Head Fire 6 : The leading part of an advancing wildfire at a particular point in time. The head fire will usually exhibit the highest level of fire activity and fire intensity of any part of the fire.
Dr. Robert Stacey (compilor), European Glossary of Wildfire Terminology (Covering areas of wildfire environment, fire behaviour, fuel, topography, weather, wildfire suppression operations, safety, incident command, tactics, cartography and map reading, equipment, aerial operations, wildfire preparation, prevention and recovery, prevention and detection, fire investigation and restoration), EUFOFINET (European Forest Fire Networks) Project, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, Northumberland UK 2012 (1st Ed.). http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/literature/EUFOFIN ET-Fire-Glossary.pdf, (For Fr - Brit) {808}