A procedural guide which describes fire meteorological services provided within the Geographic Area of responsibility, including the National Interagency Fire Center. The guide is based on the National Interagency Agreement and applicable Geographic Area Memorandum of Agreement. 

Aircraft navigational equipment that provides the slant range distance in miles (kilometers) from the aircraft to the VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range) station to which the DME is tuned, usually at or near an airport.

Fire retardant cascaded from an airtanker or helitanker.

Composition of fuel laterally across the landscape.

Water with added chemicals, called wetting agents, that increase water's spreading and penetrating properties due to a reduction in surface tension.

Describes how strongly a fire investigator holds an opinion or conclusion, includes two levels, Possible and Probable.

Soil pushed over the edge of a fireline by a tractor plow or dozer.

A ridge of soil and debris along the outside edge of a fireline, resulting from line construction.

Objects that are easily susceptible to damage from head and flame and can be easily damaged or destroyed by suppression action and/or during the evidence collection process. E.g., cigarette ash.

Any liquid or solid particles. "Total suspended particulates", as used in air quality, are those particles suspended in or falling through the atmosphere. They generally range in size (diameter) from 0.1 to 100 micrometers.