Backfire definition

Backfire means a burn ignition technique where an auxiliary fire is ignited at the downwind side of a burn area and intended to burn into the wind towards the fuel source.
Backfire means the use of fire in the context of wildland fire fighting , consisting of the ignition of a fire along a support zone, in front of a fire front in order to cause interaction of the two fire fronts and to change its direction of propagation or to cause its extinction;

Examples of Backfire in a sentence

  • For Negligence In The Course Of A Controlled Burn, Backfire, Etc.

  • Always retain a residual extinguishing agent 🡪 Backfire !I! In the case of powder extinguishers, calculate the visual inhibiting effect of the powder cloud.

  • In particular, they have developed the SS-20 missile, which offers significant improvements over previous systems in providing greater accuracy, more mobility, and greater range, as well as having multiple warheads, and the Backfire bomber, which has a much better performance than other Soviet aircraft deployed hitherto in a theatre rôle.

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