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Plow cutting a firebreak in advance of a forest fire, South Carolina
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Rocky Point Trail acted as a firebreak for a forest fire in McDonald Lake region of Glacier National Park, Montana, USA in summer 2003
A firebreak or fireroad is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that is expected to slow or stop the progress of a wildfire. A firebreak may be a road – from a jeep trail to a freeway – or a path of removed vegetation along a ridge that is intended for no other purpose.
Forested areas are often riddled with networks of firebreaks. For firebreaks to be effective they have to be backed up with other firefighting efforts. Even then it is sometimes not enough. During the worst of the fire season in southern California, Santa Ana winds will blow carpets of burning embers across eight-lane freeways without a pause. During the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park, smoking embers managed to cross the Lewis Canyon, a natural canyon up to a mile wide and 600 feet (180 m) deep.
The world's most expensive firebreak was created when the whole street of Van Ness was dynamited to stop the spread of fire resulting from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire ("gambut" in Indonesia), bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire
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Jeep
Division of Chrysler
Founded 1941
Headquarters Toledo, Ohio, USA
Industry Automobile
Products Sport Utility vehicles
Parent Chrysler Holding LLC
Website www.jeep.com
Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler.
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Division of Chrysler
Founded 1941
Headquarters Toledo, Ohio, USA
Industry Automobile
Products Sport Utility vehicles
Parent Chrysler Holding LLC
Website www.jeep.com
Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler.
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freeway — also known as a highway, superhighway, autoroute, autobahn, autopista, autovÃa, autostrada, dual carriageway, expressway, or motorway — is a type of road designed for safer high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade
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Santa Ana Winds may refer to:
1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope --
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1. Santa Ana wind, a local Southern California reference to Föhn winds, a meteorological phenomenon occurring as a layer of wind is forced over a mountain range -- drying the air -- which then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope --
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Location Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, U.S.
Coordinates
Area 2,219,789 acres (8,983 km²)[1]
Established March 1, 1872
Total visitation 2,870,295[2] (in 2006)
Governing body
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Coordinates
Area 2,219,789 acres (8,983 km²)[1]
Established March 1, 1872
Total visitation 2,870,295[2] (in 2006)
Governing body
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San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18 1906.[1] The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.
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