire Growth monitored by the Haines Index is attributed to what conditions?
20. What two atmospheric factors have an effect on wild fires?
21. The Haines Index scale goes from 1-what # with What # relating to the highest fire behavior?
Questions 22-26 apply to the Fire Environment Concept!
22. What 3 factors influence fire behavior?
23. Which component (factor) is the most variable over time?
24. With the same weather and fuel conditions, fire burning upslope and downslope will burn the same.
25. Without rain, what controls the moisture content of dead fuels?
26. Fuels on different slopes (aspect) burn: