Definitions for "Fireline"
Keywords:  dug, wildfire, scraped, debris, fuel
A barrier used to stop the spread of fire constructed by removing fuel or rendering fuel inflammable by use of fire retardants.
is used to separate the fire from forest fuels. It’s dug down to mineral soils below the duff layer (about 15 cm) where a fire could smoulder and is cleared of forest fuels to a width that prevents the fire from spotting across and igniting fuels on the opposite side.
A barrier used to stop or contain a wildfire or control burn. Usually constructed by use of bulldozer by which the fuel is removed down to mineral soil.
Firelines are installed around the perimeter of a stage-proscenium arch to hold the fire safety curtain open. Firelines connect the curtain to all manual electrical and heat activated devices that release the safety curtain.
that portion of the fire upon which resources are deployed and actively engaged in suppression action. In a general sense, the working area around a fire.