The phrase "a controlled burn" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of fire management, referring to a fire that is intentionally set under controlled conditions to reduce fuel load and prevent larger wildfires.
Example: "The forest service conducted a controlled burn to manage the underbrush and minimize the risk of a catastrophic wildfire."
Alternatives: "prescribed fire" or "managed burn".
At the State Mine fire, planned back-burning - a controlled burn aimed at managing a fire - had been thwarted "by the forward spread of the main fire front," he said.
Among other things, they failed to fully evaluate the risks before giving the go-ahead for a "controlled burn" that quickly roared out of control, destroying more than 200 houses and apartment buildings and driving 25,000 people from the city.
In such areas, a period of rest from grazing (allowing grass to recover) followed by a controlled burn can be very effective at controlling woody vegetation and stimulating new grass production.
Eight years after a controlled burn, tree density was reduced by 64% inside the burn site relative to adjacent unburned areas.
Those feelings intensified a year ago when the pattern repeated itself near Los Alamos, N.M., after a controlled burn set by the Park Service got of out control and burned nearly 80 square miles and more than 400 housing units.
A mining company defied warnings from the authorities and went ahead with a controlled burn in Kakadu national park, which then got out of control, the Northern Territory fire service has said.
Which couldn't be a controlled burn because we had not been there to either light it or control it.
"They wanted a controlled burn," Mr. Norlander said.
There was a "controlled burn" in a small area last night.
The vehicle will take this waste into a controlled burn-up over the Pacific Ocean when it leaves the station sometime from June onwards.
"Obviously, "There is no such thing as a 'controlled burn,' " said an official of the Shoshone council, Ian Zabartecq, referring to a planned burn ignited by the National Park Service in May that blazed out of control, destroying more than 200 homes in Los Alamos, N.M.
