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  2. What 'fire containment' actually means - AOL

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    That’s because containment is a critical measure of how much progress they're making at stopping the fire from spreading. Intuitively, we in the public can understand that a high containment ...

  3. What does fire containment mean? - AOL

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    Containment refers to how much of the fire’s edge, or perimeter, has been surrounded to the extent that firefighters believe they can stop the fire from expanding. Crews create control lines ...

  4. What does it mean to 'contain' a wildfire? - AOL

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    The Hurst Fire, which burned almost 800 acres in the Sylmar neighborhood, has been 97% contained, according to Cal Fire. While containment is a good indicator of how firefighting efforts are ...

  5. Glossary of wildfire terms - Wikipedia

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    A fire containment method where crews construct a fireline at some distance from the edge of the fire (e.g., 100 yards) and then burn out the fuel in the buffer as the fireline is completed. perennial grasses An extremely volatile fuel, after curing, in May, June, and July, which can lead to large, fast fires that may reach larger fuels.

  6. Line Fire - Wikipedia

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    As of October 31, 2024, the fire remains at 43,978 acres (17,797 hectares) and is still 98 percent contained. [3] As of December 23, 2024, the fire was reported as 100 percent contained at 43,978 acres (17,797 hectares). [12] The Line Fire was visible from Redlands on September 29, 2024, twenty-four days after the fire began.

  7. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Grimwood's original definition of his 1991 unified strategy stated that, "tactical ventilation is either the venting, or containment (isolation) actions by on-scene firefighters, used to take control from the outset of a fire's burning regime, in an effort to gain tactical advantage during interior structural firefighting operations."

  8. Containment, hotshots, evacuation orders: Understanding key ...

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    Here's a quick guide to many of the terms commonly used in connection with wildfires and public safety in the face of the dangers posed.

  9. Firewater (fire fighting) - Wikipedia

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    Containment is the most commonly utilized methods of dealing with highly polluted fire-water, one other method would be the use of water distribution systems to give fire fighters an access to large quantities of water to combat large scale fires. This also gives firefighters access to high velocity water flow, which is known to have reduced ...