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Fire safety

Fire prevention, protection and firefighting.

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hand tub

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A type of historical fire engine where a "tub" had to be filled by a bucket brigade and then pumped onto the fire by hand. An advancement from the hand tub was to a fire engine ...

sides A, B, C, and D

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Terms used by firefighters labeling the multiple sides of a building starting with side A or Alpha being the front of the structure and working its way around the outside of the ...

fire break

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Especially in hilly or mountainous areas, roads or paths cut through brush with a tractor, bulldozer or other construction equipment. The purpose of these is to have an area with ...

alarm

Fire safety; Fire fighting

(1) system for detecting and reporting unusual conditions, such as smoke, fire, flood, loss of air, HAZMAT release, etc.; (2) a specific assignment of multiple fire companies ...

whacker

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A person who talks a great deal about fire and being a very busy fire fighter but rarely has ever been to a working fire. The person will usually post about everything he or she ...

hazard

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A source of danger of personal injury or property damage; fire hazard refers to conditions that may result in fire or explosion, or may increase spread of an accidental fire, or ...

positive pressure

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Pressure at higher than atmospheric; used in SCBA facepieces and in pressurized stairwells to reduce entry of smoke or fumes through small openings. High volume, portable Positive ...