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A firebreak or double track (also called a fire line, fuel break, fireroad and firetrail in Australia) is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire. A firebreak may occur naturally where there is an absence of vegetation or "fuel", such as a river, lake or canyon.
Setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. burning period The part of each 24-hour period when fires spread most rapidly, typically from 10:00 AM to sundown. bushfire The local name for a wildfire that occurs in the forests, scrubs, woodlands or grasslands of Australia or New Zealand.
Fire line: A boundary of a fire scene established for public safety and to identify the area in which firefighters may be working. Fire load (Btu/sq ft): An estimate of the amount of heat that will be given off during ordinary combustion of all the fuel in a given space; e.g., a bedroom or a lumberyard. More casually, the amount and type of ...
The Line Fire is a large wildfire in San Bernardino County, California. The fire began on September 5, 6:33 PM near the community of Highland and spread into the San Bernardino National Forest . The fire forced the evacuation of multiple communities.
While firefighters continued to battle California’s biggest wildfire of the year, Norm Rosene was spending 18-hour days behind fire lines with a different task –- saving the animals. Tucked in ...
A man waters the roof to protect his house as the Line fire burns in the San Bernardino Mountain foothills, forcing evacuations on Sept. 7, 2024. The fire started Sept. 5, 2024, and spread with ...
(Attack line) A use classification of a fire fighting hose connected to output of a pump or other pressure source (e.g., gravity). Fire hose used to apply water or other fire fighting agent directly to a fire or burning substance. Typically of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) diameter or less in the United States. Historically 1.5 inch hose was the ...
"Fire lines held last night, with the fire making negligible incremental gains," police posted to Facebook.