EXHIBIT_A_Definitions22817.pdf

EXHIBIT A – DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The specific meanings of terms used in this specification may be found in the Glossary of Terms of the Fireline Handbook, NWCG Handbook 3; PMS 410-1; NFES 0065, and any other prevailing current NWCG publication unless otherwise defined herein; the definitions provided in this exhibit are included in every solicitation (i.e., boilerplate), therefore some of the definitions may not be applicable to the solicitation you are responding to:

AGENCY – See “Government”

AGENCY COOPERATOR – Local Government entities available through agreement to assist the Federal and State Government agencies.

AGREEMENT – References the Blanket Purchase Agreement documented on the SF-1449/OF-

294, and its attachments.

CAMPSITE – Any area designated by the Government where there are facilities in support of an incident.

CCR – Contractor Central Registration (See SAM)

CJRL – Cotton Jacket Rubber Lined

CVSA – Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

CO – Contracting Officer

COR – Contracting Officer’s Representative – GOVERNMENT agent/employee responsible for assisting in the administration of the agreement and who has been designated by the Contracting

Officer (CO).

CREW PERSON – Basic wildland firefighter used to control and extinguish wildland fires and works as a member of an engine crew under the supervision of a higher qualified individual.

DESIGNATED DISPATCH POINT (DDP) – Physical address where the resource is located as identified in VIPR.

DOZER BLADE CONFIGURATIONS:

STRAIGHT/ U BLADE – no hydraulic tilt

ANGLE BLADE no Hydraulic Tilt–This blade will angle either manually or with hydraulics but does not raise or lower the outside corners of the blade hydraulically.

STRAIGHT/U Blade with Hydraulic Tilt – This blade type does not angle but does raise or lower the outside corners of the blade hydraulically.

ANGLE with HYDRAULIC TILT – Blade will angle and tilt with hydraulics

6-Way HYDRAULIC - The 6 way blade or PAT (Power-Angle-Tilt) will hydraulically raise blade up or down, Angle the blade to the right or left and also raise or lower the outside corners of the blade.

EXCAVATOR ATTRIBUTES:

EXCAVATOR CLAMSHELL BUCKET – A two-sided bucket used on an excavator to dig in a vertical direction; the bucket is dropped while its jaw-like halves are open and digs as they close. Also known as a clamshell grab.

EXCAVATOR UP DOWN BLADE or DOZER BLADE – A blade mounted on the mainframe of the excavator raised and lowered with hydraulic cylinders. This blade will allow the machine to push material in a grading manner and stabilize the machine while it is working on surfaces that are not level.

EXCAVATOR, STEEP GROUND (STEEP GROUND EXCAVATOR) – Purpose built or modified construction excavator that is capable of working on slopes greater than 45 percent.

These excavators may be Feller Buncher carriages with a bucket and hydraulic thumb or clamshell bucket replacing the saw, or tracked carriages equipped with a dozer type blade that may have had other modifications to allow the machine to work on steep grades. Operators are highly experienced in steep ground soil work and have knowledge, skills and abilities to construct firelines or rehabilitate firelines to near natural conditions.

ENGB – Single Resource Engine Boss

FS – Forest Service

FLYWHEEL HORSEPOWER RATING – Horsepower rating taken at the flywheel with all the engine accessories installed not counting transmission losses or anything after the flywheel.

FMCSA – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FOAM APPLICATION SYSTEM

Manually Regulated Proportioning System – A proportioning system that requires manual adjustment to maintain the proportioning ratio when there is a change of flow or pressure through the foam proportioner. Typical manually regulated foam systems include: Suction side proportioner, in-line eductor, around-the-pump proportioner and direct injection manually regulated proportioners. Examples of manually regulated foam systems include but are not limited to:

1. Blizzard Wizard

2. Scotty foam inductor

3. Foam Flo

Automatic Regulating Proportioning System – A proportioning system that automatically adjusts the flow of foam concentrate into the water stream to maintain the desired proportioning ratio. These automatic adjustments are made based on changes in water flow or conductivity. Typical automatic regulating proportioning systems include:

Balanced pressure venturi proportioning systems, water motor meter proportioner systems, direct injection automatic regulating proportioners. Examples of automatic regulating proportioning systems include but are not limited to:

1. Foam Pro-1601/2001

2. Robwen 500

3. Darley Fast-foam system

4. Aquis 1.5/2.5 foam system

GACC – Geographic Area Coordination Center

GAWR – Gross Axle Weight Rating

GOVERNMENT – United States Department of Agriculture – Forest Service (USDA-FS), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA), and United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS), Federal Emergency Management

Agency (FEMA), and the following Cooperators:

Northern Rockies Coordination Center / Northern Region (R1): Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (MT DNRC), Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), North Dakota Forest Service (ND FS), and Montana Disaster & Emergency Services

(DES)

Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center / Rocky Mountain Region (R2): States of

Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming

Southwest Coordination Center / Southwest Region (R3): States of Arizona and New

Mexico and West Texas

Eastern Great Basin Coordination Center / Western Great Basin Coordination Center /

Intermountain Region (R4): States of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming

Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center / Southern California

Geographic Area Coordination Center / Pacific Southwest Region (R5): State of

California and Pacific Islands

Northwest Coordination Center / Pacific Northwest Region (R6): Oregon Department of

Forestry (ODF) and Washington Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)

Southern Area Coordination Center / Southern Region (R8): States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia

Eastern Area Coordination Center / Eastern Region (R9): States of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia

Alaska Interagency Coordination Center / Alaska Region (R10): State of Alaska

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE – Those employees of the agencies listed under the definition of Government that have a designation in writing or are designated by their position.

