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let-burn policy An administrative decision to defer fire suppression, perhaps because of wilderness and long-term forest conservation considerations. line firing An activity related to burn out along a fireline using drip torches, fusees, or other flammable materials. litter A buildup of leaves and twigs on the ground surface. logging slash
A controlled burn or prescribed burn (Rx burn) is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape. The purpose could be for forest management , ecological restoration , land clearing or wildfire fuel management.
Burned or burnt may refer to: Anything which has undergone combustion Burned (image) , quality of an image transformed with loss of detail in all portions lighter than some limit, and/or those darker than some limit
Conflagrations can cause casualties including deaths or injuries from burns, trauma due to collapse of structures and attempts to escape, and smoke inhalation. Firefighting is the practice of extinguishing a conflagration, protecting life and property and minimizing damage and injury.
Once the embers are completely 'burned through', the remains are oxidized minerals like carbon, calcium and phosphorus. At that point they are called ashes . Embers play a large role in forest fires, wildland fires or wildland urban interface fires.
In local usage, a burn is a kind of watercourse. The term applies to a large stream or a small river . The word is used in Scotland and England (especially North East England ) and in parts of Ulster , Kansas , Australia and New Zealand .
A traditional Hindu funeral pyre takes six hours and burns 500–600 kg (1,102–1,323 pounds) of wood to burn a body completely. [15] Every year fifty to sixty million trees are burned during cremations in India, which results in about eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions . [ 15 ]
Burns that affect only the superficial skin layers are known as superficial or first-degree burns. [ 2 ] [ 11 ] They appear red without blisters, and pain typically lasts around three days. [ 2 ] [ 11 ] When the injury extends into some of the underlying skin layer, it is a partial-thickness or second-degree burn . [ 2 ]