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(firefighting) A mechanically-extendable ladder mounted to a fire engine.
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(firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
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A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.
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A collapsible bucket suspended from a helicopter performing firefighting operations and used for lifting and dumping water or fire retardant chemicals.
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(military) A long pipe filled with explosive, which is pushed forwards along the ground and then detonated to clear a path through wire obstacles and minefields.
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(firefighting) A line of deliberately burned material created to stop the advance of a larger fire.
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A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
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(informal) Firefighters.
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The long line of people, in a primitive firefighting technique, who pass buckets of water hand-to-hand from the nearest water source to the site of a fire, in an attempt to douse it.
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(informal) A firefighter whose task is to haul a fire extinguisher.
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(firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.
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(historical, 19th century, firefighting) A large cart-mounted fire extinguisher using caustic chemical-extinguishing chemicals.
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A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
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(firefighting) A linear area which has been cleared of inflammable material in order to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
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The process of removing the dyes added to untaxed diesel fuel, to enable it to be sold illegally as regular fuel at a substantial markup.
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A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.
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Any public service that deals with emergencies; especially the police, fire, ambulance and lifeboat services.
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(firefighting) A building for housing a fire engine, a firehouse or fire station.
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extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
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(firefighting) An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.
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Alternative form of fire axe [A special type of axe used by firefighters, typically featuring a pick-shaped pointed poll (area of the head opposite the cutting edge) and in a vivid color to make it easily visible during an emergency.]
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Alternative spelling of firebreak [An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.]
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(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.
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(firefighting) A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
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(firefighting) a cabinet filled with firefighting equipment
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A leader of a fire station; an officer in charge of firemen and fighting fires
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(firefighting, US) An organization whose purpose is to extinguish fires.
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(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well.
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An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.
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(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.
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Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.
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An emergency exit for usage in case of a fire.
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A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.
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Alternative form of firefighter [A person who has been trained to put out fires.]
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Alternative form of firefighting [(firefighting) Extinguishing a fire.]
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(US, Canada) A fire station, typically one which operates a reception hall.
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(computing) A feed of all updates to a website.
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(US, firefighting) Fire station.
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(firefighting) A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.
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An examination of a location to determine the risk of fire breaking out and the equipment and procedures to be used in the event of fire.
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(US) A passageway or access road that allows a firefighting apparatus such as a fire engine to pass through.
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A pipe conveying water to extinguish a fire.
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(US) A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious fires.
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firefighters, people who have been trained to put out fires
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(historical) A flaming lance, more commonly used in sea battles; sometimes used as a distress signal.
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Alternative spelling of firepole. [A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.]
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(firefighting) Service in a fire department or other firefighting organization, whether as a chosen career, or as a result of volunteering or a form of prison labor.
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The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.
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Alternative spelling of firestop [(construction) A fire block.]
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(UK, historical) The fireman of a steam engine.
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(firefighting) A ladder truck, a vehicle used by firefighters to gain access to the upper stories of a building. Typically, a fire truck has a hydraulic system which operates a large, heavy-duty ladder mounted on top of the truck body, space for portable ladders to be stored and compartments for holding other tools that may be needed. Unlike a fire engine, trucks do not have pumps or carry water.
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Alternative form of firebote [(law, obsolete, UK) An allowance of fuel.]
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Alternative spelling of fire bucket [(firefighting) A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.]
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Alternative spelling of firestop [(construction) A fire block.]
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Alternative form of fire bay [(military) A trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.]
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Acting as a firebreak.
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Alternative spelling of fire bucket [(firefighting) A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.]
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A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
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(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
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A person who has been trained to put out fires.
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Synonym of fireman's carry
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(law) Synonym of fireman's rule
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(firefighting) Extinguishing a fire.
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Alternative spelling of fire fountain [(geology) A form of pyroclastic eruption containing magma suspended in gas]
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(firefighting) The site where a fire occurs or has recently occurred.
