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2. Water tender - Wikipedia

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   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 . This class of apparatus does not necessarily have enough pumping capacity to power large hose ...

3. Portable water tank - Wikipedia

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   A portable water tank is a temporary collapsible tank designed for the reserve storage of water in firefighting, emergency relief, and military applications. These tanks can be either supported or unsupported. The supported tanks have a steel or aluminum frame and range in size from 600 to 5,000 US gallons (500 to 4,160 imp gal; 2,300 to 18,900 ...

4. Wildland water tender - Wikipedia

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   A Type 2 Tactical water tender belonging to the United States Forest Service. A wildland water tender is a specialized vehicle capable of bringing water, foam, or dry chemicals to fire trucks in the field that are engaged on the fireline. Water tenders have a large truck mounted tank that carries a minimum 1,000 gallons and up to 4,000 gallons ...

5. Water cannon - Wikipedia

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   A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water. Typically, a water cannon can deliver a large volume of water, often over dozens of meters. They are used in firefighting, large vehicle washing, riot control, and mining. Most water cannons fall under the category of a fire monitor .

6. List of equipment of the Canadian Army - Wikipedia

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   To be replaced under the Logistics Vehicle Modernization program, the Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled (HSVW) fleets will be replaced with a new heavy truck and trailer with a 16.5 tonne cargo capacity, trailers for engineer construction equipment and to transport a main battle tank, modules for accommodation and specialized cargo (such as fuel ...

7. Aerial firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Buckets are usually filled by submerging or dipping them in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, or portable tanks. The most popular of the buckets is the flexible Bambi Bucket. Tanks can be filled on the ground (by water tenders or truck-mounted systems) or water can be siphoned from lakes, rivers, reservoirs, or a portable tank through a hanging snorkel.