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.

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

Sky cover that prevents detection of higher clouds or the sky above it.

The act of throwing mineral soil about the base of an unlighted snag to prevent its being ignited by a surface fire.

A regular federal government employee who is compensated under the General Schedule (GS) Pay Plan.

The amount of a specified fuel type or strata that is removed through the fire process, often expressed as a percentage of the preburn weight.

A standing dead tree or part of a dead tree from which at least the leaves and smaller branches have fallen. Often known as a stub, if less than 20 feet tall.

A raging, destructive fire. Often used to connote such a fire with a moving front as distinguished from a fire storm.

A code reflecting the moisture content of the foliage and small twigs [less than 1/4 inch (0.6 cm)] of living woody plants.

The intersection of lines of reference, usually expressed in degrees/minutes/seconds of latitude and longitude, used to determine or report position or location.