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2. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Denver prop: A training prop designed after the actual dimensions of the confined area that claimed 16-year veteran fire fighter Mark Langvardt's life in 1992. Specifically, it is a 'hallway' 28" wide, 8' long with a window at one end that is 20" wide by 28" high and the sill is 42" from the floor.

3. Essentials of Fire Fighting - Wikipedia

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   The Essentials of Fire Fighting is the required training manual used in countless local fire departments and state/provincial training agencies in every region of the United States and Canada. Since the release of the first edition of this manual in 1978, more than 2.5 million copies of the Essentials of Fire Fighting have been distributed to ...

4. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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   A short piece of fire hose, usually 10 to 20 feet (6.1 m) long, of large diameter, greater than 2.5 inches (64 mm) and as large as 6 inches (150 mm), used to move water from a fire hydrant to the fire engine, when the fire apparatus is parked close to the hydrant. Solid stream A fire-fighting water stream emitted from a smooth-bore nozzle.

5. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue - Wikipedia

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   The complex, located at 405 Pike Road, includes multiple classrooms and conference rooms, a 6-story training tower, a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Class A burn building, an emergency vehicle driving course, an extrication training area, Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) props, a 10-acre lake for drafting training, and a field of various full-scale liquefied ...

6. Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   The training grounds are used by all fire departments, the Erie County haz-mat team, and Erie Airport fire/rescue. Props in the training grounds include a four-story non-burn training tower, a burn facility, a dumpster fire prop, a car fire prop, flammable gas prop, semi truck haz-mat prop, and roof prop.

7. Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel - Wikipedia

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   Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel is part of the science of fire fighting focusing on the use of specialized equipment, training and tactics to effectively control, surround and eventually extinguish a natural cover fire. There are several specially designed tools that through their function and user training, perform specialized ...