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  2. Firefighter's Combat Challenge - Wikipedia

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    Hose Advance- Competitor releasing the nozzle to spray target once through the swinging doors. The fourth event is the hose advance. This simulates a firefighter running from a fire engine towards a close fire.

  3. Outline of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to firefighting: . Firefighting – act of extinguishing fires.A firefighter fights these fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment.

  4. Video shows National Guard plane drop fire retardant on ...

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    The components of long-term fire retardants are mainly salts – typically agricultural fertilizers – that "alter the way the fire burns, decreases the fire intensity, and slows the advance of ...

  5. File:Aerial video of Firefighting.webm - Wikipedia

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    -The main hazard is the heat column, usually in the same path as the smoke, avoid this column. entering the column will do thermal damage to the drone, and also distort the view. In this video, you see I approach the heat column near the beginning. Also, note within the video the fire creates a vertical vortex of smoke and fire.

  6. History of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, took her place with the men on the dragropes during the blizzard of 1818 and pulled the pumper to the fire through the deep snow. Fighting a fire in New York City, 1869 illustration. On 1 April 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio featured the first career fire department made up of 100% full-time employees.

  7. Two-in, two-out - Wikipedia

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    In firefighting, the policy of two-in, two-out refers to United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) policy 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(4)(i). [1] The respiratory protection standard requires that workers engaged in fighting interior structural fires work in a buddy system; at least two workers must enter the building together, so that they can monitor each other's whereabouts as ...

  8. Ventilation (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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    Ventilation is a part of structural firefighting tactics, and involves the expulsion of heat and smoke from a burning building, permitting the firefighters to more easily and safely find trapped individuals and attack the fire. It is frequently performed from the outside of a burning building while the fire is being extinguished on the inside.

  9. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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    In fire fighting, there are also people designated as fire wardens, also known as chief officers. Their duties vary, some may ensure evacuation of that part of the building for which they are responsible; others may be responsible for fire control in a particular area, direct a crew in the suppression of forest fires, or function as fire ...