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Diagram created by en:User:Aude, based on diagram in: Kennedy Center: Stronger Oversight of Fire Safety Issues, Construction Projects, and Financial Management Needed, GAO Report to Congress, April 2005 : Date: 10 April 2007 (original upload date) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author
A fire hydrant, fireplug, [1] firecock (archaic), [2] hydrant riser or Johnny Pump [3] [better source needed] is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It is a component of active fire protection .
1869 Birdsill Holly fire-hydrant. Birdsill Holly Jr. (November 8, 1820 – April 27, 1894) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor of water hydraulics devices. He is known for inventing mechanical devices that improved city water systems and patented an improved fire hydrant that is similar to those used currently for firefighting.
External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...
The K11 is being upgraded to reduce the shock generated in firing the 5.56 mm rounds by as much as 40 percent, and similar technology is under review to decrease the shock of launching 20 mm shells. This will likely strengthen the ammunition power of the rifle make it easier to use, while also reducing the weight of the 6.1 kg (13 lb) weapon by ...
Howard Leslie Brennan (March 20, 1919 – December 22, 1983) [2] was an American memoirist and steamfitter who was witness to the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
A terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Wednesday because of an escalator fire, officials said. The fire at JFK's Terminal 8 was reported at around 7 a ...
A water tender operated by the United States Air Force Fire Protection. A water tender, sometimes known as a water tanker, is a type of firefighting apparatus that specializes in the transport of water from a water source to a fire scene. [1] Water tenders are capable of drafting water from a stream, lake or hydrant.