Definition of Ground Fire (or Surface Fire) in Fire and fuels management: Fire and fuels management: Definitions, Ambiguous Terminology and References by The U.S. National Park Service

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Fire burning on the ground or through the understory and not reaching into the canopy (SKCMP). A slow-burning, smoldering fire in ground fuels (Scott and Reinhardt, 2001). Contrast with surface fire surface fire.