NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

The numerical identification of an aircraft, also known as the registration number for an aircraft, as displayed on the aircraft’s tail section.

Documented performance in a position.

Political subdivisions that fall within a country

All observable combustion has ceased and there is no risk of the fire again becoming active and requiring additional control or management actions.

The external alphanumeric value painted on the side of the equipment.

A facility established as the central point of contact for news media and interest parties to coordinate incident information activities at the scene of the incident. Public information officials from all participating federal, state, and local agencies should collocate at the JIC. 

Includes any off-incident support provided to an incident. Examples would be agency dispatch centers, airports, mobilization centers, etc.

A system that integrates incident information and public affairs into a cohesive organization designed to provide consistent, coordinated, timely information during crisis or incident operations.

All supervisory positions described in the Incident Command System.

An area over an incident, whether within an FTA or TFR, where aviation operations are taking place.

Resources, together with a complement of overhead personnel, calculated to be sufficient to provide fire efficient incident management.

Any body of water including lakes, rivers, streams and ponds whether or not they contain aquatic life.

The state of a resource as it is utilized by an incident. 

A measure of acres calculated (i.e., infrared) from a geospatial perimeter of a fire. More specifically, the number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.

Additional crew member required for accomplishment of the mission such as flight attendant, smokejumper/rappel spotter, cargo loadmaster, helicopter manager, etc. These positions usually do not require any Airman Certificate(s) or a flight physical. Referred to as a Qualified Non-Crew Member in the CFR.

A party that provides a contract resource for an incident.

The authorization stage of create, read, update and delete actions in an application based on where the incident is occurring within the lifecyle.

A system created to rank create, read, update, delete actions on business applications to ensure a system can only take those actions when they are considered an authoritative data source, which varies based on the state of the incident.

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

Number of acres within the final fire perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.

A way to group people based on their chronological age and their position in the life cycle as it relates to the age demographic. This information provides valuable insight to Communication, Education, and Prevention personnel in developing products to reach and educate on wildland fire prevention.