S-130 and L-180 Final Exam | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update
Question : What are the 5 communication responsibilities?
Correct answer: • Brief others as needed
• Debrief your actions (AAR) • Communicate hazards to others • Acknowledge messages and understand intent • Ask if you don't know
Question : What must occur for effective communication?
Correct answer: Sender, receiver, information exchange
Question : What reduces judgement and alertness on the
fireline?
Correct answer: fatigue, stress, heat stress, physical and
interior barriers
Question : What are some human factors that affect
situational awareness?
Correct answer: INEXPERIENCE (unfamiliar with area or
factors) DISTRACTION FROM PRIMARY TASK (radio traffic, conflict, pervious errors, collateral duties, incident within incident) FATIGUE (carbon monoxide, dehydration, heat stress, poor physical fitness) STRESS REACTIONS (communication deteriorates/grows tense, habitual or repetitive behavior, target fixation, action tunneling, escalation of commitment) HAZARDOUS ATTITUDES (invulnerable, anti-authority, impulsive, macho, complacent, resigned, group think)
Question : What are the steps in an after-action-review?
Correct answer: What was planned?
What actually happened?Why did it happen?What can we do next time?
Question : When is an AAR most effective?
Correct answer: when performed immediately after event,
leader's role is to ensure skilled facilitation, reinforce respectful disagreement is ok, focus on what instead of who, make sure everyone participates, end on a positive note
Question : What are the 10 standard firefighting orders?
Correct answer: -Keep informed on fire weather conditions
and forecasts -Know what your fire is doing at all times -Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire -Identify escape routes and safety zones and make them known -Post lookouts when possible danger -Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, act decisively -Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and adjoining forces -Give clear instructions and be sure they are understood -Maintain control of your forces at all times
-Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first
Question : What are the 18 watch-out situations?
Correct answer: -Fire not scouted and sized up
-In country not seen in daylight -Safety zones and escape routes not identified -Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior -Informed on strategy, tactics, and hazards -Instructions and assignments not clear -No communication link with crew members or supervisor -constructing fireline without safe anchor point -building fireline downhill with fire below -attempting frontal assault on fire -unburned fuel between you and the fire -cannot see main fire and not in contact with someone who can -on hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below -weather becoming hotter and drier