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foreign incident (event)

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An event dealing with a wildland fire originating from a country outside of the U.S., which has burned onto U.S. soil.

An event dealing with a wildland fire originating from an unplanned ignition, such as lightning, volcanos, unauthorized and accidental human caused fires, and prescribed fires that are declared wildfires.

prescribed fire (event)

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An event, where a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives.

vehicle fire (event)

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An event dealing with a fire originating in or on a vehicle or mobile equipment.

debris/product fire (event)

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An event dealing with a fire spreading from any fire originally ignited to clear land or burn rubbish, garbage, crop stubble, or meadows (excluding incendiary fires).

non-statistical/other (event)

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An event dealing with any fire which could pose a threat to ignite adjacent wildland fuels but ultimately did not result in a wildfire and thus cannot be accurately classified as any of the other Fire (FI) categories.