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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 design by Hero of Alexandria in the first century BC.
The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list: Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general. Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by their firefighting. Noteworthy attention is given to firefighting activities.
Fireman Sam (Welsh: Sam Tân) is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy).
Firefighter Dave takes a visit to the Ontario, California Fire Department to see what it takes to be a real firefighter and how fire trucks work. It also features footage of the Ontario International Airport Fire Department in action. We look inside of a fire truck and learn about all of the different equipment and gear the firefighters use.
Cait Leavey, 33, is an AmeriCorps alum and the daughter of Lt. Joseph Leavey, a member of the New York City fire department who died while responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Firefighter Ellie Phillips is a firefighter in Pontypandy. She is the second female firefighter after Penny. Ellie is the main leader of the Pontypandy Junior Fire Cadets and is a keen athlete and will stop at nothing to accomplish a task. [13] She was first introduced alongside Arnold McKinley in the feature-length special Heroes of the Storm.
Data from Cal Fire shows the blaze exploded within hours to more than 45,500 acres, and within three days, it had spread to more than 353,000 acres, ranking it within the top 10 largest wildfires ...
The firefighters’ concerns over resources, it seems, weren’t off the mark. A CNN analysis of the most recent data available from the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows ...