A board or committee selected to review results of fire suppression action on a given unit or the specific action taken on a given fire. The board reviews the results in order to identify reasons for both good and poor action and to recommend or prescribe ways and means of doing an effective and efficient job. Reviews the results of a safety/accident investigation. 

Process by which heat is imparted from one body to another, through conduction, convection, and radiation.

Total firefighting resources available, during a specified period, to conduct and support firefighting operations.

The quantity of moisture in fuel expressed as a percentage of the weight when thoroughly dried at 212 degrees F.

Resultant of all fire danger factors that vary from day to day, month to month, or year to year (e.g., fire weather, fuel moisture content, condition of vegetation, variable risk).

According to the American Meteorological Society, the process of transport of an atmospheric property solely by the mass motion of the atmosphere; also the rate of change of the value of the advected property at a given point.

Chemical that, when applied to a living plant, causes or accelerates drying of its aerial parts; used to facilitate burning of living vegetation by substantially lowering fuel moisture content within a few hours.

Plot of the actual dry-bulb temperature against height above the earth's surface, most commonly determined by a RAWINSONDE observation.

The amount of fire related destruction to combustible objects determined by comparing opposing sides of an object.

The effective life span of foam bubbles.