NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

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The NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire provides an extensive listing of approved terms and definitions used by the NWCG community. It contains terms commonly used by NWCG in the areas of wildland fire and incident management and is not intended to list all terms used by NWCG groups and member agencies. The NWCG has directed that all committee and subgroup product glossaries be contained within the NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire to maintain definition consistency and clarity among documents.

Comments, questions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the appropriate agency program manager assigned to the Data Standards and Terminology Board (DSTB).

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Title	Steward	Definition
Initiation Fiscal Year		Fiscal Year local program could begin implementation should funds be made available in the planned year.
State		Label associated with State & Territory boundaries.
Region		Above Unit in hierarchy, Relates to Department, Agencies
Longitude		The center point of the treatment or activity indicated using the angular distance west of the meridian at Greenwich, England. • Decimal degrees (e.g. 43.618881) • Datum of NAD83
Latitude		The center point of the treatment or activity indicated using the angular distance north of the earth's equator. • Decimal degrees (e.g. 43.618881) • Datum of NAD83
Is WUI		WUI as defined by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) (Title I, Section 101, Subsection 16)
Department		Above Agency in hierarchy.
County		Area representing administrative or political subdivisions of a state.
Congressional District		Area representing electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives.
Calculated Acres		Measurement of the area estimated to be treated by a planned action. derive from perimeter
Agency		Above Region in hierarchy, Relates to Department
Location
Obligation FY		Federal Fiscal year funds are estimated to be obligated.
Tribe Name		A specific value. A subpart of the Functional Landscapes value.
Project
Status Reason		Short description if treatment or activity is canceled.
Treatment Name/Activity Name		Short name for Treatment or Activity.
Class		First Tier, parent grouping to sort and filter actions planned and implemented to address threats mitigated by the wildland fire management program.
Category		Mid-level, parent grouping to sort and filter actions planned and implemented to address threats mitigated by the wildland fire management program.
Context
Containment Year
Containment Date
Fire Code
Ignition Fiscal Year
evaluation timestamp (resource)	IPSC Incident and Position Standards Committee	The date/time the trainee experience was evaluated.
Subtype
Is Vegetation Departure Manual		Indicates if the vegetation departure has been entered manually
Regional Approval Date		Day/Month/Year officially accepted by the region program manager as meeting all region requirements to receive funds in the planned year.
Local Approval Date		Day/Month/Year officially accepted by the local manager as meeting all local requirements to receive funds in the planned year.
Is Funded		Field marked true if all approvals are complete. False if otherwise
Department Approval Date		Day/Month/Year officially accepted by the Department as meeting all Department requirements to receive funds in the planned year.
Cancelled Date		Date treatment or activity status changed to Cancelled
Agency Approval Date		Day/Month/Year officially accepted by the agency program manager as meeting all agency requirements to receive funds in the planned year.
WBS
IS RTRL		Indicates if a treatment or activity Is RTRL or not
Funding Unit		Unit providing funding for treatment or activity. May or may not be the same as location unit.
Funding Tribe		Tribe displayed only for BIA
Funding Sub Unit		SubUnit only displayed for BLM
Initiation Fiscal Quarter		Fiscal Quarter local program could begin implementation should funds be made available in the planned year.
Status		Current state for treatment or activity, started, not started, completed, cancelled
Parent Number		If related to other Treatments or Activities, Parent Treatment or Activity ID is displayed
Notes		Open text field to provide a brief record of facts related to an activity or treatment.
Local ID		User entered ID for Treatment or Activity
Estimated Durability		Estimated duration in years (1-300) that treatment will accomplish its purpose.   This information is intended to support the understanding of maintenance needs as well as anticipated effectiveness when intersected by a wildfire (e.g. if expected to be effective for 8 years, and an intersection occurs at 10 and the treatment fails - it would have performed as expected without maintenance)
Vegetation Departure Percentage / Index		The vegetation departure index is displayed on actuals, and is an index on the FRCC. The vegetation departure percentage is displayed on estimated treatments and activities and is a percentage.
Treatment Priority		the relative priority of a treatment or activity as high, medium or low
Implementation Feasibility		the relative feasibility of a treatment or activity as very high, high, medium or low
Estimated Success Probability		25% Treatment objectives are difficult to achieve and/or multiple treatments are likely to be necessary to achieve success.   50% Treatment objectives are moderately difficult to achieve and/or additional treatments are likely to be necessary to achieve success.   75% Treatment objectives are moderately easy to achieve and/or just one additional treatment is likely to be necessary to achieve success.   100% Treatment objectives are easy to achieve and/or this is likely the final treatment necessary to achieve success.
Proposal and Justification
Unit		lowest in hierarchy, Relates to Agencies, Regions

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NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205

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