All the work and activities connected with fire-extinguishing operations, beginning with discovery, and continuing until the fire is completely extinguished
-The practice of controlling forest and rangeland fires in a safe, economical, and expedient fashion while meeting the natural resource objectives outlined in each national forest's or grassland's land management plan
(A) a coordinated effort to control or put out a fire (B) a resource management policy initiated in the early 1900s by the U S Forest Service after widespread, naturally-occurring wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres of public forest lands Subsequently, this policy was adapted by many other land management agencies This policy, which was initiated in order to preserve forest lands, has been revised in recent decades, as research has shown that fire is a necessary process in the maintenance of healthy forest ecosystems Prescribed fire and allowing natural fires to burn when conditions are suitable are now widely-used management methods
All the work and activities connected with fire-extinguishing operations, beginning with discovery and continuing until the fire is completely extinguished
All of the work and activities connected with fire extinguishing operations, beginning with discovery and continuing until the fire is completely extinguished
all activities concerned with controlling and extinguishing a fire following its detection Synonymous with fire control