| Tinkering in his blacksmith shop, he created a tool that's half ax, half mattock, and ideal for digging firebreaks. |
| Large firebreaks are being cut into the Park destroying habitat important to endangered and threatened species. |
| They opened firebreaks in lower areas, around 1,600m above sea level, to prevent the fire from spreading down the mountain. |
| Firefighters are now using bulldozers to build massive firebreaks around threatened mountain resorts. |
| These crops offer protection against erosion and desertification and play the role of firebreaks. |
| But a driving east wind fanned the flames across firebreaks, and, despite the efforts of ward and parish officials and the lord mayor, they soon became uncontrollable. |
