Test your bushfire knowledge
Take the quiz! By Iris Huizinga, Rural Fire Service Community Engagement Officer It is February 2021. Now is the time to test your bushfire and bushfire safety knowledge with our Helensburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade quiz. Find out your score at the...
Take the quiz! By Iris Huizinga, Rural Fire Service Community Engagement Officer
It is February 2021. Now is the time to test your bushfire and bushfire safety knowledge with our Helensburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade quiz. Find out your score at the bottom, good luck!
1) When the Fire Danger Rating is coloured orange, the Fire Danger Rating is:
a) Extreme
b) High
c) Severe
d) Very High
2) What are the four recommended steps for your bushfire survival plan?
a) Stop, drop, cover, roll.
b) Slip, slap, slop, seek.
c) Facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time.
d) Discuss, prepare, know, keep.
3) Which of these statements is false?
a) Grassfires will pose a risk in NSW
this fire season.
b) Lots of rain means lots of fuel for bush and grass fires.
c) “If there is a fire in my area, I will be
told when to leave.”
d) Only 6.9 percent of NSW was impacted by bushfire in the 2019/2020 season.
4) When you decide what to do if a bushfire starts, what is the safest choice?
a) Not having a plan
b) Having a plan, sort of
c) Prepare to stay
d) Leave early
5) What happened during the 2001 Christmas Day bushfire?
a) No electricity
b) No water
c) No petrol
d) No water, no electricity
6) From which direction did the fire front approach in the 2001 Christmas Day bushfire in the 2508 area?
a) North-west
b) West
c) North
d) South-west
7) How many active volunteer firefighters are there in the Helensburgh Rural Volunteer Fire Brigade?
a) 11
b) 32
c) 45
d) 96
8) What should you do when the Fire Danger Rating is catastrophic?
a) Walk the dog
b) Ring your family
c) Mow the lawn
d) Leaving early is the only option. Leave bush fire prone areas the night before or early in the day.
9) The helmet of a captain of an RFS NSW volunteer firefighting brigade is:
a) White with red stripes
b) Red
c) Red with white stripes
d) White
10) Where can you check your fire plan?
a) Online at myfireplan.com.au
b) Ring the NSW RFS on the bushfire information line 1800 NSW RFS
(1800 678 737)
c) Contact your local Fire Brigade
d) All of the above
11) Which of these statements is false?
a) Your safest option is to leave early.
b) In the event of a bushfire, the NSW RFS will send a fire truck to save your house.
c) Grass fires can move three times as fast as a bushfire
d) In dangerous conditions you may not get an Emergency Alert in time
12) When the Fire Danger rating is catastrophic, the colour...
a) Is that of an Eastern water dragon, light brown with black stripes
b) Is that of a European Wasp, yellow with black stripes
c) Has the two colours of a red belly black snake: red with black stripes.
d) Is that of an African Zebra, white with black stripes
13) During a Total Fire Ban you cannot...
a) light, maintain or use a fire in the open
b) turn on outdoor lights
c) carry out any activity in the open that causes, or is likely to cause, a fire.
d) Answer a and c combined.
14) Which of the following statements is true:
a) “I will try to defend my house, but it is still safe to leave at the last minute.”
b) “If there is a fire in my area, I will be told when to leave.”
c) “There will never be as many fire trucks as there are houses.”
d) “Charles Harper Park and Rex Jackson Oval are not neighbourhood safer places.”
15) Which items do not belong with the seven essential items to pack in your survival kit?
a) Drinking water, emergency contact no.s
b) Nintendo switch
c) Portable battery-operated radio, spare batteries
d) First aid kit, woollen blanket, waterproof torch
16) Which items should you add to the essential seven items to pack in your survival kit?
a) Cash and credit cards, medications and toiletries
b) Special requirements for children, disabled or elderly
c) Mobile phone and charger, important documents, pet needs
d) All of the above.
17) When preparing your property for summer, what does not need to be removed from the garden or from near the house?
a) Overhanging trees and shrubs that can catch alight and spread fire to a property
b) Long grass, wood piles, outdoor furniture
c) Garden gnome
d) A lot of leaves on the roof
Answers:
1-c, 2-d, 3-c, 4-d, 5-d, 6-b, 7-b, 8-d,
9-b, 10-d, 11-b, 12-c, 13-d, 14-c, 15-b, 16-d, 17-c.
Scoring:
Five or less correct: Just remember to leave early.
Six or more correct: Great!
10 or more correct: You legend!
14 or more: Consider volunteering with the RFS.
