Title: Identify the extinguishment theory for fighting wildland fires.
Course: Firefighting I (15152-I) > Section: Practicing Fire-Suppression Techniques

Identification should include

- determining exposure threat based on fire spread potential
- protecting exposures
- constructing and maintaining integrity of fire lines
- suppressing ground-cover fires using water.

Identification should examine factors affecting wildland fires, such as

- weather—temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric stability, wind speed and direction, precipitation
- fuels—fuel loading, size and shape, compactness, horizontal and vertical continuity, chemical content
- topography—elevation, position on slope, aspect, shape of country, grade of slope
- types and parts of ground-cover fires.

Identification should also include a method for confining the spread of a wildland fire by surrounding it with hose lines, removing the fuel, and choosing from among

- point of attack—considered the anchor point
- direct attack—focusing on working the flack of the fire toward the head or progressive end
- parallel method—involving direct attack on the opposite flank
- indirect attack—focusing on removing fuel in front of the head
- interfacing firefighting and aerial operations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What type of suppressing agent can an aircraft use?
- What are PPE considerations for wildland firefighting?
- What does a topographical map illustrate?
- What are the different ways to suppress wildland fires?
- What tools can be used specifically to suppress wildland fires?