(NEWS NATION), LA- Wildfire containment refers to the establishment of control lines around a fire to prevent its spread or the progress of which, fire is control with the use of barriers better known as Control Lines. The LA area has burned over 29,000 acres which compelled the evacuation of over 180,000 people.
Wildfire containment
Barriers could be natural or artificial, some natural elements can serve as a pre- existing barriers, while firefighters can create control lines in various methods, like making use of tools to remove vegetation from the soil, so that the fire has nothing to absorb in.
Wildfire containment functions ( Barriers)
This is quantified as a percentage, indicating how much of the fire’s perimeter is secured. For example, if a fire is 30% contained, control lines have been established around 30% of its perimeter. Containment does not mean the fire is extinguished; it may still burn within those lines. Once a fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it by extinguishing any remaining hot spots and ensuring the control lines can withstand future conditions. Just because a fire is considered 100% contained, doesn’t mean, it has quench, rather, it’s having enough barriers in place to completely circulate and keep it from spreading.
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