Apparent and obvious design of burned material and the burning path from the area of origin.

Smoke from any authorized use of fire (e.g., locomotive, industrial operations, permitted debris burning).

Person responsible to the planning section chief for collecting and analyzing environmental information about the incident area, determining environmental restrictions and requirements, and providing the information as an input to the incident action and to incident personnel as needed. 

Arduous duty field work requires above-average endurance and superior conditioning.  Duties may include an occasional demand for extraordinarily strenuous activity in emergency situations under adverse environmental conditions over extended periods. The pace of work typically is set by the emergency condition.  Essential functions include, but are not limited to: running, walking or hiking, climbing, jumping, twisting, bending, lifting more than 50 pounds, and carrying 45 pounds or more for extended periods over difficult terrain. 

In general, an actionable fire, on which any fire agency reports and maintains specified information (e.g., cause, date and point of origin, size, fire damage).

Intersecting lines of sight from two points to the same object, frequently used to determine location of a fire from lookouts.

A non-GOES telemetered weather station that provides hourly observations to a local database.

A non-telemetered weather station that provides one observation every 24 hours for manual entry into WIMS.

Hand tool with a narrow hoeing surface at one end of the blade and a pick or cutting blade at the other end; used for digging and grubbing.

Structure that elevates a person above nearby obstructions to sight for fires; generally capped by some sort of house or cupola.