Contain a Fire 5 : To take suppression action, as needed, which can be reasonably be expected to check the fire's spread under prevailing conditions. (Obsolete terminology)
US Forest Service, Glossary of Fire Behavior & Fire Weather Terms, Washington, D.C., USA 2010. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/fire_glossary.htm, (For Fr - Amer) {505}
