fireline
Cleared combustion boundary
A fireline is a strip of land cleared of vegetation to stop the spread of wildfire.
Firefighters create firelines by cutting, scraping, or burning away fuel so flames have nothing to consume when they reach the barrier.
The term also refers to the active front where firefighters directly engage a blaze: Crews worked the fireline through the night.
Shape's outer edge length
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- firebreakCleared barrier against flames
barrier · limit · containment zone · safety zone · anchor point · flank · heel · head
perimeter
Shape's outer edge length
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
firebreak · barrier · limit · containment zone · safety zone · anchor point · flank · heel · head
firefighter
Emergency blaze responder
- hotshotShowy, skilled person
- smokejumperAirborne wildfire fighter
- crewWorking team aboard
engine · hose · water · retardant · foam · backburn · burnout · douse · extinguish · suppression
- firebreaksfireguard, anchor point
- prescribed burnsprescribed burn, controlled burn, backburn, backburning, burn permit
firelinefuel load
Burnable matter present
fire spread · kindling · tinder · accelerant · ignition point
firelinebrush
Bristled cleaning tool
undergrowth · deadfall · forest floor · thicket · tinderbox
firelinewater source
Origin of flow
water bomber · sprinkler system · fire hydrant · backburn · direct attack