Editing The Burning Line (section)

==H==
*'''Hand crew''': A number of individuals that have been organized and trained and are supervised principally for operational assignments on an incident.  In the United States, a typical hand crew is 20 in number.
*'''Head of a fire''': The most rapidly spreading portion of a fire’s perimeter, usually to the leeward or up slope.
*'''Heavy fuels''': Fuels of large diameter such as snags, logs, large limb wood, which ignite and are consumed more slowly than flash fuels.
*'''Helispot''': A natural or improved takeoff and landing area intended for temporary or occasional helicopter use, typically in remote areas without other access.
*'''Helitack''': A fire crew trained to use helicopters for initial attack, and to support large fires through bucket drops and the movement of personnel, equipment and supplies.
*'''Hot spot''': A particularly active part of a fire.
*'''Hotshot crew''': Intensively trained fire crew used primarily in hand line construction, and organized primarily to travel long distances from fire to fire as needed rather than serving only one geographic location.