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Wildland Fire Management... Some scout out there learning about direct or Indirect attack.... NIFC... 18 watch out situations... Wow!

#firefighting #scouting #meritbadge

8. Explain the following wildland fire suppression tactics and under which conditions they would be used to achieve objectives. Use your own diagrams if necessary.

Direct attack
Indirect attack
Parallel attack
Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics
Mop-Up
Use of machinery and aircraft
Fire management for resource benefit objectives
Repair and Restoration

11. Describe the following and explain why each is an important consideration for maintaining personal safety and situational awareness during wildland fire suppression activities.

10 Standard Firefighting Orders
18 Watch Out Situations
Lookouts, Communication, Escape Routes and Safety Zones (LCES)

MsMerope
@MsMerope@sfba.social

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
that's pretty in-depth
we don't teach the 10's & 18's but we do teach a simplified LCES.

Something relevant to what we do and something simple to comprehend.

AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

@MsMerope@sfba.social LOL I don't know all the wildland firefighting stuff! Just parts. I should go watch all those videos.

MsMerope
@MsMerope@sfba.social

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
lol the 10s and 18s make me want to pull my hair out

Just the way they are worded is like yyyyyyeah.... not done by an educator. 🤷‍♀️

John Timaeus
@johntimaeus@infosec.exchange

@MsMerope@sfba.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

Almost certainly done by someone who had gone through a military course development class. They only broke one rule, which is combining verbs