noun
General Slang
mop-up
· noun · firefighter
The boring, miserable work of making sure the fire actually stays out.
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The final phase of a wildland fire: walking the cooled black inside the containment line, digging up smoldering stumps and root systems, stirring ash piles, and drowning every last hot spot so nothing creeps back across the line and restarts the fire. Days of cold, wet, sooty work with a piss-pump and a hand tool — no glory, all grind. The structural equivalent is called "overhaul."
“Crew's been on mop-up for three days — they're pulling stumps a hundred feet inside the line and still finding heat.”
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mop-up In A Sentence
Crew's been on mop-up for three days — they're pulling stumps a hundred feet inside the line and still finding heat.
Origin & Usage
US wildland firefighting terminology, in the NWCG glossary; from the general English sense of "mop up" meaning to finish off remaining work.
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