The process that all incident personnel and equipment from associated organizations use to maintain information regarding the location and status of resources ordered for or assigned to an incident.

A legally enacted time during which burning activities are regulated by federal, state or local authority.

The alternative that achieves incident objectives, consistent with priority for firefighter and public safety, and is least expensive when considering expected costs for fire suppression and emergency stabilization and/or rehabilitation.

The protection of structures from the exterior, with no interior access or activity.

A unified area command is established when incidents under an area command are multijurisdictional.

A fire that consume surface fuels but not the overstory canopy.

Prescribed burning under a forest canopy.

A number related to the probability of a firebrand igniting a fire.

The number of items or observations in a sample; usually denoted by lower case letter n.

Standards of the National Fire Protection Association are frequently adopted by insurance agencies such as the National Board of Fire Underwriters as a basis for their regulations and used as a guide for municipal, state, or provincial laws, ordinances, and regulations.