NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

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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).

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Title	Status	Definition
archeological clearance	In Development
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
Jurisdictional Unit Name	In Development
point of origin slope percentage	Approved	The ratio between the amount of vertical rise and horizontal distance of the terrain as expressed in a percent that represents the typical slope in the immediate vicinity of the point of origin of a fire. Point of origin is the location where a competent ignition source came into contact with the material first ignited and sustained combustion occurred.
selection area	Approved	Indicates the dispatch center inside/outside the current dispatch center for which resources are being requested.
Geographic Area Coordination Center	Approved
Label	Approved
Obstruction Name	Approved
Natural Disasters & Severe Weather	Approved	An event, usually managed by organizations external to the fire community, for which the primary focus is managing emergency situations created by severe weather or natural disaster.
Name	Approved
Sustainability	Approved
source depth	Approved
number [water source]	Approved
Source Gallon Capacity	Approved
Tender Type	Approved
Longitude Degrees Decimal Minutes	Approved
Longitude World Geodetic System 1984 Degrees Decimal Minutes	Approved
lighting	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.
Obstruction Type	Approved
Latitude Degrees Decimal Minutes	Approved
height above sea level	Approved
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.
Height Above Ground Level	Approved
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.
Water Source Type	Approved
Directions	Approved
helicopter type	Approved
National Fire Incident Reporting System unit identifier	Approved
landowner category	Approved
Universal Transverse Mercator Northing	Approved
Latitude World Geodetic System 1984 Degrees Decimal Minutes	Approved
Hazards	Approved
Universal Transverse Mercator Easting	Approved
Owner Contact Information	Approved
Universal Transverse Mercator Zone	Approved
last used	Approved
Elevation	Approved
Invasive Concern	Approved
Limitations	Approved
Frequency Identifier	Approved
prescribed fire escape indicator	Approved	Indicates whether the wildfire resulted from an escaped prescribed fire. Y or N.
Public Assistance	Approved	A community or public service event, managed by an organization external to the fire community, which requires resource support from the fire community. This category includes VIP visits, law enforcement activities, concerts, conventions, parades, road/bridge closures, etc.
point of origin accuracy descriptor	Approved	Description of the methods used to determine the certainty and precision of the fire location at the point of origin.
Geographic Area Coordination Center Abbreviation	Approved
landowner kind	In Development
point of origin latitude	Approved	The latitude 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.
Longitude Decimal Degrees	Approved
Geographic Area Coordination Center unit identifier	Approved	NWCG Unit Identifier for GACC Boundary

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NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

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