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Terms and Definitions
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Defensible Space
An area either natural or manmade where material capable of causing a fire to spread has been treated, cleared, reduced, or changed to act as a barrier between an advancing wildland fire and the loss of life, property, or resources. In practice, "defensible space" is defined as an area of a minimum of 30 feet around a structure that is cleared of flammable brush or vegetation.
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Direct Attack
Any treatment of burning fuel, such as by wetting, smothering or chemically quenching the fire or by physically separating burning from unburned fuel.
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Dispatch
The implementation of a command decision to move a resource or resources from one place to another.
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Dispatch Center
A facility from which resources are directly assigned to an incident.
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Dispatcher
A person employed who receives reports of discovery and status of fires, confirms their locations, takes action promptly to provide people and equipment likely to be needed for control in first attack, and sends them to the proper place.
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Dozer
Any tracked vehicle with a front-mounted blade used for exposing mineral soil.
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Dozer Line
Fire line constructed by the front blade of a dozer.
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Drip Torch
Hand-held device for igniting fires by dripping flaming liquid fuel on the materials to be burned; consists of a fuel fount, burner arm and igniter. Fuel used is generally a mixture of diesel and gasoline.
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