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Closed Captions Continue Continue Ctrl Enable keyboard shortcuts Enter Exit Filter FINISH finish Definition definition Glossary Terms hour hours Action Keyboard Shortcuts List keyboard shortcuts Mute / Unmute Next Slide Play / Pause Previous Slide Replay Slide Shortcut Submit Slide Toggle accessible text Toggle closed captions Toggle zoom to fit Menu Please rotate your device minute minutes Mute NEXT next Next Slide Notes Notes Bio More info Captions pause Pause play Play Send an email PREV previous Previous Slide Question List Replay Slide replay Resources resources Restart Resume locked search Search Sidebar Toggle slide progress Start Course Start Course visited Search... Search in: Search Results second seconds Settings Shift Back to top Slide Text Space SUBMIT ALL submit all SUBMIT submit Submit Unmute volume Initial attack overnight kits that are intended to sustain a three-person initial attack crews for up to 24 hours. A 24-hour pack will include: three one-person tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads & some canned goods. Unit crew overnight kits that are intended to accomodate longer stays on the fire line. A 72-hour pack will include enough sleeping gear & food to satisfy a 72-hour timeframe. Unit crew members can expect to live out of their tent for entire 14-day deployments. An occurence in which a person suffers injury. That part of each 24-hour day when fires are generally most active. Not-for-profit corporation owned & operated by the federal, provincial & territorial wildland fire management agencies to coordinate resource sharing, mutual aid & information sharing. Orderly, safe & efficient demobilization of equipment, resources & personnel from a fireline. The action taken to half the spread of a fire that has grown beyond initial attack capabilities. Expanded attack requires suppression action for an extended period of time. Expanded attack is also referred to as sustained action. Used for fires that require suppression action for an extended period of time. A strategically planned barrier, either manually or mechanically contructed, intended to stop or retard the rate of spread of a fire & from which fire suppression action is carried out to control the fire. Helipads are constructed by crews & used as temporary landing areas for helicopters in order to deliver personnel & equipment. A fire suppression tactic where fire is used to consume & remove unburned fuel between the fire's edge & pre-determined boundaries of the fire. Deployment to a fire that is within one's own fire zone. An occurence in which a person does not suffer from an injury, but experiences a "near miss." The action taken to halt the spread or potential spread of a fire by between the time a fire is reported & the next burning period. First on the scene to a new wildfire. Usually the first on scene to a new wildfire, IA crews have one crew leaders & two crew members. IA crews are self-sufficient for up to 24 hours & have a weight limit of 200 pounds. Crews are put on standby for a 24 hour period & are required to respond to a fire call within their allotted response time. Crews are put on standby for a six hour period abutting their standard shift & are required to respond to a fire call within their allotted response time. Crews are put on standby from 0600 to 0000 & are required to respond to a fire call within their allotted response time. A wildfire that is managed & monitored to steer, contain or otherwise manage fire activity within a pre-determined perimeter in order to minimize costs and/or damange & to maximize benefits from the fire. When a wildfire is observed & assessed to determine the appropriate response option to minimize social distruption and/or significant impacts on values & resources, while achieving ecological, economic or resource management objectives. The act of extinguishing a fire after it has been brought under control. Deployment to a fire that is outside of the province of B.C. Deployment to a fire that is outside of one's own fire zone. Three-person initial attack crews that parachute to fires in hard to access locations from a fixed-wing aircraft. Parattack crews are self-sufficient for up to 72 hours & have a weight limit of 200 pounds. Conducted to ensure that a fire does not spread or move beyond pre-determined control lines. The PWCO, in consultation with the RWCOs, sets fire control priorities within the province, manages the strategic deployment of provincial resources & fills out of province resource requests. Three-person initial attack crews that rappel and/or hoist from rotary-wing aircraft in order to perform fire suppression action on otherwise inaccessible wildfires. Rapattack crews are self-sufficient for up to 48 hours & have a weight limit of 175 pounds. Crews must be ready to depart a pre-determined staging point immediately & should be enroute to their fire target within five minutes. The RWCO is responsible for setting fire control priorities within the fire centre, controlling the tactical deployment of resources to the zones & deploying Initial Attack resources on a priority bases to specific fires. Techniques used to help landscapes recover from wildfires (i.e. installing culverts/ditches, repairing fireguards, or repairing damage to stream crossings or infrastructure. When on standby, initial attack crews must respond within 30 minutes of receiving a fire call. Unit Crews must respond within 60 minutes. Form used to determine whether or not an individual is fit to undergo the WFX-Fit test at the beginning of each season & is fit to perform the job responsibilities of a type 1 wildland firefighter on an ongoing basis. Unit crews operate in 20-person packs & are specialized to perform sustained action when a fire has grown beyond initial attack capabilities. Unit crews are self-sufficient for up to 72 hours & do not have a weight limit. Water is delivered to a fire's edge through multiple lengths of hose-lay that begin at a water source. Water is pumped through the hose-lay by various types of water pumps. An unbaised, valid & reliable assessment of the ability of wildland firefighters to meet the rigorous demands required to safety & efficiently complete the critical emergency tasks involved in wildland firefighting in Canada. A detailed safety orientation that you will receive once you arrive at your zone location. The ZWCO is responsible for setting the fire control priorities within the zone, managing fire control personnel & providing support to fire centre & provincial needs.