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RESISTANCE FIRELINE CONSTRUCTION [1 record]

Record 1 2006-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The relative difficulty of constructing fireguards as determined by fuel type characteristics (e.g. forest floor depth), effects to topography on access (e.g. slope steepness), the mineral soil type.

Key term(s)
  • resistance to fire line construction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Difficulté relative que représente l'établissement d'un coupe-feu en raison de la nature des combustibles en présence, des accidents de terrain et de la catégorie de sol minéral.

OBS

Pluriel : des coupe-feux ou des coupe-feu.

OBS

coupe-feux (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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