Sentences with phrase «controlled fire line»

«Hotshots,» the film explains upfront, are an elite group of forest firefighters who are specially trained and certified to go into on - fire areas and establish a controlled fire line that the approaching inferno can not cross.

Not exact matches

Adani Group, controlled by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the impact of coal - fired power on climate change.
These lines are a tight counterpoint in which a big theme is condensed: life's affirmative fire is only to be redeemed from self - incineration when it is met by, controlled, and purified by the God who is a consuming fire, in his concreteness of love in Christ («I come to bring fire upon the earth») and mediated by the Spirit,
He goes into a home World Cup qualifier, lines his team up in a formation and lineup that his team didn't practice, loses that game, then loses the second game, gets fired, and when his successor can't dig out of the hole he dug them into, he has the nerve to act like everything was under control!?!?
Similar to the wrongful death lawsuit Walker's daughter Meadow filed against the car company, Walker's father states that the missing features include a stability control system, side - door reinforcements and a breakaway fuel line that could have stopped the car from catching on fire after it hit three trees.
Even before it was brought under control, the fire had razed down over 20 wooden structures at Dagomba Line, a base in Kumasi.
A person familiar with Crist's firing said Meyer's supporters were concerned that Crist, who has been a powerful figure in county politics for many years, would use his connections to get the Independence and Conservative lines for McLaughlin, who controlled those voting lines in his Assembly position.
Clegg was in the firing line after his party lost more than 300 council seats and ceded control of two key councils — Kingston - upon - Thames (to the Conservatives) and Portsmouth.
A wounded Labour party, some of whom can see the benefits of withdrawing from the firing line for a while, or the Conservatives - who had a good election, but didn't win overall control.
By contrast, the very fine character actor Catherine Keener is excellent as his no - nonsense partner: she's every inch the believable special agent, controlled, efficient, dedicated, human but highly disciplined (as was, come to think of it, Clint Eastwood in the far superior Secret Service drama «In the Line of Fire»).
A line of switches reaches across the top of the dash: battery, trans cooler, a well - protected button for the fire system, and the toggles controlling strobes on the corners of the car and the Whelen lightbar overhead.
Advanced Parking Guidance (APG), Fire Extinguisher, Tyre Pressure Monitoring, Reversing Camera, Comfort Front Headrests, Parktronic (PTS), Designo Alcantara Roof Lining, Walnut Wood Trim, Ambient Lighting, Exclusive Aniline Leather, Folding Rear Working Table / Passenger Seat Upgrade, Electric Panoramic Glass Sunroof, Designo Metallic Paint, Keyless - Go, Heated Rear Seats, Folding Rear Working Table - Drivers Seat, Wood & Leather Trimmed Steering Wheel, Sunblind for Rear Side Windows, Rear Seat Entertainment (2 Screens and DVD Drive), Memory for Rear Seats, Exclusive Passion Leather Upholstery, Distronic Plus - Radar Assisted Cruise Control, 2nd Fixed Handset in Rear Armrest, Siemens Mobile Hands Free Facility and Ariel, Luxury Automatic Climate Control - Rear, Electric Rear Roller Blind, Distronic Plus Radar Assisted Cruise Control (L), TV Tuner - Digital and Analogue Reception, Electric Rear Seats, Linguatronic - Voice Activation, Electric Rear Individual Seats, Folding Rear Working Table - Passenger Seat, Central Door Locking - Remote, Deadlocks, Immobiliser, Alarm, Anti-Lock Brakes, Power - Assisted Steering, Front Fog Lights, Head Restraints - Front / Rear, Electronic Stability Programme, Traction Control System, Air Bag Driver, Air Bag Passenger, Air Bag Side - Front Side / Front & Rear Curtain, Centre Rear Seat Belt, Seat - ISOFIX Anchorage Point, Third Brake Light, Tyre Pressure Control, Seat Belt Pre-Tensioners - Front / Rear, Parking Aid - Front / Rear, Electronic Brake Force Distribution, Exterior Lighting - Xenon Headlights, Cruise Control, Computer - Driver Information System, Adjustable Steering Column / Wheel - Electric Rake / Reach, Satellite Navigation, Electric Windows - Front / Rear, In Car Entertainment - Radio / CD / MP3 / DVD, Mirrors Internal - Automatic Dipping Rear View, Armrest - Front / Rear, Seats Electric - Driver / Passenger, Seat Lumbar Support - Driver / Passenger Electric, Steering Wheel Mounted Controls - Audio / Cruise Control / Telephone, Seating Capacity - Five Seats, Power Socket - Front / Rear, Upholstery Leather, Climate Control, Adjustable Steering Column / Wheel - Memory Rake / Reach, Cup Holder, Tinted Glass, Steering Wheel Leather, Mirrors Internal - Automatic Dimming Rear View, Seats Heated - Driver / Passenger / Rear, Seat Height Adjustment - Driver / Passenger, External Temperature Display, Load Anchorage Points, Rain Sensor, Trip Computer, Seats Electric - Memory Driver / Passenger, Body Coloured Bumpers, Side Protection Mouldings, Mirrors Exter
The exhaust note was custom - engineered using an electronically controlled exhaust valve; the first time a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat was fired up on the assembly line in Ontario, workers came running to investigate.
