A person hired and compensated under the Pay Plan for Emergency Workers.

Rate of decrease of temperature with increasing height of an air parcel lifted at saturation via adiabatic process through an atmosphere in hydrostatic equilibrium. Rate varies according to the amount of water vapor in the parcel and is usually between 2.0 and 5.0 degrees F per 1000 feet (3.6 and 9.2 degrees C per 1000 meters). 

Broadest classification of landownership.

Specific classification of landownership within landowner kinds.

Treatment of slash to reduce fire hazard or for other purposes. Preferred to "brush disposal."

Directions of fire spread as related to rate of spread calculations (in degrees from upslope).

Specified information relating to the intended flight of an aircraft that is filed orally or in writing with an air traffic control facility.

In WIMS, the climatological breakpoints separating the highest staffing levels. Commonly these are the index values corresponding to the 90th and 97th or 80th and 95th percentiles for the staffing index.

The long narrow extensions of a fire projecting from the main body.

Person combining the functions of lookout and dispatcher.