S-190 Principles Of Wildland Fire Behavior Study Guide Graded A+

Slope Winds {Ans: - Flow up during the day due to surface heating - Flow down at night because of surface cooling}Lateral Ridges {Ans: - fire burning along lateral ridges may change direction when it reaches a point where the ridge drops off into a canyon - the change of direction is caused by the flow of air in the canyon - as air drops in elevation, the atmospheric pressure increase, which causes the air to compress and heat}Southern United States Predominant Fuel Species {Ans: - pine trees - palmetto - bay - gallberry - cedar - scrub oak - various hardwoods}Predictive Services are Made up of What Groups? {Ans: interagency land management fire intelligence coordinators or fire behavior analysts (FBAN), and incident or fire meteorologists (IMET).}Loading {Ans: fuel load refers to the amount of both live and dead fuel in a specific area. wildland firefighters usually report fuel load in terms of tons per acrew with ranges from less than 1 ton per acre to more than 500 tons per acre.}Topography {Ans: Land surface configuration}