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Record 1 1998-03-17

English

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

Igniting, throughout an area to be broadcast burned or backfired, a number of individual fires either simultaneously or in quick succession, and so spaced that they soon influence and support each other to produce a fast, hot spread of fire throughout the area.

French

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

Technique consistant à allumer simultanément ou en succession rapide une série de foyers assez rapprochés les uns des autres pour qu'ils s'activent mutuellement et couvrent rapidement d'un feu intense une large zone déterminée.

Spanish

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