A fire tool that consists of a thick, flat piece of rubber on a long handle used to drag over or smother out flames of grass fires.

Resources, together with a complement of overhead personnel, calculated to be sufficient to provide fire efficient incident management.

Specific instructions clearly spelling out what is expected of an individual every time they perform a given task. A standard operating procedure can be used as a performance standard for tasks that are routinely done in the operational environment.

Specific instructions clearly spelling out what is expected of an individual every time they perform a given task. A standard operational procedure can be used as a performance standard for tasks that are routinely done in the operational environment.

Flight path in the direction of the landing along the extended runway center line from the base leg to the runway.

Odd or "even" thousand-foot (305 m) altitudes or flight levels. E.g., 5,000, 6,000, 7,000; FL 250, FL 260, and FL 270.

Fire protection and firefighting problems that are outside of areas under municipal fire prevention and building regulations and that are usually remote from public water supplies.

A model that is a quantitative and mathematical representation or simulation which attempts to describe the characteristics or relationship of physical events.

A simplified or generalized representation of reality; a description, analogy, picture, or hypothesis to help visualize something that cannot be directly observed.

A model that is a diagram or description of a set of relationships between factors that describe how a system works, such as an ecological model.