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A fire fighter's turnout gear staged in front of a fire engine. As of 2014, there were 1,134,400 firefighters in the United States (not including firefighters who work for the state or federal governments or in private fire departments). Of these, 346,150 (31%) are career and 788,250 (69%) are volunteer.
Firefighting in South Africa (1 C, 1 P) Fire and rescue in South Korea (1 C, 3 P) Fire and rescue in Sri Lanka (1 P)
Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. [1] A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. [2] Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. [2][3] This involves structural firefighting and wildland firefighting. Specialized training includes aircraft ...
The Battle of San Juan de Ulúa was fought between English privateers and Spanish forces at San Juan de Ulúa (in modern Veracruz, Mexico). The English flotilla of six armed merchant ships under John Hawkins had been trading along the Spanish Main with the cooperation of local Spanish officials. However the central Spanish authorities ...
0–9. Calle 25 de Enero. 1941 Old Palace School bombing. 1949 Landes forest fire. 1995 New Zealand firefighter referendum.
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).
The Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster, commonly known as the Mexico disaster after the German barque, Mexico was wrecked on the evening of the 9th December 1886. In all, 27 lifeboat men lost their lives trying to save the crew of the ship. 14 of the 16 crew members aboard the Southport Lifeboat, Eliza Fernley, drowned along with all 13 ...
Firefighter from Warsaw wearing equipment for breathing in smoke ca. 1870. The history of organized firefighting began in ancient Rome while under the rule of the first Roman Emperor Augustus. [1] Prior to that, Ctesibius, a Greek citizen of Alexandria, developed the first fire pump in the third century BC, which was later improved upon in a ...