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FIRE ROAD [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
  • Fire Prevention
OBS

In intensively managed areas, roads and other means of access constructed for other purposes provide most of the access needed in fire control activities .... As use and development created a skeleton system of roads, critical needs for fire control shifted to the supplemental roads needed to enable fast attack to be more uniform in the protected area.

Key term(s)
  • fire control road

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
  • Prévention des incendies
CONT

[...] les Cévennes forment un réseau important de crêtes (serres) favorables à l'implantation de chemins forestiers de défense, aptes à constituer un premier élément de pare-feu et éventuellement une base efficace de contre-feu [...]

Key term(s)
  • chemin forestier de défense contre l'incendie
  • piste pare-feu
  • chemin pare-feu

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio de la vegetación
  • Prevención de incendios
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