Reducing the availability of fuels to feed a wildfire.

Forward progress refers to the movement of a wildfire. "Forward progress was stopped," is a term you will see often, meaning the fire is no longer spreading. It does not mean the fire is contained.

Forward progress refers to the movement of a wildfire. "Forward progress was stopped," is a term you will see often, meaning the fire is no longer spreading. It does not mean the fire is contained.

Easily ignitable and capable of burning and producing flames.

All work and activities connected with control and fire-extinguishing operations, beginning with discovery and continuing until the fire is completely extinguished.

1. Period(s) of the year during which wildland fires are likely to occur, spread, and affect resources values sufficient to warrant organized fire management activities. 2. A legally enacted time during which burning activities are regulated by federal, state or local authority.

1. A healing or healed injury or wound to woody vegetation, caused or accentuated by a fire. 2. The mark left on a landscape by fire.

The chance of fire starting, as determined by the presence and activity of causative agents.

Any substance except plain water that by chemical or physical action reduces flammability of fuels or slows their rate of combustion.

Activities such as public education, community outreach, law enforcement, engineering, and reduction of fuel hazards that are intended to reduce the incidence of unwanted human-caused wildfires and the risks they pose to life, property or resources.