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Wild Fire Terminology

Horizontales
Target area for air tankers, helitankers, and cargo dropping.
A collective term that refers to stands of vegetation dominated by shrubby, woody plants, or low growing trees, usually of a type undesirable for livestock or timber management.
A method of controlling a partly dead fire edge by carefully inspecting and feeling with the hand for heat to detect any fire, digging out every live spot, and trenching any live edge.
A declared ban on open air burning within a specified area, usually due to sustained high fire danger.
Radio equipment with transmitters in mobile units on the same frequency as the base station, permitting conversation in two directions using the same frequency in turn.
A fixed-wing aircraft equipped to drop fire retardants or suppressants.
An organized group of firefighters under the leadership of a crew leader or other designated official.
All the work of extinguishing or containing a fire, beginning with its discovery.
Verticales
A collapsible bucket slung below a helicopter. Used to dip water from a variety of sources for fire suppression.
Activities directed at reducing the incidence of fires, including public education, law enforcement, personal contact, and reduction of fuel hazards.
Aircraft with pilot used to make dry runs over the target area to check wing and smoke conditions and topography and to lead air tankers to targets and supervise their drops.
A highly trained fire crew used mainly to build fireline by hand.
A combination chopping and trenching tool, which combines a single-bitted axe-blade with a narrow adze-like trenching blade fitted to a straight handle. Useful for grubbing or trenching in duff and matted roots. Well-balanced for chopping.
A line of water, or water and chemical retardant, sprayed along the ground, that serves as a temporary control line from which to ignite or stop a low-intensity fire.
Approved protection suite work by smokejumpers.