Wildfire suppression

thumb|Red fire retardant dispersed aerially onto brush adjoining a firebreak during the [[Tumbleweed Fire in California, in July 2021; while vegetation to the left of the firebreak has completely burned, everything to its right was protected]] thumb|A firebreak on the Setúbal Peninsula in Portugal A firebreak or double track (also called a fire line, fuel break, fireroad and firetrail in Australia) is a nonflammable gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire. A firebreak may occur naturally where there is an abs

use of aircraft to combat wildfires

building to house a person who watches for wildfires

substance dispersed onto a fire to slow or stop it

scientific discipline concerned with natural processes involving fire in an ecosystem and the ecological effects

thumb|Fully outfitted smokejumpers boarding a Short C-23 Sherpa aircraft in [[Missoula, Montana, en route to a fire in the Idaho panhandle, July 1994]]

firefighting tactics used to suppress wildfires

thumb|right| Limbing a pine tree with a manual pruning saw

elite handcrew of 20-22 wildland firefighters

person responsible for spotting fires from a fire lookout tower

estimation of the risk of wildfire

estimation of the risk of wildfire