Field Sanitation

1

What are the 4 types of waste?

1. Human

2. Liquid

3. Garbage

4. Rubbish

2

What is the water requirement per person, per day in a temperate zone?

5 gallons

3

A latrine can be no closer than what distance to a water source?

100 ft

4

What is Potable water?

Water that is safe to drink

5

What are the measurements of a straddle trench?

1 ft wide, 4 ft long and 2 1/2 ft deep

6

How many gallons of water will a Lister bag hold?

36 gallons

7

How deep is a cat hole?

6 to 12 inches

8

What is a communicable disease?

A disease that ca be transmitted person to person, animal to person and insect to person

9

What are the 5 "F"s of Field Sanitation?

1. Fingers

2. Feces

3. Flies

4. Foods

5. Fluids

10

What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare?

Immunization and personal hygiene

11

What Field Manual covers Unit Field Sanitation Team?

FM 4-25.12

12

What Field Manual covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation?

FM 21-10

13

What is Field Sanitation?

The use of measures to create and maintain healthful environmental conditions, these include safeguarding food, safeguarding water, and controlling disease bearing insects and rodents.

14

What is a vector?

Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing virus

15

What is palatable water?

Water that is pleasing to the taste, but which may be unsafe

16

What are the 5 communicable disease grouped by the Army?

1. Respiratory

2. Intestinal

3. Insect borne

4. Venereal

5. Miscellaneous

17

What are some diseases carried by the fly?

* Typhoid

* Cholera

* Dysentery

18

What 3 rules apply to water discipline in the field?

1. Drink only from approved sources

2. Conserve water

3. Do not contaminate your sources

19

What are the three most common poison plants?

1. Poison ivy

2. Poison oak

3. Poison sumac

20

Where should the latrine be located in relation to the mess hall?

At least 100 meters downhill or downstream

21

What are some of the diseases carried by the...