Across
- 5. Australia's worst bush fire
- 7. fire fighting vehicle equipped with a water tank & hose
- 9. a person who checks & reports on conditions in the fire area
- 10. any material such as grass, leaf ltter & vegetation which can be ignited & sustain a fire
- 11. prolonged absence of rain
- 12. illness caused by the body overheating
- 13. natural cause of bush fire
- 14. an area incorporating all living & non living components domainated by trees
Down
- 1. person who deliberately sets fires
- 2. rapid oxidation of fuels said to produce heat & often light
- 3. all activities taken in adavance to decrease the impact or se]verity of the incident
- 4. when it is considered no further patrols or action is necessary
- 5. a fire started intentionally along the inner edge of a fireline during indirect operations to consume available fuel
- 6. glowing particles cast from a fire
- 8. a small clump of trees that ignites & flares up
- 10. person who tries to extinguish fires
- 15. repeat burning of an area to which a burning has passed but left fuel that later ignites