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  2. List of firefighting films - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile Fire Department (1903) Ladder 49 (2004) Life of an American Fireman (1903) Lifeline (1997, Hong Kong) London's Burning (television film and series, 1986) Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935) The Morning Alarm (1896) A Morning Alarm (1896, Edison Films) On Fire (1987) On Fire (1996, Hong Kong) One True Love (2000, Lifetime Movie) [1] Only the ...

  3. Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, a third lifeboat, from Lytham, reached Mexico. By that time, Mexico had settled on her beam ends, and the crew had lashed themselves to the rigging. The lifeboat, on her maiden rescue, [4] rowed for a mile and a half through the River Ribble, and then rowed to Mexico, rescuing all twelve members of the barque's crew. In the ...

  4. Lifeboat Monument, St Annes - Wikipedia

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    The Lifeboat Monument, St Annes, stands on South Promenade, St Annes, Fylde, Lancashire, England.It commemorates the death of 13 lifeboatmen from St Annes who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven into a sandbank in a gale in December 1886.

  5. Firefighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fire wardens inspected the houses and chimneys, fining for potential hazard. An eight-man team called a Rattle-Watch patrolled the streets at night. When a fire was detected, they shook wooden rattles to alert townspeople. In 1711 the concerned Americans formed the so-called mutual fire societies of approximately twenty members each.

  6. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Specialized training includes aircraft firefighting, shipboard firefighting, aerial firefighting, maritime firefighting, and proximity firefighting. Firefighting is a dangerous profession due to the toxic environment created by combustible materials , with major risks being smoke, oxygen deficiency , elevated temperatures, poisonous atmospheres ...

  7. File:Aerial video of Firefighting.webm - Wikipedia

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    -The main hazard is the heat column, usually in the same path as the smoke, avoid this column. entering the column will do thermal damage to the drone, and also distort the view. In this video, you see I approach the heat column near the beginning. Also, note within the video the fire creates a vertical vortex of smoke and fire.

  8. Category:Films about firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The Fire Alarm; The Fire Brigade; Fire Chief (film) The Fire Fighters (1930 film) Fire Serpent; Fire Squad (film) Fire with Fire (2012 film) Fire! (1901 film) Fire! (1977 film) Firefighter (film) Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M; Fireheart; Firehouse (1987 film) Firehouse (1997 film) Firehouse Dog; Firehouse Frenzy; Fireman Sam: The Great ...

  9. Geography of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The Andorran Fire Brigade, with headquarters at Santa Coloma, operates from four modern fire stations, and has a staff of around 120 firefighters.The service is equipped with 24 fire service vehicles: 16 heavy appliances (fire tenders, turntable ladders, and specialist four-wheel drive vehicles), four light support vehicles (cars and vans), and four ambulances. [1]