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An Australian water tender can range from a standard but modified fire engine, with a larger-than-usual capacity and off-road capability for rural fire fighting and bushfire operations (commonly called a tanker or bushfire tanker), to a water tender equipped with specialty equipment such as fixed monitors and long-throw foam nozzles (usually ...
It is primarily used in rural areas where fire hydrants are not available. They are carried on water tenders and are deployed at the scene of a fire during a shuttle operation. A portable water tank is usually set up near or front of an attack engine, [1] or possibly next to a supply engine. [2]
Water drop: A forest fire fighting technique when an airplane (also called an "airtanker") or helicopter drops a supply of water or other fire suppressant onto an exposed fire from above. Water hammer : Large, damaging shock wave in a water supply system caused by shutting a valve quickly, or by permitting a vehicle to drive across an ...
A historical fire engine pumped by hand with the water supply held in a tub or cistern on the wagon, the water supply delivered by a bucket brigade. The similar terms hand pumper or hand engine may be a handtub or could have a suction hose drafting water from an external source rather than a tub, but still pumped manually. Hard suction hose
Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
A fire engine or fire truck (also spelled firetruck) is a vehicle, usually a specially-designed or modified truck, that functions as a firefighting apparatus. The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and water to an incident as well as carrying equipment for firefighting operations in a fire drill.
The Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District is asking voters in the 87-square mile district in south Marion County and north Linn County to pass a five-year operations levy to add personnel so it ...
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) is a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon.Established in 1989 with a merger between Washington County Fire District 1 and the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District, it primarily provides fire and emergency medical services in eastern Washington County, but also provides ...