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Mitigate Wildfire Consequences through Better Response and Recovery Wildfires can burn for weeks despite manpower, water, foam and fire lines.
—Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
An engine crew, meanwhile, rolls to the fire line with a fire engine to pump water or fire-suppressing foam onto a blaze.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
In the Santa Ana Mountains, the Airport fire made no new advances Saturday night, holding under 24,000 acres and giving ground crews a chance to reach hard-to-access areas around Trabuco Canyon and establish fire lines.
—Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
The fire was still at 5% containment as of Thursday night, but firefighters planned to use bulldozers to construct fire lines on the backside of Robinson Ranch and behind Dove Canyon and Coto de Caza all the way to Ortega Highway, Concialdi said.
—Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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“Fire line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20line. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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