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2. Fire lookout - Wikipedia

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   A fire lookout (sometimes also called a fire watcher) is a person assigned the duty to look for fire from atop a building known as a fire lookout tower. These towers are used in remote areas, normally on mountain tops with high elevation and a good view of the surrounding terrain , to spot smoke caused by a wildfire .

3. Picket (military) - Wikipedia

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   Picket now refers to a unit (either naval or army) maintaining a watch. This may mean a watch for the enemy, [4] or other types of watch e.g. fire picket. This can be likened to the art of sentry keeping. [5] A staggered picket consists of, for example, two soldiers where one soldier is relieved at a time. This is so that on any given picket ...

4. Fast Fire Watch Guards: Protecting Lives and Businesses ... - AOL

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   In order to avoid fines and having to shut down, property owners must comply with specific safety regulations. This is especially true when fire protection is involved. Fast Fire Watch Guards is a ...

5. Los Angeles Police Department resources - Wikipedia

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   The watch commander is a usually a lieutenant I at a geographic division. Their radio code always ends in Lincoln-10 (e.g., the watch commander at division 6 or Hollywood Area station is always 6-L-10). The watch commander is responsible for the geographic area (e.g. "Southwest Area") and reports to the area patrol captain I. Staff Unit ...

6. Ten Standard Firefighting Orders - Wikipedia

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   The Ten Standard Orders were later supplemented by 18 Situations That Shout Watch Out, or the 18 Watchout Situations. [1] While the original orders were designed to be implemented in an order of importance, the order was changed in the 1980s to remove this priority of orders and create an easy to remember list with each order beginning with an ...

7. Watch: Palisades Fire in Los Angeles explodes as people flee ...

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   A helicopter flies over homes threatened by the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, January 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and ...

8. Their bikes are fire engine red: Providence's firefighters on ...

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   After a debut run last year, the Fire Department has expanded the bicycle patrol this year. The patrols are improving response times in two distinct areas of the city that tend to generate lots of ...

9. Watchman (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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   An early reference to a watch can be found in the Bible where the Prophet Ezekiel states that it was the duty of the watch to blow the horn and sound the alarm. (Ezekiel 33:1-6) (Ezekiel 33:1-6) The Roman Empire made use of the Praetorian Guard and the Vigiles , literally the watch.