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4. Cleared strip constructed to stop or slow fire spread.
6. Side of the fire between the head and heel.
8. ROUTE Planned evacuation path from hazardous areas.
11. Geographic subdivision of an incident assigned to a supervisor.
12. Fire completely surrounded by control lines but not necessarily extinguished.
16. Elite Type 1 wildland firefighters trained to attack the most difficult fires by hand.
19. ZONE Area where firefighters can survive without deploying shelters.
20. ATTACK Aircraft coordinating aerial suppression resources and strategy.
21. Individual tree or small group of trees igniting explosively.
23. CREW Fire suppression team primarily using hand tools.
24. SHELTER Emergency survival device deployed when escape is impossible.
25. Command issued when firefighters must immediately use their emergency shelters.

1. Burned strip created during firing operations that provides a defensible working area.
2. Intentional ignition used to remove fuel between firefighters and the advancing fire.
3. Fire spreading through the forest canopy from treetop to treetop.
5. COMMANDER Firefighter responsible for overall incident management.
7. Dedicated observer responsible for monitoring changing fire behavior and hazards.
9. Fire crossing over or around an established control line.
10. POINT Safe location from which firefighters begin constructing containment lines.
13. Extinguishing remaining heat after the main fire has been contained.
14. MATERIAL Burning debris rolling downhill and igniting fuels below.
15. FIRE Fastest-moving portion of a wildfire driven by wind or slope.
17. FIRE Newly ignited fire outside the main fire caused by embers.
18. Standing dead tree that presents an overhead hazard.
22. Rear of the wildfire opposite the direction of spread.
24. Any combustible vegetation that feeds wildfire growth.