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The Bresnan nozzle is a distributing type nozzle that is inserted through an opening in the floor and into the space below, typically a basement or cellar. The nozzle directs a broken stream horizontally, either extinguishing or controlling the fire enough to allow a direct attack to be safely made.
Powerful Images Show Los Angeles Heroes On Front Lines Of California's Historic Wildfires A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood ...
While battling the fierce LA fires, a firefighter was captured on video, balancing the weight of a firehose in one hand while extending the other to a frightened dog named Max. With the canine’s ...
A fog nozzle. A fog nozzle is a firefighting hose spray nozzle that breaks its stream into small droplets.By doing so, its stream achieves a greater surface area, and thus a greater rate of heat absorption, which, when compared to that of a smoothbore nozzle, speeds its transformation into the steam that smothers the fire by displacing its oxygen.
Fire photography is the act of taking photographs of firefighting operations. People who practise this form of photography are called fire photographers . Since fire photography involves being close to dangerous situations, fire photographers must have special skills and knowledge about emergency incident scenes, operations, health, and safety ...
St. Johns County Fire-Rescue staff treat Spencer Pearson after witnesses said he attacked 17-year-old Madison Schemitz outside Mr. Chubby's Wings in Ponte Vedra Beach and then cut his own neck ...
Battalion Chief John J. Bresnan (left) answering a call in 1887. While leading men into a building fire in 1894, Bresnan became trapped and suffocated when a roof collapsed. It was stated: “no braver, abler or more conscientious man than John J. Bresnan ever drew a paycheck in the service of the City of New York.” [24]
Rather, it was his appearance on the TV show "Forged in Fire." The History Channel program pits ... 'Forged in Fire': Spokane firefighter wins $10,000 prize on History Channel show