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Appendix B B-8 FM 3-09 30 April 2020 When an enemy force within the NFA engages a friendly force and the engaged commander determines there is a requirement for immediate protection and responds with the minimal force needed to defend the force. B-24. Any size unit may establish NFAs. If possible, the NFA is established on identifiable terrain. It may also be located by a series of grids or by a radius from a center point. B-25. The NFA is graphically portrayed (see figure B-6) as an area outlined with a solid black line with black diagonal lines inside. The letters "NFA" are within, followed by the establishing HQ and the effective date- time group. Figure B-6. No fire area example RESTRICTIVE FIRE AREA B-26. A restrictive fire area is a location in which specific restrictions are imposed and into which fires that exceed those restrictions will not be delivered without coordination with the establishing headquarters. (JP 3- 09).