fire front
Advancing flame line
The fire front is the leading edge of a wildfire—the boundary where flames actively advance into unburned fuel.
Firefighters track the fire front to predict spread and plan containment: The fire front moved toward the ridge at alarming speed.
The term also appears in military contexts for the forward line of incendiary combat.
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- firefightersEmergency personnel combating blazes
bushfire · perimeter · smoke · heat · burning · containment · flank · ember · inferno · spreading · hotshot · air tanker · crown · radiant · scorching · evacuation · escape route · wind
- Wildfireswildfire, firebreak, firebreaks, flames, flame
fire frontburn scar
Healed thermal wound mark
fire perimeter · point of origin · backburn · origin point · fireline
fire frontcold trail
cold zone · controlled burn · fire break · firebreak · safety zone
fire, front, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, fireplace, firework