Which term describes a hazard created by standing dead trees or burned-out trees?

• A. Snag
• B. Feller
• C. Crown fuel
• D. Limb breakage

Answer: (A)

Snags are standing dead trees or burned-out trees that remain upright and can become unstable, posing a real hazard to crews and equipment. They can fail suddenly as a result of wind, fire, or decay, dropping branches or the entire trunk without warning and potentially igniting nearby fuels. That broad, upright-dead-tree hazard is exactly what the term snag describes.

The other terms don’t fit as a general hazard designation: a feller is the person who cuts trees, crown fuel refers to the combustible material in the tree’s canopy rather than the hazard of an upright dead tree, and limb breakage describes a specific failure event rather than the overarching hazard posed by standing dead trees.