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    Homes with wood siding or cedar shakes can be treated with fire-retardant chemicals, though in California, such treatments must meet standards set by the [California State Fire Marshall] 9https ...

  3. Fire pump - Wikipedia

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    A jockey pump, also known as a pressure-maintenance pump, is a small pump connected to a fire suppression system near the fire pump and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system. These pumps recover pressures lost from gradual, slow pressure declines in a system due to temperature changes, trapped air escapement, or ...

  4. Waterous Company - Wikipedia

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    Waterous Company is an American manufacturer of fire pumps, hydrants and fire suppression equipment. Based in South St Paul , Minnesota . [ 1 ] Originally part of Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd , the fire equipment operation in Winnipeg was relocated to St Paul, Minnesota in 1886 [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  5. Fire hose - Wikipedia

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    Indoor fire hose with a fire extinguisher. A fire hose (or firehose) is a high-pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches either to a fire engine, fire hydrant, or a portable fire pump. [1] Indoors, it can permanently attach to a building's standpipe or plumbing system.

  6. Category:Firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Fire blanket; Fire brigade key; Fire bucket; Fire engine red; Fire extinguisher; Fire hose; Fire hose vacuum; Fire protection fluid; Fire proximity suit; Fire pump; Fire sprinkler; Fire sprinkler system; Fire suppression system; Firefighter's helmet; Fireman's pole; Fireman's switch; Foam path; Fog nozzle

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    Best Food Gifts for Christmas Kelly Fields’ Southern Brunch Box. Start Christmas morning on the right foot with a brunch courtesy of Kelly Fields, one of the South’s most acclaimed chefs.

  9. Firefighting apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The fire pump was reinvented in Europe during the 16th century, reportedly used in Augsburg in 1518 and Nuremberg in 1657. A book of 1655 inventions mentions a steam engine (called a fire engine) pump used to "raise a column of water 40 feet [12.2 m]", but there was no mention of whether it was portable.