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CalFire FAE Study Guide complete solution Type 1 engine minimum GPM flow - 1000 gpm Type 2 engine minimum GPM flow - 500 gpm Type 3 engine minimum GPM flow - 150 gpm Type 4 engine minimum GPM flow - 50 gpm Type 5 engine minimum GPM flow - 50 gpm Type 6 engine minimum GPM flow - 50 gpm Type 7 engine minimum GPM flow - 10 gpm Type 1 engine minimum tank size - 300 gal Type 2 engine minimum tank size - 300 gal Type 3 engine minimum tank size - 500 gal Type 4 engine minimum tank size - 750 gal Type 5 engine minimum tank size - 400 gal Type 6 engine minimum tank size - 150 gal Type 7 engine minimum tank size - 50 gal
Minimum 2.5" hose on type 1 engine - 1200 feet Minimum 2.5" hose on type 2 engine - 1000 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 1 engine - 500 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 2 engine - 500 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 3 engine - 1000 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 4 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 4 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 5 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1.5" hose on type 6 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1" hose on type 3 engine - 500 feet Minimum 1" hose on type 4 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1" hose on type 5 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1" hose on type 6 engine - 300 feet Minimum 1" hose on type 7 engine - 200 feet
Type 1 tactical tender minimum pump GPM - 250 gpm Type 2 tactical tender minimum pump GPM - 250 gpm Type 1 tactical tender minimum tank capacity - 2000 gal Type 2 tactical tender minimum tank capacity - 1000 gal Type 1 tactical tender minimum personnel - 2 Type 2 tactical tender minimum personnel - 2 Type 1 dozer size - Heavy 200 horsepower Type 2 dozer size - Medium 100 horsepower Type 3 dozer size - Light 50 horsepower Type 1 dozer name - D-7, D- Type 2 dozer name - D-5, D- Type 3 dozer name - D- Crew production rate - 1 person can cut 20 sq/yds per hour for 2-3 hrs 15 person crew can cut - 2700 sq/ft per hour
Crew production rate in grass - 900 ft per hour 3 feet wide Crew production rate in medium brush - 450 feet per hour 6 feet wide Crew production rate in heavy brush - 300 feet per hour 9 feet wide Crew production rate in heaviest brush - 225 feet per hour 12 feet wide Size of township - 6 miles x 6 miles = 36 square miles Townships measure - North to south from baseline Section is - One square mile in 36 square miles (township) Range measures - West to east from principle meridian Pace equals - 2 normal steps 64 acres - 1 mile Chain is - 66 feet Square feet in an acre - 43560 1 acre is - 220 feet x 220 feet Title 8 CCR came about from - Firefighter electrocution GFI outlet - Ground fault interrupter
Down hill safe dozer % - 75% How does firefighter get dozer attention - Squirt windshield How dozer gets firefighter attention - Rev engine Dozer ROPS - roll over protection structure Dozer FOPS - Falling object protection structure Dozer danger zone - 50 feet Vehicle that doesn't require spark arrestor - Diesel with turbo 2 types of WUI - Interface Intermix Interface definition WUI - Housing tracts near wildland areas Intermix WUI definition - Houses scattered in wildland community WUI placard - ICS 231 printed on yellow 60lb paper PACE acronym - Primary plan Alternate plan Contingency plan Emergency plan Structure triage categories - Non-threatened
Threatened defensible Threatened Non-defensible Check and go - Conduct rapid evaluation to check for occupants and evaluate for follow up action. Leave promptly Prep and go - Structure preparation can be safely completed prior to fire front impact. Potential fire activity is too dangerous to remain and/or there is no safety zone/TRA present Prep and defend - Appropriate when a safety zone or TRA is present. Adequate time exists to prepare the structure. Escape routes must be maintained. Fire front following - Follow up tactic after passage of the fire front. Involves searching for victims, perimeter control, hot spotting and ember control Bump and run - Resources move ahead of fire front extinguishing spot fires and defending structures Anchor and hold - Resources use large fire streams to extinguish structure fires, and protect exposures. Tactical patrol - Resources remain mobile and continuously monitor assigned area after fire front passage S-FACTS acronym - Survival Fire environment Access Construction/clearance Time constraints Stay or go