Wildland Fire

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030445",
  "term": "Wildland Fire",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Unplanned fire requiring suppression action. Can be contrasted with a prescribed fire that burns within prepared lines, enclosing a designated area, under predetermined conditions.\n\n2. Any fire started by an unplanned ignition caused by lightning; volcanoes; other acts of nature; unauthorized activity; or accidental, human-caused actions, or a prescribed fire that has developed into a wildfire. A wildfire that predominantly occurs on wildland is a natural event. [40 CFR 50.1 (CFR 2017)]\n\n3. Fire originating from an unplanned ignition, such as lightning, volcanos, unauthorized and accidental human caused fires, and prescribed fires that are declared wildfires.\n\n4. Any nonstructure fire, other than prescribed fire, that occurs in the wildland.",
  "references": [
    "USDA Forest Service Glossary of Terms Used in Timber Harvesting and Forest Engineering",
    "40 CFR 51.301 (CFR 2017)",
    "NWCG Glossary",
    "NWCG InciWeb Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wildland-fire/"
}