Forms
This Form - Also known as the ICS Form 260 includes information such as fire name, fire number, and an O number or S number
Where the fire started, or the POO
Point of Origin
A resource order that is for supplies generates this kind of number
S number
This is the word for a tower that allows us to communicate further than line of sight radios do
Repeater
The National Interagency Standards for Resource Mobilization is more commonly known as this
Mob Guide
A General Message
The amount of moisture in the air
Relative Humidity
The process of sending an order to the Geographic Area Coordination Center, from a local center, to be shopped
Placing up
The specific frequency that allows us to both receive and transmit
Channel
This reference contains policies or cost accounting and reporting, Buying Team policies, and rules for the Time Unit in its
NWCG Standards for Interagency Business Management
This form can tell you how you did, and hopefully what you can do better next time
Eval form 225
ENGB
Engine Boss
The process of writing down details another dispatcher might need to know, for legal or pass down purposes
Documenting
Slang term for the channel that isnt official, but that a group of people might have to talk only to each other
Crew channel
Contains terms commonly used by NWCG in the areas of wildland fire and incident management
NWCG Glossary of Wildland Fire, PMS 205
Fill out this form before an assignment, to make sure you are officially "hired"
Casual hire form
This term is used to describe fire behavior, specifically if a fire is torching, whirling, or making uphill runs
Extreme fire behavior
The process of putting together a group of resources in IROC so that they all are under one number, but specified by dot numbers, is called this
Rostering
The kind of channel that people from all over an incident, or a specific part of the incident, might talk on
Tactical channel
This publication, also a website, can help you figure out what kind of equipment you should place an order for - Or a crew, or aircraft, depending on the needs of the incident
NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Resource Typing, PMS 200
This form is necessary for aircraft, and lists the crew name and the weight of each passenger
PMS 245 Crew and Cargo Manifest Form
Term for a smaller fire away from the main fire, but caused by the main fire
Spot fire
The website, or list, that dictates which equipment resource will be hired to an incident
VIPR
The nationwide channel that is set aside for aircraft, in case of an emergency
Air Guard
In addition to the tasks in the taskbook, trainees and their trainers must use this to guide a trainee through the process of qualification as an Initial Attack Dispatcher. It also contains more references to help a trainee in their quest.
NWCG Incident Position Standards for Initial Attack Dispatcher