wildfire season (vocabulary L1S2CC1)

Question 1

feu de forêt (x2)

Answer 1

wildfire / forest fire

Question 2

brasier / incendie

Answer 2

blaze

Question 3

s’enflammer / prendre feu

Answer 3

to ignite

Question 4

reprise soudaine d’un feu / flambée

Answer 4

flare-up

Question 5

partir en fumée

Answer 5

to go up in smoke

Question 6

être réduit en cendres / brûler complètement

Answer 6

to burn down

Question 7

détruire entièrement par le feu

Answer 7

to consume (a forest, a structure)

Question 8

se propager rapidement (x2)

Answer 8

to spread quickly / to escalate

Question 9

déclencher des évacuations

Answer 9

to trigger evacuations

Question 10

activité des incendies

Answer 10

fire activity

Question 11

être sujet à s’enflammer

Answer 11

to be prone to ignition

Question 12

anormalement chaud

Answer 12

unusually hot

Question 13

anomalie de température

Answer 13

temperature anomaly

Question 14

vague de chaleur

Answer 14

heat wave

Question 15

sécheresse historique

Answer 15

record drought

Question 16

niveau d’humidité

Answer 16

humidity levels

Question 17

conditions climatiques

Answer 17

climatic conditions

Question 18

combustible de bonne qualité
(ex : végétation sèche qui brûle bien)

Answer 18

high-quality fuels

Question 19

végétation dense

Answer 19

dense vegetation

Question 20

sous 1 000 metres d’altitudes

Answer 20

below 1,000 meters in altitude

Question 21

détruire des infrastructures

Answer 21

to destroy structures

Question 22

endommager

Answer 22

to damage (a house, a building, an area..)

Question 23

évacuations à grande échelle

Answer 23

mass evacuations

Question 24

fermeture temporaire

Answer 24

temporary closure

Question 25

pompiers

Answer 25

firefighters

Question 26

base de données

Answer 26

database

Question 27

efforts d’attaque initiale (1ere intervention des pompiers)

Answer 27

initial attack efforts

Question 28

contenir un incendie

Answer 28

to contain a fire

Question 29

secouristes / équipes d’intervention d’urgence

Answer 29

emergency responder

Question 30

équipe de gestion des incidents

Answer 30

incident management team

Question 31

risque d’incendie

Answer 31

fire risk

Question 32

conditions critiques pour les incendies

Answer 32

critical fire conditions

Question 33

se démarquer

Answer 33

stand out

Question 34

un événement particulièrement destructeur

Answer 34

a particularly destructive event

Question 35

anormalement humide

Answer 35

unusually wet

Question 36

aggravé par

Answer 36

worsened by

Question 37

incendie criminel (x2)

Answer 37

arson / deliberate fire

Question 38

combustible (x2)

Answer 38

fuel / flammable vegetation

Question 39

étouffer un incendie (x2)

Answer 39

to smother/suppress a fire

Question 40

facteurs aggravants (x2)

Answer 40

aggravating/exacerbating factors