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NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

Overview

The NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire provides an extensive listing of approved terms and definitions used by the NWCG community. It contains terms commonly used by NWCG in the areas of wildland fire and incident management and is not intended to list all terms used by NWCG groups and member agencies. The NWCG has directed that all committee and subgroup product glossaries be contained within the NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire to maintain definition consistency and clarity among documents.

Comments, questions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the appropriate agency program manager assigned to the Data Standards and Terminology Board (DSTB). 

NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205  (Quick View)

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Title Steward Sort descending Status Definition
Containment Year
Containment Date
Fire Code
Ignition Fiscal Year
Project
Project Name

Equivalent to Fire Name.

unavailable (transferred) Proposed New

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

Initiation Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year local program could begin implementation should funds be made available in the planned year.

tentative release Proposed New

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.

returned from assignment Proposed New

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

reserved Proposed New

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.

released (at incident) Proposed New

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

reassigned (at incident) Proposed New

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

mob en route Proposed New

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.

demob en route Proposed New

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

available Proposed New

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

at incident Proposed New

The resource is committed and at the assigned incident.

Weather, Lightning, Fire Reporting, UnitID
Treatment ID/Activity ID

Display only. Tied to Treatment/Activity Area Polygon

Initiation Fiscal Quarter

Fiscal Quarter local program could begin implementation should funds be made available in the planned year.

Initiation Date

Day/Month/Year local program could begin implementation should funds be made available in the planned year.

Completion Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year local program intends to complete the treatment or activity

Completion Fiscal Quarter

Fiscal Quarter local program intends to complete the treatment or activity

Completion Date

Day/Month/Year local program intends to complete the treatment or activity

Dates
Funding Source

For Fuels:List of available funding sources: Fuels Management Regular (FMReg), Fuels BIL Admin (FMBILAdmin), Fuels BIL Control Locations (FMBilControlLocations), Fuels BIL Laborers (FMBilLaborers), Fuels BIL Prescribed Fire (FMBilPrescribedFire), FuelsBIL Thinning (FMBilThinning), Fuels BIL Regular (FMBilReg), Fules Disaster Relief (FMDisasterRelief)
For Post Fire:Fuels (all), Post-fire (ES), BAR (all), BIL (?), Fules Disaster Relief (FMDisasterRelief)?

Funding Region

Region providing funding for treatment or activity. May or may not be the same as location Region.

Funding Department

Department providing funding for treatment or activity. May or may not be the same as location Department.

Funding Agency

agency providing funding for treatment or activity. May or may not be the same as location Agency.

Estimated Personnel Cost

Approximate planned funding for the Group 10 Budget Object Class that covers Personnel Compensation and Benefits ( more specifically includes Personnel Compensation, Personnel Benefits, and Benefits for Former Personnel).

Status Reason

Short description if treatment or activity is canceled.

Type

Lowest-level, categorization used to classify specific actions planned and implemented to address threats mitigated by the wildland fire management program.

Costs
Containment Fiscal Year
Estimated Asset Cost

Approximate planned funding for the Group 30 Budget Object Class that covers Aquisition of Assets (more specifically - Equipment, Land and Structures, Investments and Loans).

Estimated Contractual Cost
Estimated Grants Fixed Cost

Approximate planned funding for the Group 40 Budget Object Class that covers Grants and Fixed Charges (more specifically - Grants, Subsidies, and Contributions, Insurance Claims and Indemnities, Interest and Dividends, and Refunds).

Estimated Other Cost

Approximate planned funding for the Group 90 Budget Object Class that covers Other Charges (more specifically - Unvouchered, Undistributed, Financial Transfers, Adjustments for Rounding)

Estimated Total Cost

Sum of all estimated cost fields.

Latitude Decimal Degrees Approved
jurisdictional unit identifier Approved

Code used in interagency wildland fire to uniquely identify the governmental entity having overall land and resource management responsibility for a specific geographical area as provided by law.

Invasive Concern Approved
lighting Approved
Limitations Approved
projected incident activity Approved

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

point of origin longitude Approved

The longitude location of the point of origin specified in decimal degrees. Point of origin is the location where a competent ignition source came into contact with the material first ignited and sustained combustion occurred.

archeological clearance In Development
point of origin landowner category code Approved

More specific classification of land ownership within land owner kinds identifying the owner at the point of origin at the time of the incident. Owner in the context of this data element refers to the agency or entity having the land management responsibility at the point of origin if they are not the legal owners. E.g., NPS may be the designated "owner" even though the US Federal Government holds title to the land.

jurisdictional agency category In Development

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

Jurisdictional Agency Kind In Development
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NWCG Latest Announcements

2024/2025 NWCG Leadership Campaign – The Roots of Wildland Fire Leadership

Date: August 28, 2024
Contact: Leadership Committee 

NWCG is excited to announce the 2024/2025 NWCG Leadership Campaign, themed "The Roots of Wildland Fire Leadership." This campaign provides an opportunity for personnel to engage in leadership development activities.

The campaign features four modules that can be completed at any time between May 2024 and May 2025.

The Leadership Committee promotes and enables the development of leaders in the wildland fire service by providing educational and leadership development opportunities.

References:

2024/2025 NWCG Leadership Campaign – The Roots of Wildland Fire Leadership

Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program

NWCG Leadership Committee

The Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are now available for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN)

Date: August 27, 2024
Contact: Incident Planning Subcommittee 

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Status/Check-In Recorder, PMS 350-32, NWCG Position Task Book for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN), PMS 311-32, and Checking In Resources Customer Service Job Aid, J-111 are now available.

The Performance Support Package, which for SCKN includes the Incident Position Standards, Next Generation Position Task Book, and job aid were developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort. The Performance Support Package will support trainees, those qualified in the position, and evaluators.

References:

NWCG Status/Check-In Recorder Position Page

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Status/Check-In Recorder, PMS 350-32

NWCG Position Task Book for Status/Check-In Recorder (SCKN), PMS 311-32

Checking In Resources Customer Service Job Aid, J-111

The Next Generation Position Task Book and Incident Position Standards are now available for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF)

Date: July 26, 2024
Contact: Risk Management Committee 

NWCG is excited to announce that the NWCG Incident Position Standards for Safety Officer, Field, PMS 350-81 and NWCG Position Task Book for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF), PMS 311-81 are now available.

The Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) is responsible for monitoring operations on an incident from a risk management perspective to provide for the welfare of incident resources and the public. The new Incident Position Standards and Next Generation Position Task Book are developed through the Incident Performance and Training Modernization (IPTM) effort.

References:

NWCG Safety Officer, Field (SOFF) Position

NWCG Incident Position Standards for Safety Officer, Field, PMS 350-81

NWCG Position Task Book for Safety Officer, Field (SOFF), PMS 311-81

Updated NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

Date: July 25, 2024
Contact: Incident Planning Subcommittee 

The Incident Planning Subcommittee has updated the NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277.

The NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc) establishes the standards for collection and retention of records on wildland fires. This July 2024 update will provide incident management teams the most current standards required to maintain incident records and submit them to host units at the close of an incident.

References:

NWCG Standards for Electronic Documentation (eDoc), PMS 277

eDoc Box Directory (zip file)