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Author(s):
Dale D. Wade
Year Published:

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Topic(s):
Fire Behavior
Fuels
Fuel Treatments & Effects
Prescribed Fire-use treatments

NRFSN number: 12400
FRAMES RCS number: 16439
Record updated:

The term 'backfire' refers to a commonly used method for prescribed burning in which the igniter sets a line of fire that slowly backs into the wind. This technique should not be confused with the colloquial use of the term 'backfire' for 'suppression fire,' which refers to any fire set ahead of a wildfire in an attempt to stop it.

Citation

Wade, Dale D. 2013. Backfire technique for prescribed burning. Joint Fire Science Program; Southern Fire Exchange Fact Sheet 2013-2. 5 p.

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