A work order issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to a federal agency, directing completion of a specified task, and setting forth funding, other managerial controls and guidance. Mission Assignments (MA) are implemented utilizing assigned federal agency's existing authorities and resources which may be compensable or non-compensable.

Visual remains at a fire scene revealing the fire's progress and action.

A substance that has been concentrated; specifically, a liquid that has been made denser, as by the removal of some of its water.

Continuing fire suppression action until fire is under control.

A variable which can be measured quantitatively; sometimes, an arbitrary constant; associated with populations. One of the unknown values that determine a model.

The number that results from manipulating raw data according to a specified procedure; associated with samples.

Any aircraft equipped to pick up water while moving on or over water.

A resource that includes an engine of a specific type. The type specifies tank capacity, pump rating, hose capacity and number of personnel.

Assigned resources which have checked in at the incident.

A qualitative measure classified into three classes describing the relative degree of departure from historical fire regimes, possibly resulting in alterations of key ecosystem components such as species composition, structural stage, stand age, canopy closure, and fuel loadings.