Activities directed at reducing the incidence of human-caused wildfires, including public education, law enforcement, personal contact, and other actions taken to reduce ignitions.

Individual responsible for incident agency business management functions, such as personnel, procurement, fiscal, etc.

A concept of providing access to quality wildland fire education and training using appropriate instructional technology, delivered anywhere, anytime to prepare a fire management work force to safely achieve fire management objectives.

Conceptually represents the optimum integration of modern educational methods and professional staff development training with state of the art technology. The primary goal is enhancing on-the-job performance, motivation, and learning performance.

Substantial transportation route for fire suppression motor vehicles, built prior to a fire. Also known as a fire road.

The birth month and day for the overhead resource.

Refers to type 1 (national interagency support cache), type 2 (national interagency support cache satellite), and type 3 (local interagency support cache). Caches may consist of a pre-determined complement of tools, equipment and/or supplies stored in a designated location, available for incident use.

A supply of fire tools and equipment assembled in planned quantities or standard units at a strategic point for exclusive use in fire suppression.

A compilation of goals, objectives, and requirements from the land/resource management planning process necessary to implement wildland fire management decisions.

Any fire in which the predominant fuel is grass or grasslike.