ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
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BDN
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Bayesian Decision Network. |
BFA |
Budget Formulation Allocation.
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BOC |
Budget Object/Sub-Object. A 4-digit code used to classify expenses. See DOI Budget Object Classes FY2004 ? Draft 9-30-03 and see Budget Object Codes for USDA FS.
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CBH |
Crown Base Height
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CBD |
Crown Bulk Density.
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DEM |
Digital Elevation Model.
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EEPS |
Effectiveness and Efficiency Measures. A set of performance measures used in FPA to measure the relative value of FPU fire management Alternatives; at the national level, the same measures are used to measure the relative value of sets of FPU Alternatives.
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EOG
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Executive Oversight Group. |
ESC |
Expected Suppression Cost. For each fire event that is contained by the model, the sum of the Unit Mission Cost for all fire resources that were dispatched to the event and the calculated Average Acre cost.
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ESL |
Exceed Simulation Limits. In the IRS module, a fire that exceeds the limits of the simulation model based on either time or size.
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FIL |
Fire Intensity Level. A measure of fire behavior. It is based on the calculated flame length. The NFDRS Burning Index (BI) is the indicator for fire danger for dispatching purposes and is used to categorize rate of spread and to assess fire effects. Flame length = BI/10; FIL 1: 0-2 feet; FIL 2: 2-4 feet; FIL 3: 4-6 feet; FIL 4: 6-8 feet; FIL 5: 8-12 feet; FIL 6: 12+ feet
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FMU |
Fire Management Unit.
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FOA
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Fire Occurrence Area. |
FPU |
Fire Planning Unit. An organizational entity whose purpose is cooperative fire management planning and implementation. Fire Planning Units are associated with a specific land base that can be described spatially. The boundaries of Fire Planning Unit land base are not predefined by Agency administrative unit boundaries. Fire Planning Units may consist of a single agency unit, multiple agency units, or any combination of single or multiple agency units and subunits. Lands included in a Fire Planning Unit may be contiguous or non-contiguous.
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FPA |
Fire Program Analysis.
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FWA |
Fire Workload Area. An area or areas within an FMU that share an attribute that distinguishes it from the rest of the FMU, e.g. roadless portions of an FMU for which access to fires is by aerial resources and/or ground.
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FMC |
Fuel Moisture Content .
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GA
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Geographic Area. |
HRV |
Highly Valued Resources. Nationally or locally defined natural resources to be protected or improved through appropriate fire management strategy.
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IR |
Initial Response. Expands the Initial Attack definition to include the response and associated workload with wildland fire responses in the broad context of Appropriate Management Response.
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IRS |
Initial Response Simulator. The portion of the FPA system that simulates fire growth and containment for initial response wildland fires and the management actions of FPU Fire Resources. Fires that exceed model simulation limits in IRS module are available for further analysis in the Large Fire module.
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IST |
Interagency Science Team.
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LFCI |
Large Fire Cost Index.
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LFSI |
Large Fire Susceptibility Index.
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MAT |
Management Advisory Team.
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NFIRS |
National Fire Incident Reporting System.
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PCHA |
Personal Computer Historic Analysis. A software program that processes historical daily weather observation and individual fire report data files to produce fire behavior and fire occurrence data for IIAA.
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SEAT |
Single Engine Airtanker.
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UMC |
Unit Mission Costs. The typical (average) costs charged to emergency fire suppression funds that are incurred for a particular type of unit each time it is dispatched to fire controlled in initial attack.
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WFLC |
Wildland Fire Leadership Council
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WUI |
Wildland Urban Interface.
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