GVAW – Gross Vehicle Axle Weight

GVWR – Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

HOST DISPATCH CENTER – Interagency dispatch center responsible for dispatching resources under this agreement.

HOST DISPATCH ZONE – Geographic area defined by the Host Dispatch Center’s area of authority.

ICPI – Incident Contract Project Inspector

ICS – Incident Command System

IIBMH – Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook

IPT – Iron Pipe Thread

INCIDENT – An occurrence or event, either human-caused or natural phenomena, that requires action by emergency service personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources.

INITIAL ATTACK – A planned response to a wildfire given the wildfire’s potential fire behavior. The objective of initial attack is to stop the spread of the wildfire and suppress it at least cost. An aggressive suppression action that is consistent with firefighter and public safety.

LOW GROUND PRESSURE EQUIPMENT– Equipment with wide pads, designed by the manufacturer to operate in wet, soft or sandy terrain.

NH – National Hose Thread

NPSH – National Pipe Standard Hose

ON SHIFT – Includes time worked, time that equipment is held or directed to be in a state of readiness, and compensable travel (equipment traveling under its own power) that has a specific start and ending time.

OPERATING SUPPLIES – Operating supplies include fuel, oil, filters, lube/oil changes. Even though the agreement may specify that all operating supplies are to be furnished by the

Contractor (wet), the Government may, at its option, elect to furnish such supplies when necessary to keep the equipment operating. The cost of such supplies will be deducted from payment to the Contractor.

OPERATIONAL PERIOD – The period of time scheduled for execution of a given set of tactical actions, which may be specified in the Incident Action Plan. An operational period is equal to one shift and can be of various lengths.

ORDINARY WEAR AND TEAR – Equipment furnished under this agreement may be operated and subjected to extreme environmental and/or strenuous operating conditions which could include but is not limited to unimproved roads, steep, rocky, hilly terrain, dust, heat, and smoky conditions. As a result, by entering into this agreement, the contractor agrees that what is considered wear and tear under this agreement is in excess of what the equipment is subjected to under normal operations and is reflected in the rates paid for the equipment.

POINT OF HIRE – The point of hire is the resource location (City and State) the vendor designates in their offer.

POINT OF RELEASE – The location from which a contractor is released upon expiration or termination of required services. This point may be the same as the point of hire.

PROPERTY –

Accountable Property. Items with a purchase price of $5,000 (USDA, USDI) or more, or items that the incident agency considers sensitive, such as cameras, computers, chainsaws, and radios, are accountable and are marked with an agency identification number.

Durable Property. Durable properties are those non-accountable items that have a useful life expectancy greater than one incident (e.g., sleeping bags, water handling accessories, tents, headlamps, tools). This property may be marked with paint or etching to show “US

GOVT”, or an agency specific marking.

Consumable Goods. Consumable goods are items normally expected to be consumed on the incident (e.g., batteries, Meals Ready to Eat, plastic canteens, petroleum products).

This property is not marked.

RESOURCE – Equipment, personnel, supplies, or a service used to support incidents.

RON – Remain Over Night

ROSS – Resource Ordering and Status System

SAM – System for Award Management. SAM is the Official U.S. Government system that consolidated the capabilities of CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS.

SEVERITY –The class of assignments that are related to pre-suppression activities. Examples of appropriate severity activities may include but not limited to standby at the host unit, limited patrol, tool sharpening, or other activities that do not unduly interfere with fire readiness and a 10 minute mobilization response time. Increase the level of pre-suppression capability and fire preparedness when predicted or actual burning conditions exceed those normally expected, due to severe weather conditions.

SJRL – Synthetic Jacket Rubber Lined Hose

SKIDGINE, DROP TANK (AKA DETACHABLE TANK) - A Skidgine with a water tank that has been engineered to be able to be removed from the parent machine and re-attached to the parent machine in one (1) hour or less. The parent machine must have a log grapple that is usable to pull logs or break apart jackpots of fuel when the tank is removed. Winch equipped

Skidgines are excluded from this definition.

SOFTTRACK – A machine constructed to carry water, mounted on a carrier, equipped with a track that is able to conform to varying ground conditions by torsion bar mounted road wheels.

These road wheels allow the track to travel up and down to keep the track surface in constant contact with the ground over rough surfaces. These machines can travel at a speed of over 12 miles per hour on flat surfaces.

SUPPRESSION – All the work of extinguishing or confining a fire beginning with its discovery.

SUSPENSION –

Air Bag – A suspension designed with two (2) air bags per wheel or four (4) air bags per axle. Air bag suspensions were developed for over the road conditions. While this suspension is acceptable, the process where the air bags inflate and deflate to try and maintain an even ride is not as desirable due to the non-static load associated with a tank of water.

Vocational Duty – All other axle configurations including the walking beam, spring, and trailing arm with two (2) air bags per axle shall be identified as vocational style suspension. Must be equipped with a tandem axle interlock (power divider).

UNDER HIRE – Refer to D.21.8

WHEEL CHOCKS –

Type 5 and 6 Engines shall be equipped with a wheel chock constructed with a height of

8” or more and a width of 6” or more.

Type 3 and 4 Engines and ALL Tenders shall be equipped with a wheel chock constructed with a height of 8” or more and width of 7” or more.

Wheel chock must have a solid bottom or ribbing on the bottom to prevent from sinking in soft soil.

Wheel chock must have the face beveled at a 30-50 degree angle.

Wheel chock base must be 1.4 times the height or greater.

Or the manufacturer specifies the chocks meet SAE J-348, NFPA 1901, or NFPA 1906 for the size of the vehicle.

WORK/REST – Refer to D.6.7