A strategically located strip, where fuel has been reduced or modified; used to segregate, stop, or control the spread of fire
Cleared area extending down to mineral soil that surrounds a fire to prevent the fire from reaching fresh fuels (19)
Also often called a "control line," this includes line constructed by firefighters as well as natural barriers to fire such as rock outcroppings, roads, and streams or other waterbodies Crews construct fire lines by using shovels, pulaskis, rakes and chainsaws to clear the line of vegetation so that the fire will have nothing to burn when it arrives at that point
A linear fire barrier that is scraped or dug to mineral soil Direct fire line is located along the black of a fire's edge; indirect is located with unburned material between the fire line and the fire; parallel is fire line located across "fingers" of fire to connect and contain the fire via the shortest route
Cleared area extending down to mineral soil that surrounds a fire to prevent the fire from reaching fresh fuels