NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

A FireCode used by the USDA Forest Service to track and compile cost information for emergency initial attack fire suppression expenditures for A, B, C, & D size class fires on Forest Service lands.

Any fire that has not been called "out".

The resource is committed and at the assigned incident.

The resource can be used to fill a request. Resources on preposition incidents qualify as available.

System that created the data record.

Date and time the event record was created

The last edit, update, of this GIS record.

The combination of date and time elements.

The resource is no longer assigned to an incident and travel has started, but the resource has not yet arrived home.

The expected containment or completion date of the incident.

Extreme implies a level of fire behavior characteristics that ordinarily precludes methods of direct control action. One or more of the following is usually involved: high rate of spread, prolific crowning and/or spotting, presence of fire whirls, strong convection column. Predictability is difficult because such fires often exercise some degree of influence on their environment and behave erratically, sometimes dangerously. 

An expression of fire intensity based on observed and/or calculated flame lengths representative across the immediate vicinity of the point of origin during the initial response. Point of origin is the location where a competent ignition source came into contact with the material first ignited and sustained combustion occurred. Fire intensity levels (FILs) provide "an expression of fireline intensity, based on typical and/ or calculated flame length of a fire behavior condition. FILs are used in the analysis to reflect the differences in difficulty of suppression and fire effects on natural and cultural resources." (Ref. FSH5109.19 ch40.5 9/85)

Indicates if the resource record being submitted or updated is an initial response resource or daily resource record.

The first name of the resource as it appears on a government issued ID.

A boundary designated by governmental agencies (wildland fire protection agencies) within which they work together for the interagency, intergovernmental planning, coordination, and operations leadership for the effective utilization of emergency management resources within their area. There are ten geographic areas. A listing of the areas can be found in the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 70 along with listings of the Geographic Coordinating Areas and Geographic Area Coordination Centers.

The physical location of an interagency, regional operation center for the effective coordination, mobilization and demobilization of emergency management resources. A coordination center serves federal, state and local wildland fire agencies through logistical coordination of resources throughout the geographic area, and with other geographic areas, as well. Listings of geographic coordination centers and their respective geographic coordinating areas can be found within the National Interagency Mobilization Guide. 

A boundary designated by governmental agencies (wildland fire protection agencies), that may coincide with a geographic area boundary or may be a subdivision of a geographic area within which they work together coordinating, for the effective, mobilization and demobilization of emergency management resources within their area. Listings of geographic coordinating areas and geographic coordination centers can be found in the National Interagency Mobilization Guide, Chapter 20, Section 21.1. 

A code representing a wildland fire geographic coordinating area.

The name of the wildland fire geographic coordinating area.

GIS calculated acres within the fire perimeter, not adjusted for unburned areas

Primary key for linking geospatial objects with other database systems.

The first (optional) and last name of the Incident Commander(s) currently assigned to the incident.

The name assigned to an incident.

All supervisory positions described in the Incident Command System.

A list of invasive species that are cause for concern related to the use of water sources.

The agency category having land and resource management responsibility for a specific geographical or functional area as provided by federal, state or local law.

The agency kind having land and resource management responsibility for a specific geographical or functional area as provided by federal, state or local law.

Full contact information for the landowner including name, phone number, email, etc.

Limitation of the water source like duration of use, seasonality, slow refill, must have specific size screen on draft hose, etc.

A number or code that uniquely identifies an incident for a particular local fire management organization within a particular calendar year.

Longitude format for labeling and display.

The highest management level utilized to manage a fire event.

How the geospatial feature was derived

The resource is assigned to an incident and travel has started, but the resource has not yet arrived at the incident. This is the time between ETD and ETA.

National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) fire department ID used to uniquely identify a non-federal organizational unit (office administratively responsible for either managing incidents, providing resources, or providing logistical services).

A code (mnemonic) for designating a position used in incident management response

A title for a position used for incident management response.

An estimate of the direction in which the incident is expected to spread, migrate, or expand within a specified time frame.

A resource on a filled request has been reassigned from one incident to the another, but the mobilization travel has not started.

A resource on a filled request has been released, but the demobilization travel has not started.

The resource has been assigned to a request but has not started travel. Either no travel has been assigned, or if travel has been assigned, the ETD has not yet passed.

The resource has returned from the assignment but is not yet available for dispatch.

Land management agency with responsibility for creating and administering the data.

Depth in feet of the water source.

Capacity in gallons of the water source.

A link to documentation about the mapping effort

A resource may be tentatively released from At Incident so that a dispatcher can have a view of where resources are and their availability to be assigned to an incident.

The burning of the foliage of a single tree or a small group of trees, from the bottom up.

The resource is not available to fill a resource order request.

The resource has been transferred to another dispatch, but the transfer has not been completed.