Fire behavior is the way a fire acts - how and when fuels ignite, flames develop, and fire spreads as influenced by its interaction with fuel, weather, and topography. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Fire Behavior.

Any material that burns. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Fuel.

National Weather Service Incident Meteorologists (IMET) provide onsite, tactical weather support for wildland fires and other incidents. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? IMET

The Incident Command System (ICS) was developed to help agencies (federal, state, and local) manage wildland fires. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Incident Command System.

Fire intensity is the amount of energy or heat given off by a forest fire at a specific point in time. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Fire Intensity

There are four main parameters used by fire managers to describe fire behavior. Read more at Fire Facts: What are? Measures of Fire Behavior

The relief features or surface configuration of an area. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Topography.

The Fire Triangle is a simple way of understanding the components of fire. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Fire Triangle.

Weather describes short-term variations in the atmosphere from hot to cold, wet to dry, calm to stormy, clear to cloudy. Read more at Fire Facts: What is? Weather.

The Natural Range of Variation is a description of the conditions of an ecosystem over space and time. Read more at: Fire Facts: What is? Natural Range of Variability