Burnable organic material (duff, peat, rotten wood, etc.) with a high surface to volume ratio.

Removing branches from a felled or standing tree, or from brush.

A rotary wing aircraft configured, staffed and equipped to respond, care for and transport a patient(s) and approved/licensed by a state to do so. An air ambulance is sometimes referred to as a medevac.

A ground transport vehicle configured, equipped and staffed to respond, care for and transport a patient(s) and approved by a state to do.

Highest altitude above sea level at which a helicopter can hover at maximum computed gross weight. It is generally specified whether the quoted hover ceiling refers to hovering in ground effect (HIGE) or hovering out of ground effect (HOGE).

Minor items of equipment and all expendable items assigned to an incident.

A state agency specific accounting identifier.

Agency with primary responsibility for fire suppression on any particular land area.

Water storage tank for fire protection and sometimes community water service that supplies water by gravity pressure.

Fuels of large diameter such as snags, logs, large limbwood, which ignite and are consumed more slowly than flash fuels.