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Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.
153rd Squadron: No semos naide [sic] – We ain't nobody (The Spanish version has intentional orthography mistakes) [15] Maintenance Squadron: Todo es posible – Everything is possible [ 15 ] 31st Wing ( airlift and aerial refueling wing): Lo que sea, donde sea, y cuando sea – Whatever, wherever and whenever [ 18 ]
Catalan firefighters cutting down a tree to prevent fires near L'Escala in 2010. According to the Law 9/2010, the Firefighters of Catalonia have the following tasks: [9] Fire extinguishing while trying to minimise damage, both personal and material. Develop prevention activities to avoid fires and accidents.
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He originally went to rookie school at Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa, only about 30 miles from Gordo, and he spent most of his firefighting career at the Saraland Fire Department.
The firefighter school was merged into the agency in 1947. [5] [6] In July 1948, Texas A.& M. College formed The Texas A&M University System, incorporating seven related agencies, including the Industrial Extension Service which was renamed to the Texas Engineering Extension Service.
Pacheco was one of five Hispanic people hired, alongside 28 white firefighters and 18 Black firefighters, he said. In 1992, he started work at fire station 14 of the department’s 18 stations ...
Ponce's Parque de Bombas was Puerto Rico's first firehouse and today is a firefighting museum. Puerto Rico firefighters have their origins in the southern town of Ponce. In 1823, Spanish Governor Miguel De La Torre, became deeply concerned by a large fire that occurred in Ponce, on February 27, 1820. This fire almost destroyed the town.