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"The truth is, if controlled muirburn had not been carried out in the area, creating firebreaks, it would have spread more extensively."

'The contract for maintenance of fire breaks is in its second year, from a total of 765 km firebreak network, a 668 km portion has been awarded for maintenance for the 2018/19 financial year.

Local government units, management bodies and communities must immediately look into firebreaks and education before more peaks join the conflagration.

If the site of the fire is surrounded with dry leaves such as in a forest, rake the leaves back so that the ground is bare around the site, thus creating a firebreak. A firebreak two to three feet wide usually works well.

Once you have the boundaries worked out and the firebreaks in place, it's time to begin gathering equipment and assembling your crew.

Teams will spend today working in the woodland areas near Gurnos, helping to cut away ferns and foliage in a three-metre band around footpaths to form natural firebreaks.

Reuters News Service reports the native conifers, among the earth's oldest plants, were being protected by firebreaks built by firefighters who said they would do whatever it takes to safeguard the ancient trees.

In some places, firefighters tried to make firebreaks. This meant dynamiting a group of buildings in the path of the fires, in the hope that the flames would die out in the rubble.

The Kuehl bill limits firebreaks around structures to 100 feet and only in select areas.

Light snow and cooler temperatures aided firefighters, who raced to bulldoze firebreaks around communities in the San Bernardino Mountains to prepare for hot, dry winds they expected within days.

They are being used to contain forest and grass blazes by munching away to help create firebreaks.

Moore Moran's Firebreaks won the National Poetry Book Award

As part of the acquisition, HVP also acquires 64,560 acres of non-plantation land, including firebreaks, roads and other non-forested areas of native vegetation.

Tinkering in his blacksmith shop, he created a tool that's half ax, half mattock, and ideal for digging firebreaks. Even today, the pulaski is a preferred fire-fighting tool.