Patrol 1 : (1) To inspect a section of a control line or portion of the fire perimeter to prevent escape of the fire. (2) To travel a given route to inspect, prevent, detect, and suppress fires
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), Glossary of Forest Fire Management Terms, Manitoba, Canada 2003. http://bcwildfire.ca/mediaroom/Backgrounders/2003_ Fire_Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Canad) {474}