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A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a standard staircase.
Various certifications exist for personnel in this organization. One major certification is referred to as "Department of Defense(DoD) Fire & Emergency Services Training." [1] [2] Firefighters must be Department of Defense Certified as Firefighter I, Firefighter II, HazMat Awareness and HazMat Operations, and Airport Firefighter. Additionally ...
One expert told USA TODAY that residents should start thinking about the destroyed neighborhoods in terms of the dangerous "burn pits" once used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan to dispose ...
The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter's pike pole. A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance ...
Even on the evening of July 22, 1998, when a large fire ripped through 8 Baltimore St. on Hanover's center square, it was the Gamewell box alarm system on the square that first alerted ...
In 1992, the school was moved finally to Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Texas and was named the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, where it still trains firefighters from every branch of the Armed Forces. [9] In the early days of the Air Force fire service, the Fire Chief was a civilian position only.
“There’s nothing the firefighters can do.” Within about 20 minutes, the fire had moved through the field and jumped the four-lane Lahaina Bypass, igniting homes on the other side.
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