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Title

Wildland fire terminology update [including: Useful wildland fire glossaries; 'Wildfire'--a tainted term; and Wildland fire management terminology]
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): H. Brown
Publication Year: 2000

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • bibliographies
  • education
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • firefighting personnel
  • fuel accumulation
  • Washington
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
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Record Last Modified: May 22, 2019
FRAMES Record Number: 40935
Tall Timbers Record Number: 15750
TTRS Location Status: In-file
TTRS Call Number: A13.32:60/2
TTRS Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission

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Description

From the text ... 'Using standard terminology improves communication for a safer, better wildland fire organization. ...As policy evolves and new technologies emerge, wildland fire terminology is subject to constant change. ...The National Interagency Incident Management System was specifically designed to address the need for a standard wildland fire terminology in the United States.'

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Citation:
Brown, H. 2000. Wildland fire terminology update [including: Useful wildland fire glossaries; 'Wildfire'--a tainted term; and Wildland fire management terminology]. Fire Management Today, v. 60, no. 2, p. 41-46.