Container, either with rigid frame or self supporting, which can be filled with water or fire chemical mixture from which fire suppression resources can be filled. It can also be a source for charging hose lays from portable pumps or stationary engines.

Dead fuels consisting of roundwood in the size range of 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm) in diameter and very roughly the layer of litter extending from approximately three-fourths of an inch (1.9 cm) to 4 inches (10 cm) below the surface.

According to the American Meteorological Society, an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A declared ban on open air burning within a specified area, usually due to sustained high fire danger.

A number in the National Fire Danger Rating System related to potential fire incidence within a protection unit.

An offender who intentionally sets one fire.

A fire department company or a response unit, the members of which are not paid.

Relating to a harmful effect by a poisonous substance on the human body by physical contact, ingestion, or inhalation.

Average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of the tide over a 19-year period.

Legally enrolled firefighter under the fire department organization laws who devotes time and energy to community fire service without compensation other than Worker's Compensation or other similar death and injury benefits.