An agency providing suppression or other support and resource assistance to a protecting agency.

An administrative division of a government with a specific function, or a non-governmental organization (e.g., private contractor, business, etc.) that offers a particular kind of assistance. A federal, Tribal, state or local agency that has direct fire management or land management responsibilities or that has programs and activities that support fire management activities.

An agency supplying assistance other than direct operational or support functions or resources to the incident management effort. (e.g. Red Cross, law enforcement agency, telephone company, etc).

A federal, Tribal, state, or local agency that participates with another agency(s) in planning and conducting fire or emergency management projects and activities.

An agency or organization providing personnel, services, or other resources to the agency with direct responsibility for incident management.

Standard crew arrangement used for fireline construction in direct or indirect attack; consists of line locator, line cutters, rakers, torch operators, and mop up crew.

A series of modified strips or blocks tied together to form continuous strategically located fuel breaks around land units.

Amount of fire prevention and fire suppression supplied; may be expressed several ways (e.g., percent of people or buildings protected, area protected, dollar value of property protected, firefighters per capita, water flow capability).

The administrative organization where a resource is regularly assigned or the agency location where an individual is hired or a contract is administered.

Any government organization that is a source of resources for response or mutual aid support to an incident, whether in the field, at the scene of an incident, or operations center.  This includes government organizations that administer contracts or agreements for resources.