Fire Suppression 1
Fire Suppression 1 : All activities concerned with controlling and extinguishing a fire following its detection. Syn: Fire Control. Note: Control a Fire. Methods of suppression are: Direct Attack: A method whereby the fire is attacked immediately adjacent to the burning fuel. Parallel Attack: A method whereby a fireguard is constructed as close to the fire as heat and flame permit, and burning out the fuel between the fire and the fireguard. Indirect Attack: A method whereby the control line is strategically located to take advantage of favourable terrain and natural breaks in advance of the fire perimeter and the intervening strip is usually burned out or backfired. Hot Spotting: A method to check the spread and intensity of a fire at those points that exhibit the mo st rapid spread or that otherwise pose some special threat to control of the situation. This is in contrast to systematically working all parts of the fire at the same time, or progressively, in a step-by-step manner. Cold Trailing: A method of determining whether or not a fire is still burning, involving careful inspection and feeling with the hand, or by use of a hand-held infrared scanner, to detect any heat source. Mop-up: The act of extinguishing a fire after it has been brought under control
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