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(Internet, neologism) Access to the social media data sold to the third parties, or such data stream.
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(literally) The act of dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water.
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(US, firefighting) A fire station
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One who tends a ceremonial fire.
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A row of firefighters seeking to stop spread of a forest fire.
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(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
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(law) A common law rule according to which police officers, firefighters, and other professional rescuers cannot collect on damages that occur in the course of their duties even in cases of clear negligence by other parties.
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The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
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(Scotland) The chief of a fire brigade.
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(nonstandard, rare) A firefighter of any gender.
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Alternative form of fire safety [Practices intended to prevent fires and reduce the destruction they cause.]
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(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
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A person responsible for tending a fire.
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(informal) A building with limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
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(US) Alternative form of fire truck [(firefighting) A ladder truck, a vehicle used by firefighters to gain access to the upper stories of a building. Typically, a fire truck has a hydraulic system which operates a large, heavy-duty ladder mounted on top of the truck body, space for portable ladders to be stored and compartments for holding other tools that may be needed. Unlike a fire engine, trucks do not have pumps or carry water.]
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(manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.
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A system of wires or tubes designed to detect fire and trigger automatic fire-extinguishers in an aircraft engine compartment for example.
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(Australia, informal) A firefighter.
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(firefighting) The highest priority category of a multiple-alarm fire.
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(firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.
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A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain.
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(Britain, informal) A fire engine used by the army, the Bedford RLHZ Self-Propelled Pump.
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A tool, used mostly by firemen, to pry open buildings, manholes, wrecked cars, etc.
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A team of firefighters responsible for constructing firelines.
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A firefighting hose held and directed by a team of people.
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A bucket, often collapsible, which is suspended from a helicopter performing firefighting operations and is used for lifting and dumping water or fire retardant chemicals.
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A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
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A hose used to convey water for firefighting.
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A firefighter who carries and directs the hose.
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(slang, uncommon) Term of endearment for a firefighter.
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A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
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(US, military) A fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targetted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph.
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A device for moving coal, coke or anthracite into the firebox or furnace of a steam boiler, which was fitted to many large steam locomotives.
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A nozzle firmly mounted to a vehicle or structure and capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane while having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.
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(US, firefighting, of a fire) Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.
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A man responsible for controlling a nozzle, as when spraying concrete or in firefighting.
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A rigid extension to a fire hose that provides a gripping surface for fire fighting personnel. Typically a pipe with handles that attaches to the end of a fire hose and has a nozzle attached to it.
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(firefighting) A fire fighting hand tool consisting of ax or adz head on a wooden handle, used to dig a fireline.
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(law) Synonym of fireman's rule
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(slang, weaponry, video games) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
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(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
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(rare) A device used to sandblast; sandblaster.
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(firefighting) An explosion of flue gases accumulated inside a burning building.
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Alternative form of smokejumper [(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.]
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A person employed to locate and extinguish a wildfire.
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(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.
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Alternative form of Smokey Bear [A fictional bear dressed as a ranger who acts as a symbol of forest fire prevention, with the slogan "Only you can prevent forest fires."]
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(aviation, firefighting) A type of reinforced firefighting nozzle used to pierce the exterior skin of an aircraft and spray water or firefighting foam inside the aircraft to help extinguish a fire.
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(mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
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The water supply of a building for the use of firefighters.
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(US) A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
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(aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
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(US) A person who steers the rear wheels of a fire truck (a tiller truck) or controls its ladder
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(slang) an assault operation, performed in a confined tube-like space (mostly inside vehicles, like trains, airliners, buses, coaches etc.), usually for rescuing of hostages.
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A device that shoots a large amount of water at high pressure through a hose-like tube.
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(archaic) A machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
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A specialized firefighting apparatus designed for transporting water from a water source, such as a lake or hydrant, to a fire scene.
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To drop large quantities of water (onto a fire) from the air
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The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun
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(firefighting) A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
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A firefighter trained in fighting wildfires.
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