Pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time.

A plan developed in the collaborative framework established by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council and agreed to by state, Tribal, and local government, local fire department, other stakeholders and federal land management agencies managing land in the vicinity of the planning area.

Refers to the regulations governing all aviation activities of civil aircraft within the United States and its territories.

Communications Unit staff install and test communications equipment, supervise and operate the incident communications center, distribute and recover communications equipment assigned to incident personnel, and maintain and repair communications equipment on site.Most complex incidents have an incident Communications Plan.

Map showing the different classes of visible area covered by a lookout point or points; may differentiate between seen areas, indirectly visible areas, and blind areas, or only between seen areas and blind areas. Also known as seen area map.

A steep-sided, dead end canyon.

Developed or undeveloped area that has been tested and will accommodate STOL aircraft.

According to the American Meteorological Society, a law describing the relationship of the horizontal wind direction in the atmosphere to the pressure distribution; if one stands with the back to the wind, the pressure to the left is lower than to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.

A map having lines of equal elevation that represent the land surface (Topographic).

The mark left on a landscape by fire.