Firebreak definition

Firebreak means a natural or constructed strip of land where vegetation has been removed or modified to contain or to reduce the spread and intensity of any fire that may occur in or enter a premises, and may consist of one or more of the following:

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Firebreak means ground from which all flammable material has been removed and on which no flammable material is permitted during the firebreak period.

Firebreak means any strip of land, whether under trees or not, which has been cleared of inflammable matter to prevent the spread of fire, and which is not less than thirty feet (measured from the boundary of the land upon which a railway is constructed) in width, or of such other dimensions or sited at such places as may have been agreed upon between the Managing Director and the owner or occupier of the land contiguous to any land occupied by the Corporation on which a railway is constructed;

Examples of Firebreak in a sentence

Practice Standard# PRACTICE NAME EXCLUDED ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS PRACTICE DESCRIPTION 394 Firebreak When installation is limited to within existing plowzone soils.
The Firebreak Lot Security may be released for each Firebreak Lot upon issuance by the Town of a Firebreak Lot Certificate as referenced in Subsection 9.4.3.
If the Lots on the Plan are less than 12 metres in width due to the approval by the Town of townhomes, link homes, or semi-detached homes, or otherwise, a double foundation must be used as the Firebreak so that two units combined are designated as one Firebreak and capped as set out above.
The Developer shall post Firebreak Lot Security in the amount of $1,000.00 per Firebreak Lot, as set out in Schedule “E”.
Within existing or previously tilled cropland and excavations are less than 12” deep 394 Firebreak A strip of bare land or fire-retarding vegetation.

More Definitions of Firebreak

Firebreak means a strip of land that has been cleared of all trees, bushes, grasses and any other object or thing or flammable vegetation material to a trafficable surface leaving clear bare mineral earth. This includes the trimming back and removal of all overhanging trees, bushes, shrubs and any other object or thing over the vertical clearance of the fire break area. Firebreaks constructed on road verges do not constitute a legal firebreak.

Firebreak means a strip of land that has been cleared of all trees, bushes, grasses and any other object or thing or flammable vegetation material leaving clear bare mineral earth. This includes the trimming back of all overhanging trees, bushes, shrubs and any other object or thing over the fire break area.

Firebreak means an adequate cleared area that is not vegetated to prevent the spread of fire between vegetated areas.

Firebreak means an accessible, clear space that is:

Firebreak means an area of ground, of a specified width that is kept and maintained ‘reasonably’ clear of all material (living or dead) by scarifying, cultivating, ploughing or other means, and includes the pruning and removal of any living or dead trees, scrub or other material that overhang the cleared firebreak area to a vertical height of 4.5 metres from the ground.

Firebreak means ground from which all flammable material has been removed to a height of 4 metres and on which no flammable material is permitted;

Firebreak means a strip of land not less than thirty feet on either side of a boundary, whether under trees or not, which has been cleared of inflammable matter to prevent the spread of fire;