fire trail

British  

noun

1. a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting

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fire trail

Each morning, she walks along a fire trail, dictating e-mails into her phone.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012

When one of the group injures his leg in a fall, there are mobile phones to summon a car along a fire trail.

From Time Magazine Archive

The forester, after telephoning to his office, followed Charley, and a moment later the two were spinning up the road toward the fire trail.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.

Thanks to the work of the forest rangers in clearing the fire trail, it looked as though the two boys would reach their goal before dark.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.

Quickly he selected two trees for supports, and climbing up first one and then the other, soon had his aerial dangling directly above the fire trail.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.