The meeting which serves as a final review and approval, by the Command and General Staff, of operational plans and resources requirements. This meeting is an element of the Planning Cycle.

Cards filled out with essential tracking information for each resource they represent. The cards are color-coded to represent different types of resources.

A progressive system of building a fireline on a wildfire without changing relative positions in the line. Each worker does one to several "licks", or strokes, with a given tool and then moves forward a specified distance to make room for the worker behind.

Rate at which a propellant and other combustibles burn.

Prediction of probable fire behavior, usually prepared by a fire behavior analyst, in support of fire suppression or prescribed burning operations.

A NIMS guiding principle stating that each individual involved in incident management reports to and takes direction from only one person.

An increase in the central pressure of a low. Counter-clockwise wind flow around the low usually decreases as filling occurs.

An airborne dust, fume, gas, mist, odor, smoke, vapor, soot, pollen, carbon, acid or particulate matter or any combination thereof.

The general term referring to the undesirable addition of substances (gases, liquids, or solid particles) to the atmosphere that are foreign to the natural atmosphere or are present in quantities exceeding natural concentrations.

Graph showing the increase in temperature at a specified point in a fire as a function of time, beginning with ignition and ending with burnout.