Synonym: Means the term is synonymous with another. The related terms are also defined in this glossary. See Also: Means there are one or more related terms that may also be of interest to the glossary user. In such a case only the preferred term is defined in this glossary. See: Means there is another, preferred term that should be used instead. An initialism appears in parentheses following the term. Initialism: An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately. An acronym appears in parentheses following the term. An explanation of those references is as follows:Īlso called: Means there is another term that may sometimes be in use, but is not defined in this glossary.Īcronym: An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. Some of the terms within this glossary will be followed by initials or will have references or comments at the end of the definition to help broaden the recognition and understanding of the term. For more information about the glossary and the criteria, see the NWCG User Guide for Glossary of Wildland Fire. Glossary entries related to Organizations, IT Applications, and NWCG Positions have been removed from the glossary based on term inclusion criteria. This glossary provides the wildland fire community a single source for wildland fire and incident management terminology commonly used by the NWCG and its subgroups.
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