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  2. Glossary of wildfire terms - Wikipedia

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    creeping fire A fire that spreads slowly and burns with a low flame. crown fire A fire that advances between the tops of trees or shrubs more or less independently of a fire on the ground surface. Crown fires are sometimes classed as running or dependent to distinguish the degree of independence from the surface fire. crown out See torching.

  3. List of wildfire behaviors - Wikipedia

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    Creeping: This occurs when the fire burns with a low flame and spreads slowly. [9] Typical appearance of a creeping fire. Typical appearance of a creeping fire. Many Smoldering: Smoldering is when a fire burns without much flame but with large amounts of smoke. It typically occurs after the flaming combustion phase.

  4. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    3D zone control: The strategy of 3D zone control intended to improve the safety of firefighters operating inside a burning structure.It attempts to safeguard the immediate locality of any space occupied by firefighters in resorting to various defensive actions that (a) confine the fire; (b) remove combustion products safely and effectively; or (c) mitigate dangers in the hot-gas layers.

  5. Wildfire - Wikipedia

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    Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

  6. Arson - Wikipedia

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    Arson is the act of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property.Although the act of arson typically involves buildings, the term can also refer to the intentional burning of other things, such as motor vehicles, watercraft, or forests.

  7. Who Pays When Neighbor's Fire Spreads to Your Home - AOL

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    Jackson told KSTU that he'd complained to the city for years about his neighbor's property being a fire hazard, telling Tooele officials that "there was flammable material in their yard, that ...

  8. Landslide - Wikipedia

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    The factors that have been used for landslide hazard analysis can usually be grouped into geomorphology, geology, land use/land cover, and hydrogeology. Since many factors are considered for landslide hazard mapping, GIS is an appropriate tool because it has functions of collection, storage, manipulation, display, and analysis of large amounts ...

  9. Suppressive fire - Wikipedia

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    In military science, suppressive fire is "fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission" [clarification needed]. When used to protect exposed friendly troops advancing on the battlefield, it is commonly called covering fire. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire. [1]