fuel break
German translation: be careful with "firebreak"
| 11:32 Aug 15, 2000 |
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|  Selected response from: Dan McCrosky (X) Local time: 17:01 | |||
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| na | be careful with "firebreak" |
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Brandschneise Explanation: I know the term as fire break. It's a term we all are very familiar with in the western US, especially those of us who live in the urban interface areas and are acutely aware of wild fires, with this fire season being the worst in 50 years. Ernst gives Brandschneise for fire break. Around buildings it's Schutzbereich or Schutzzone (our FD refers to that as "defensible space", a zone of 30 ft. around the house that is kept free of brush, fire wood, etc.). HTH! |
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be careful with "firebreak" Explanation: As we can see from the following sites a "firebreak = "Brandschneise" is not exactly the same as a "fuel break". It may be necessary to add a modifier to show the difference. A "fire break" is a temporary swath cut through the grass, treed and underbrush to stop a particular fire. A "fuel break" probably looks similar but is permanent and maintained to protect perhaps a town or some buildings on a year-round basis. I believe the second part of UEL's answer discusses another name for fuel break. …"Around buildings it's Schutzbereich or Schutzzone (our FD refers to that as "defensible space", a zone of 30 ft. around the house that is kept free of brush, fire wood, etc.)."… Maybe we need something like "Dauerbrandschneise" or "permanente Brandschneise" or "Feuerschutzbereich" or Feuerschutzzone" to make it clear to German readers. http://www.qlg.org/pub/act_acp/million/millcrit.htm http://www.hanford.gov/polprev/conference/posters/jemez.htm http://www.reo.gov/reo/documents/lsrs/docs/270lsr.htm - HTH - Dan |
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