fire suppression

collocation in English

meaningsoffireandsuppression

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fire
noun
uk
/faɪər/us
/faɪr/
(material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might ...
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suppression
noun[U]
us
//uk
/-ˈpreʃ.ən/
the act of ending something ...
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(Definition offireandsuppressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffire suppression

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Species richness can therefore neither be optimized by frequent fires nor byfiresuppression.
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Yet totalfiresuppressionincreases both the stock of timber, and thus the stock of combustible litter, creating accidents waiting to happen.
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Afiresuppressionsystem is also provided.
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The challenge offiresuppressionwas left to local residents who would band together to fight fires without any formal organisation or authority.
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Fuel separation is an important factor in wildlandfiresuppression, and is the basis for most major tactics, such as controlled burns.
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Determining the values of correction factors labor development and maintenance offiresuppression; 4.
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Electric cooking avoids the cost of natural gas piping and in some jurisdictions may allow simpler ventilation andfiresuppressionequipment to be installed.
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All stations provide auto-extrication and are equipped with the latest gear for rescue andfiresuppression.
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Firesuppression, on the other hand, alters the natural patch dynamics, thus greatly reducing the number of mammals present.
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Experimentation with chloroalkanes forfiresuppressionon military aircraft began at least as early as the 1920s.
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Unlike traditionalfiresuppressionsystems that usually extinguish fire after it is detected, hypoxic air is able to prevent fires.
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He has also served as the president of afiresuppressioncompany, and most recently a general manager with an energy services company.
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Firesuppression, logging, road maintenance, and other forest disturbance, collection from the wild, and damage to pollinator populations can harm occurrences of the plant.
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It is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation by several forces, including limestone quarrying, recreational activity,firesuppression, and construction.
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Localfiresuppressionefforts were incapable of preventing the damage due to lack of fire personnel and old equipment.
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Since the cones of these trees require fire-touched soil to germinate, historicfiresuppressionhas reduced these trees' ability to reproduce.
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Threats to its existence include wildlandfiresuppressionand forest habitat destruction by human activity such as logging.
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Once trees are established,firesuppressionis practiced in the area.
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