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Conducting Prescribed Burn Practice Activity

Answer the following questions.

  1. What professional should be hired when landowners conduct a prescribed burn?
    1. Certified Prescribed Burn Manager
    2. Arsonist
    3. Pyromaniac

    Answer: a. Certified Prescribed Burn Manager

  2. Why are fires important to the forests of the Southeastern United States?
    1. Cleans up the area
    2. Prescribed fires provide jobs
    3. Pine trees are fire-dependent

    Answer: c. Pine trees are fire-dependent

  3. What is one natural cause of fire in forests?
    1. People throwing cigarettes out of windows
    2. Lightening
    3. Animals playing with matches

    Answer: b. Lightening

  4. Which of these are examples of sensitive areas that should be considered in a prescribed burn plan?
    1. Crop land, equipment storage sheds
    2. Rural land, barns, silos
    3. Schools, nursing homes, day cares

    Answer: c. Schools, nursing homes, day cares

  5. True or false: All forest fires are bad.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: b. False

  6. A good prescribed burning plan considers sensitive areas relative to where smoke may drift. This is called:
    1. Planning ahead
    2. Standing upwind
    3. Owning your smoke

    Answer: c. Owning your smoke

  7. Forestry workers typically use this to start prescribed burns.
    1. Matches
    2. Drip torch
    3. Propane torch

    Answer: b. Drip torch

  8. What at the three parts of the fire triangle?
    1. Heat, Oxygen, and Fuel
    2. Earth, Wind, and Fire
    3. Sun, Fuel, Heat

    Answer: a. Heat, Oxygen, and Fuel

  9. What is the name given to a natural break that is used to check or control fire.
    1. Fire levy
    2. Fire shield
    3. Fire break

    Answer: c. Fire break