Preliminary phase of combustion where fuels ahead of an advancing fire are heated and dried. Fuel temperatures can be raised either by the advancing fire and/or by weather (i.e. solar radiation, aspect)
Dr. Robert Stacey (compilor), European Glossary of Wildfire Terminology (Covering areas of wildfire environment, fire behaviour, fuel, topography, weather, wildfire suppression operations, safety, incident command, tactics, cartography and map reading, equipment, aerial operations, wildfire preparation, prevention and recovery, prevention and detection, fire investigation and restoration), EUFOFINET (European Forest Fire Networks) Project, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, Northumberland UK 2012 (1st Ed.). http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/literature/EUFOFIN ET-Fire-Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Brit) {808}