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Definition of Firebreaks
1. firebreak [n] - See also: firebreak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firebreaks
Literary usage of Firebreaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Each year bulldozers are used to construct approximately 130-160 km of firebreaks
in Alaska. This equipment is very effective and control lines can be ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forest Policy (1911)
"Classes of firebreaks. In general, firebreaks fall into three divisions: First,
... Isolating firebreaks take advantage of the difference in liability and ..."
3. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"Very often by clearing up and widening the course of a brook a veiy efficient
firebreak may be made which will supplement other firebreaks. ..."
4. Principles of American Forestry by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1903)
"firebreaks, in the shape of clean earth roads, ploughed strips, etc., are effective
against ordinary forest fires. Very often by clearing up and widening ..."
5. Pamphlets on Forestry in Minnesota (1909)
"To revert to the subject, the Forest Service officers urged that firebreaks,
constructed efficiently outside the rights-of-way, would not only protect the ..."
6. The National Forest Manual: Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture and by United States Forest Service (1912)
"Classes of firebreaks. In general, firebreaks fall into three divisions: First,
... Isolating firebreaks take advantage of the difference in liability and ..."
7. Statutes of the Province of Newfoundland by Newfoundland (1893)
"Side paths for the use of foot passengers shall be ten feet wide on all streets,
cross-streets, firebreaks, coves, roads and lanes sixty feet wide and ..."
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