Title: Describe wildfire-fighting techniques and resources.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Protecting the Forest

Description should include

- indirect attack
- direct attack
- equipment used
  - Pulaski axe
  - drip torch
  - fire rake
- backfire
- burnout
- fireline
- mopping up
- suppression
- prescribed burning
- National Interagency Fire Center
- local fire departments
- public safety
- helicopter
- bulldozers
- air tankers.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the last equipment generally used on a fire?
- How is the rate of spread calculated?
- How are decisions made about whether to fight a fire or to let the fire burn?