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Driptorch

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blowtorchnounA tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
controlled burnnounA wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.
flame tankA flame tank is a type of tank equipped with a flamethrower, most commonly used to supplement combined arms attacks against fortifications, confined spaces, or other obstacles.
forestry mulchinga land clearing method that uses a single machine to cut, grind, and clear vegetation.
compressed air foam systemA compressed air foam system is used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam for the purpose of extinguishing a fire or protecting unburned areas.
firefightingnounThe extinguishing of a fire.
gas flareA gas flare, alternatively known as a flare stack, flare boom, ground flare, or flare pit, is a gas combustion device used in places such as petroleum refineries, chemical plants and natural gas processing plants, oil or gas extraction sites having oil wells, gas wells, offshore oil and gas rigs and landfills.
fire trailnounAlternative form of firetrail. [(Australia) Synonym of firebreak (“area cleared of flammable material to prevent fire from spreading”).]
fire hosenounA hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.
fire controlthe practice of reducing the heat output of a fire, reducing the area over which the fire exists, or suppressing or extinguishing the fire by depriving it of fuel, oxygen, or heat (see fire triangle).
propane torchA propane torch is a tool normally used for the application of flame or heat which uses propane, a hydrocarbon gas, for its fuel and ambient air as its combustion medium.
butane torchA butane torch is a tool which creates an intensely hot flame using a fuel mixture of LPGs typically including some percentage of butane, a flammable gas.
embernounA piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
fire whirlnounA whirling column of fire found in large fiery areas such as wildfires.
fire ecologya scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems.
drenchernounA fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.
plasma torchA plasma torch (also known as a plasma arc, plasma gun, plasma cutter, or plasmatron) is a device for generating a directed flow of plasma.
firenoun(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
fire suppression systemFire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring.
fire protection engineeringthe application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.

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