Direction in which a slope faces, usually with respect to cardinal directions.

Cardinal direction toward which a slope faces.

Facilities in which there is great likelihood of loss of life or property.

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.