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• Select a tactical action and determine if it is offensive or defensive.

• List the seven structure protection tactical actions.

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• Structure protection involves an understanding of tactical operations and when and where these tactics are appropriate to the current and predicted fire behavior.

• In some instances, your mobility is critical to the task of structure protection. In other situations, structure protection requires maintaining static positions.

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• Defensive Mode– Before arrival of the fire

– When the fire front arrives

– After the fire front passes

• Offensive Mode– Suppressing the wildfire before it enters the

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• Combination of Both

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• Same as purely wildland fire incident– Anchor and flank

– Envelopment

– Line construction

– Firing out

– Hot spotting

– Extinguish spot fires

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• Based off structure triage decisions– Check and Go (Non-Defensible)

– Prep and Leave (Non-Defensible)

– Prep and Hold (Defensible)

– Bump and Run (Defensible)

– Anchor and Hold (Defensible)

– Fire Front Following (Non-Defensible)

– Mop Up and Patrol

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• Non-Defensible

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• Non-Defensible

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• Defensible

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• Defensible

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• Defensible

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• Non-Defensible

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• Defensible

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• Dynamic – Resources need to be mobile– Check and Go

– Prep and Go

– Bump and Run

– Fire Front Following

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• Static – Resources remain at fixed location– Prep and Hold

– Anchor and Hold

• Mop up and patrol can be either

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• Is LCES in place?

• Is an adequate safety zone available?– Then you are ready to move from a defensive

tactical posture to an offensive one.

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• Select a tactical action and determine if it is offensive or defensive.

• List the seven structure protection tactical actions.

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