Fireguard
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a strategically planned barrier, either manually or mechanicallyconstructed, intended to stop a fire or retard its rate of spread and from whichsuppression action is carried out to control a fire; the constructed portion of a controlline. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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