Equipment-use Ignition

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Investigation

Working definition

A fire ignition associated with machinery, vehicles, tools, exhaust, hot surfaces, metal contact or other equipment operation.

In plain language

A fire ignition associated with machinery, vehicles, tools, exhaust, hot surfaces, metal contact or other equipment operation.

Why it matters

Equipment-use Ignition is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

Primary terminology sourceSearch official NWCG glossary ↗

Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.