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Controlled burn
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Technique to reduce potential fuel for wildfire through managed burning
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A controlled burn or prescribed burn (Rx burn) is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape. The purpose could be for forest management, ecological restoration, land clearing or wildfire fuel management. Controlled burns may also be referred to as hazard reduction...

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method
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Disaster risk reduction
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Wildfire
Forest fire
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