Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Operations
Working definition
A strip of ground from which fuels have been removed or disturbed by hand tools to create or strengthen a control line.
In plain language
A strip of ground from which fuels have been removed or disturbed by hand tools to create or strengthen a control line.
Why it matters
Handline is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.