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  2. List of comparative firefighting ranks - Wikipedia

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    The rank of an officer in an American fire department is most commonly denoted by a number of speaking trumpets, a reference to a megaphone-like device used in the early days of the fire service, although typically called "bugle" in today's parlance. Ranks proceed from one (lieutenant) to five (fire chief) bugles.

  3. Firefighter's helmet - Wikipedia

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    It is also quite common to use helmet markings for different possible functions like medic or SCBA. [14] While identification markings according to the rank on the helmet are permanent, officers and sub-officers usually wear coloured vests over their bunker-gear in order to indicate their currently carried leading-position.

  4. Station officer - Wikipedia

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    The rank badge is two impellers; they also wear a white helmet with a half-inch black band around it. From 2006 most UK fire and rescue services changed from a rank-based system to a role-based system. This change meant the traditional rank titles were replaced with role-based titles for the duty performed.

  5. Senior station officer - Wikipedia

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    At most Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) stations with multiple appliances, an SSO is assigned as the officer-in-charge of the "A" pumper on each shift. [1] SSOs wear a silver helmet, and their insignia is two impellers. The rank was inherited from the former Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and from former paid staff ranks at the Country Fire Authority.

  6. Russian State Fire Service - Wikipedia

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    The State Fire Service's 220,000 personnel operate out of 13,600 buildings and structures, including 4000 plus fire stations containing 18,634 fire apparatus and 49 fireboats. [ 1 ] State Fire Service divisions participate in over two million operations a year, rescue over 90,000 lives, save property evaluated as high as 120 billion rubles .

  7. Category:Firefighter ranks - Wikipedia

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  8. Crew commander - Wikipedia

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    The UK Fire Service is phasing out "ranks" in favour of "roles [as of?]" and therefore technically speaking a "crew commander" should not be referred to as a "rank" but a job role, or position within the Fire Service. The new 'role' came into general usage during 2006 - the equivalent rank was known as leading firefighter.

  9. Leading firefighter - Wikipedia

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    Leading firefighter (previously leading fireman and leading firewoman) is a rank in the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service, London Fire Brigade and the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service. It used to be in all British fire services, ranking between firefighter and sub-officer. [1] A leading firefighter was usually in charge of a single fire ...