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2. Donald's Fire Survival Plan - Wikipedia

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   Donald's Fire Survival Plan is an 11-minute Donald Duck educational cartoon released on May 5, 1966. [1] The film was directed by Les Clark. This animated short focuses on fire safety in the home. The original release of this short included a live-action introduction from Walt Disney. It was re-released in August 1984 without the Walt Disney ...

3. Pulaski (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Pulaski (tool) A Pulaski combines the functions of an axe and an adze in one tool. The Pulaski is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, [1] which combines an axe and an adze in one head. Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass. The Pulaski was developed for constructing ...

4. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Firewall (construction) Firewall residential construction, separating the building into two separate residential units, and fire areas. Example of a firewall used to inhibit the spread of a fire at an electrical substation. A firewall is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through ...

5. U.S. house fire facts and statistics in 2024 - AOL

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   In 2022, one fatal house fire occurred every three hours and 14 minutes while one home fire injury occurred every 53 minutes. (NFPA) Home fires in 2022 resulted in 2,710 civilian deaths. (NFPA) In ...

6. Osborne Fire Finder - Wikipedia

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   A USFS Fire Lookout using an Osborne Firefinder while on duty at Vetter Mountain, California. The device is used by moving the sights until the observer can peek through the nearer sighting hole and view the cross hairs in the further sight aligned with the fire. The fire lookout notes the degrees on the graduated ring beneath the sight.

7. Structure fire - Wikipedia

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   Structure fire. A structure fire is a fire involving the structural components of various types of residential, commercial or industrial buildings, such as barn fires. Residential buildings range from single-family detached homes and townhouses to apartments and tower blocks, or various commercial buildings ranging from offices to shopping malls.

8. Ventilation (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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   Ventilation (firefighting) Ventilation is a part of structural firefighting tactics, and involves the expulsion of heat and smoke from a burning building, permitting the firefighters to more easily and safely find trapped individuals and attack the fire. If a large fire is not properly ventilated, it is much harder to fight, and can build up ...

9. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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   A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building —occasionally inside, but separate from the main areas of the building. It provides a method of escape in the event of a fire or other emergency that makes the stairwells inside a building inaccessible. Fire escapes are most often found on multiple ...