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fire-ranging 
n. the office or occupation of a fire-ranger.
- 1899 Mr. White devised and applied the system of fire ranging which is now used for the preservation of Ontario's forests.
- 1911 (1914) Like so many other appointments . . . fire-ranging is a Government job, and if the Government changes Bury is likely to lose his post.
- 1923 The ruling spirit of the place--or perhaps dividing the honor with the fire-ranging justice of the peace and his wife--is Mrs. Sutherland at the Hudson's Bay Post.
- 1899 Mr. White devised and applied the system of fire ranging which is now used for the preservation of Ontario's forests.