Strip-head firing

With strip-head firing, lines of fire are set perpendicular to the slope or wind and parallel to the fire line creating a combination of head fires.

• Purpose
  • A commonly used technique often used in conjunction with other techniques
  • Used to adjust heat intensities and to quickly establish control lines
• Advantages
  • Fast
  • Versatile with good control of fire behavior
  • Can be simple and safe
  • Adaptable to understory burns
  • Most adaptable to shifting winds, changing topography or fuels or unforeseen fire behavior
  • Can adjust strips easily to affect fire intensity: narrow strips = less intensity, wider strips = higher intensity
• Disadvantages
  • Requires access to most of the burn unit
  • May require more personnel