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INTERAGENCY SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKER OPERATIONS GUIDE
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Incident: An occurrence or event, either human-caused or a natural
phenomenon, that requires action by emergency service personnel to prevent or
minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources.
Incident action plan: Objectives reflecting the overall incident strategy and
specific control actions for the next operational period.
Incident base: Where the primary logistics functions are coordinated and
administered; there is only one base per incident.
Incident command post (ICP): Where the primary command functions are
executed; usually collocated with the incident base.
Incident command system (ICS): The combination of facilities, equipment,
personnel, procedures, and communications operating with a common
organizational structure, with responsibility for the management of assigned
resources to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident.
Independent action: Suppression action by other than the regular fire control
organization or cooperators.
Indirect attack: Control line along natural or human-made firebreaks,
favorable breaks in topography or at a considerable distance from the fire
perimeter.
Indirect line: A method of suppression in which the control line is a
considerable distance from the fire and intervening fuel is burned out.
Infrared (IR): A heat detection system used for fire detection, mapping and hot
spot identification.
Initial attack (initial action): Control efforts taken by the first resources to
arrive at the incident.
INS: Inertial Navigational System.
Intervolometer: A cockpit-mounted electronic device/selector box which
actuates compartment doors singly, or multiple doors simultaneously or in
sequence, at pre-set time intervals. The pilot or copilot selects the number of
doors and time interval between doors to produce the desired coverage level and
line length.
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