Base Camp 2 : A strategically located camp through which personnel, equipment, and supplies are distributed to line camps ; usually serves as the fire headquarters from which key overhead personnel plan and direct suppression operations
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), Glossary of Forest Fire Management Terms, Manitoba, Canada 2003. http://bcwildfire.ca/mediaroom/Backgrounders/2003_ Fire_Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Canad) {474}