Kindle Free Time, Amazon's parental control software built into its line of Kindle Fire devices, is being upgraded ahead of the holidays with additional educational features that will help the tablet
The Kindle Fire comes with a solid set of reading tools that offers very good controls for changing font type and size, line spacing, margins and what Kindle calls color mode — three selections that let you change whether you want dark characters against a light background or light characters against a dark background, and the contrast level.
Since the Kindle Fire HD is a consumption - based media tablet, it's only natural to assume that something along the line of the Microsoft Kinect's voice controls could be in the works as well.
◊ Through no fault of ours, you do not have available funds to complete the transfer; ◊ The transfer goes over the credit limit on your overdraft line; ◊ The terminal or system you are using is not working properly; or ◊ Circumstances beyond our control (such as a flood or fire) prevent the transfer despite reasonable precautions we have taken.
Such events are likely to include (whether actual or threatened) war, riot, civil strife, terrorist activity, industrial dispute, natural or nuclear disaster, adverse weather conditions, fire, epidemic, closure of rail lines, stations, airports or airspace and all similar events outside our or our suppliers» control.
Battlefield might be one of the only console shooters to accurately factor bullet drop into its multiplayer design, though that hasn't stopped swathes of players from taking masterful control of fields of fire and lines of sight that seem to exist across nearly every available space.
3 might be a little high... but I have respected the madden line for years.Horrible announcing, even worse franchise mode (no fantasy draft... who's decision was it to leave that out... they should fire them right now), terrible controls..
When you finally find a match, competing with real people is far more challenging since it offers a break from the tendency computer controlled enemies have of rushing into your line of fire when they've grown tired of their protective and frequently glitchy cover.
Tearing around the map while trying to avoid enemy fire is great fun, and the way the vehicle control has been changed from previous Battlefield games to be more in line with straight up driving games is a good idea, and will help people get into things more easily.
«Burning came about from my exploration of lines» she has said, «I could feel the power of nature in using fire, but also a different sense of control
if we deregulate industry (if you deregulate one then you will have to deregulate them all) then the waste collection business up the road will dispose of their sludge down the gutters into the storm water drains, the coffee business in the next row will not replace their odour filters and the whole area will reak of burnt coffee all day, the tyre business around the corner will dump their tyres in the nearby bushland, some of the hardup businesses in the area will hookup to the power lines with with uncontrolled connections and we will start to get brown outs at various times in the day, The lead and tin foundry a block away won't bother controlling the lead oxide spewing out of their chimney stack, nearby housing developments will all use open fires in winter to save on energy costs and start hacking trees out of the world heritage national park here.
In many of their territories, Afro - Colombians have found themselves literally in the line of fire between government forces and armed actors operating outside the law who are in dispute over territory, agricultural and mineral profits and control of illicit crops.
Time series of total water storage (color in upper panels), fire season length (lines in upper and bottom panels), and total vegetation carbon (color in bottom panels) averaged over the Northern US and Southern US / Mexico regions in the pre-industrial control simulation.
There are fantastic potential developments in drone use, such as crime prevention, fire detection and control, search and rescue, scientific research, inspection of industrial structures (oil rigs, power plants, pylons and power lines), media and journalism and creative and artistic projects.
Marc Whitten, vice president, Amazon Fire TV said, «Fire TV Edition offers access to a great selection of streaming and over-the-air TV and movies, Alexa for easy voice search and content control, and the many other features and experiences customers have come to expect from the best - selling line of Amazon Fire TV products.»
Sure, Amazon has already made it possible to control the current line of Fire TV models using an external Alexa - enabled device (like the Echo Dot), but this one will have Alexa built right in - blue LED light bar, mute button, far - field microphones and all - so no additional external device will be necessary.
Moves dirt, chop brush, and falls small trees to build fire line using various hand tools, control spreading wild land fires or prepare line prior to controlled burning.
After men take themselves out of the direct line of fire, Crazy often uses the children to continue to control and abuse them by proxy.
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