pre-fire

Pre-fire describes the period or conditions before a fire occurs, especially in wildfire management and forestry: pre-fire vegetation surveys, pre-fire fuel loads.

It also refers to preparatory actions taken in anticipation of fire: pre-fire planning, pre-fire treatments like controlled burns that reduce combustible material.

In firearms, to pre-fire is to shoot before an expected target appears—a technique in competitive gaming where players fire at a location anticipating an enemy: He pre-fired the corner and got the kill.