The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called the Fireline Handbook, PMS 410-1. This guide has been renamed because, over time, the original purpose of the Fireline Handbook had been replaced by the Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461. As a result, this new guide is aimed at a different audience, and it was felt a new name was in order.

The objectives of the Interagency Aerial Ignition Guide(IAIG) are: A. Define and standardize procedures and equipment for approved aerial ignition operations for use by all cooperating natural resource agencies. B. Ensure that all aerial ignition operations are performed in a safe and efficient manner. C. Provide a framework within which areas, regions, states, and local units can provide supplemental, site-specific guidance. D. Establish a method to evaluate and approve aerial ignition systems not currently approved and outlined in this guide