An unplanned wildland fire requiring suppression action or other action according to agency policy.
An unwanted wildland fire.
A fire burning out of control, regardless of how or why it started.
A fire that spreads out of control in the rural landscape, often destroying lives, homes and natural resources such as grasslands and forests.
any fire that is not burning for a prescribed management purpose or being managed as a prescribed fire.
Any fire occurring on wildlands that is not meeting management objectives and thus requires a suppression response.
a fire that is started by accident or malice intent that can result in significant forest damage
an uncontrolled fire spreading through vegetative fuels, exposing and possibly consuming structures
a powerful force of nature, and as natural as rain, wind, snow, or lightning
a large, uncontrolled fire in grass, brush, or trees.
Fires burning without the control of a responsible person.
a highly destructive, uncontrollable fire.
A fire, naturally caused or caused by humans, that is not meeting land management objectives.
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire spreading through vegetative fuels, at times involving structures.
A fire occurring on wildland that is not meeting management objectives and thus requires a suppression response.
An unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that threatens to escape its bounds.
A fire requiring suppression action, as contrasted with a prescribed fire burning with prepared lines enclosing a designated area, under prescribed conditions. A free burning fire.
or Wildland fire: Fire in forests, grasslands, prairies, or other natural areas, not involving structure fires (although wildland fires May threaten structures or vice versa - See interface zone.) For a complete list of terms used in wildland fire, See Glossary of wildland fire terms.
A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, peat fire ("gambut" in Indonesia), bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources. Common causes include lightning, human carelessness, arson, volcano eruption, and pyroclastic cloud from active volcano.