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2. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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   (Attack line) A use classification of a fire fighting hose connected to output of a pump or other pressure source (e.g., gravity). Fire hose used to apply water or other fire fighting agent directly to a fire or burning substance. Typically of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) diameter or less in the United States. Historically 1.5 inch hose was the ...

3. Life net - Wikipedia

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   Life-net used in Ringtheater fire in Vienna December 8, 1881. On August 19, 1902, the New York City Fire Department conducted its first real-life rescue with the Browder life net. During rescue operations at a tenement fire that killed five people, a baby was dropped from a fourth-floor fire escape into a life net, and survived uninjured. [5]

4. Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel - Wikipedia

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   Typically, wildland firefighting organizations will use large handcrews of 20 or more people who travel in vehicles to the fire incident. Although these crews can vary above or below 20 firefighters, they are generally called twenty-man crews. The designations of these crews in the U.S., defined in large portion by training, are as follows:

5. Firefighting apparatus - Wikipedia

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   This fire engine, used by the Toronto Fire Services, is an example of firefighting apparatus. A firefighting apparatus (North American English) [1] or firefighting appliance (UK English) [2] describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during firefighting operations. These vehicles are highly customized depending on their needs and ...

6. Fire shelter - Wikipedia

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   US federal government-issue fire shelters in the deployed state. A fire shelter is a safety device of last resort used by wildland firefighters when trapped by wildfires. While such a shelter cannot withstand sustained contact with flames, it can protect a firefighter's life in a short-lived grass fire.

7. Bill banning PFAS in firefighter gear passes House, on its ...

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   It would also completely sunset the use of intentionally-added PFAS in firefighter equipment by 2027. The bill received bipartisan support in the Senate, and appears on its way to Gov. Maura ...