Noun
fire break (plural fire breaks)
Alternative spelling of firebreak
Eager to avert another breakdown, Berejiklian barely spoke in what one colleague described as a "trainwreck" session, and agreed on a compromise of a 25 metre fire break for private land. Source: Internet
“The vineyards act as a fire break because they’re widely spaced and there’s just not much fuel for fires,” Dario Sattui, owner of Castello Di Amorosa Winery, said. Source: Internet
Before setting the head fire, they spent a couple hours lighting a back burn as a fire break. Source: Internet
Containment is when firefighters create and hold a fire break around the perimeter of a wildfire. Source: Internet
The storms could erase Saturday’s progress, when shifting winds allowed firefighters to construct a fire break that officials said would protect Santa Cruz and the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus from the C.Z.U. Lightning Complex. Source: Internet