NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

Administrative entity that provides resources in response to the incident.

Email of the incident-based contact responsible for data creation.

Date/Time that the record was modified

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

Name of the incident-based contact responsible for data creation.

The combination of date and time elements.

Phone number for the incident-based contact responsible for data creation.

Agencies and bureaus may have their own SOR for their data. An ISORs are identified by an interagency business area as the official application source of interagency data. An ISOR is the source that resolves duplicate records that may arise from various IADSs and ensures the data meets defined quality standards before it is included in official historical data sets. An ISOR can be an external source of data used by wildland fire.

Individual’s primary email

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.

A code for the identification of the states, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas.

A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.

A particular day of a calendar year.

A point in time during a 24-hour Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) day.

A geographical area which is administratively defined and for which organized fire suppression activities are formally planned.

The person or entity that owns the land or has the authority to convey title to others.

The first name of the resource as it appears on a government issued ID.

Date and time the event record was created

The range or sphere of authority. Public agencies have jurisdiction at an incident related to their legal responsibilities and authority for incident mitigation. Jurisdictional authority at an incident can be political/geographical (e.g., city, county, state or federal boundary lines), or functional (e.g., police department, health department, etc.). 

The middle name of the resource as it appears on a government issued ID. Applies only to overhead resources.

Individual’s primary phone.

The last name of the resource as it appears on a government issued ID. 

Unit of wildland delineated by logical and strategic topographic features for preattack planning.

The act of determining that a fire exists; does not include determining its location.

The exterior perimeter of an area within which a specified fire agency has assumed a degree of responsibility for wildland fire control. It may include land in addition to that for which the agency has jurisdiction or contractual responsibility.

That area for which a particular fire protection organization has the primary responsibility for attacking an uncontrolled fire and for directing the suppression action. Such responsibility may develop through law, contract, or personal interest of the firefighting agent (e.g., a lumber operator). Several agencies or entities may have some basic responsibilities (e.g., private owner) without being known as the fire organization having direct protection responsibility. 

A product, tool, or IT application that has been designated as the trusted source for wildland fire data. This source may also create and update transactional data for use in other applications. There may be more than one IADS and it can change depending on business process complexity and life cycle. An IADS may be a compilation or subset of data from other authoritative sources. The DLM process ensures sources, limitations, currency, and attributes for the IADS are documented.

A FireCode used by the USDA Forest Service to track and compile cost information for emergency initial attack fire suppression expenditures for A, B, C, & D size class fires on Forest Service lands.

A set of standardized procedures and practices that have been peer-reviewed and have received general acceptance by the profession.

A 50 or 100-foot length of hose or a 50-foot length of hose rolled up for easy handling. There are various ways of forming the doughnut. A convenient one has both couplings close together with the male thread protected by the female coupling.

Pump which expels water by centrifugal force through the ports of a circular impeller rotating at high speed. With this type of pump, the discharge line may be shut off while the pump is running without damaging the pump or hose.

Fire hose of conventional construction, woven on looms from fibers of cotton or synthetic fibers. Most fire department hose is double jacketed (i.e., it has an outer jacket protecting the inner one against wear and abrasion).

The use of water, foam or retardant along a control line in advance of the fire. Often used where ground cover or terrain is considered best for control action.

Two lengths of hose rolled side by side or a single length rolled into two small coils for convenient handling.

Crimping device for stopping the flow of water in a hose.

Actual vehicle weight, including chassis, body, cab, equipment, water, fuel, crew, and all other load.

A one-person unit of fire tools, equipment, and supplies prepared in advance for carrying on the back.

Any ground vehicle providing specified levels of pumping, water, and hose capacity but with less than the specified level of personnel.

A generic term used to describe foam systems consisting of an air compressor (or air source), a water pump, and foam solution.

A hose-coupling device having two female swivel couplings to permit joining two male hose nipples of the same size and thread type when lines are laid with couplings in opposite or reverse directions.

A valve in which fluid flow is controlled by a ball with a hole drilled through it. In one position, fluid flows through the hole. When the valve is turned 90 degrees (1/4 turn) the hole is perpendicular to the flow and the ball stops the flow. Intermediate valve positions can be used to adjust the flow. 

A layer of foam which forms an insulating and reflective barrier to heat and is used for fuel protection, suppression, and mopup.

Weight of an aircraft/engine including the structure, power plant, all fixed equipment, all fixed ballast, unusable fuel, undrainable oil, and total quantity of hydraulic fluid.

A tank, a live hose reel or tray, an auxiliary pump, and an engine combined into a single one-piece assembly which can be slipped onto a truck bed or trailer.

Area of fuel covered and degree of coverage on the fuel by a fire retardant, usually expressed in terms of gallons per hundred square feet (liters per square meter).

Metal wrench used to tighten and free hose connections.

Pressure due to elevation of water. Equals 0.433 pounds per square inch (PSI) per foot of elevation. (Approximately 0.5 PSI is required to lift water 1 foot in elevation)

Abbreviated (NH) for national hose. Specifically defined screw thread used on fire hose couplings.

A hose-coupling device having two male thread nipples for connecting hose and for connecting two female couplings of the same diameter.

Water pressure head available at a specific location when no water is being used so that no friction loss is being encountered. Static pressure is that pressure observed on the engine inlet gauge before any water is taken from the hydrant.