Aerial Detection Observer : A person assigned to discover, locate and report wildfires from a detection aircraft and to observe and describe conditions concerning detected fires. Also known as air observer
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}