Coupling made to receive a male coupling of the same thread, pitch and/or diameter.

Non-tactical resources under the supervision of the logistics, planning, finance/administration sections or the command staff.

Functional unit within the Finance/Administration Section responsible for recording personnel time and managing the commissary.

Compensation and Claims Unit staff are responsible for financial concerns resulting from property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the incident. The specific activities vary depending on the incident. Staff handling injury compensation ensure that all forms needed by workers’ compensation programs and local agencies are completed. These staff also typically maintain files on injuries and illnesses associated with the incident and obtain written witness statements.

Functional unit within the Finance/Administration Section responsible for managing all financial matters pertaining to vendor contracts.

Cost Unit staff track costs, analyze cost data, make estimates, and recommend cost-saving measures. They ensure that equipment and personnel for which payment is expected are properly identified, obtain and record cost data, and analyze and prepare estimates of incident costs. Cost Unit staff provide cost estimates for resource use to Planning Section staff. The Cost Unit staff maintain information on the actual costs of all assigned resources.

The ICS Section responsible for an incident’s administrative and financial considerations.

The post-fire activities prescribed and implemented to rehabilitate and restore fire damaged lands.

Efforts undertaken within three years of a wildland fire to repair or improve fire damaged lands unlikely to recover to a management approved conditions or to repair or replace minor facilities damaged by fire.

A proportioning method or device that requires a manual adjustment to maintain a desired mix ratio over a changing range of water flows and pressures.