Bushfires

3. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
5. An unplanned fire in bush.
8. Capable of being ignited and of burning with a flame.
9. Any material such as grass, leaf litter, twigs, bark, logs, even live vegetation, that can be ignited and sustain a fire.
11. Any employee, volunteer or agent of any fire agency who occupies, or is designated, to undertake a role for the purpose of fire suppression.
12. The beginning of flame production or smouldering combustion; the starting of a fire.

1. General term for all types of forest, woodland and scrub areas.
2. A fire deliberately lit to remove the fuel in front of an advancing bushfire so that the advancing fire will have reduced levels of fuel and will therefore be more easily controlled.
4. A flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting.
6. A visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.
7. The temporary relocation of persons from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas to safe areas.
10. A natural cause of a bushfire.