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firefighting
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thumb|upright=1.35|Firefighters douse a burning building in Massueville, Quebec|Massueville, Canada.
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- History
- Historic tactics and tools
- Ancient Rome
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Firefighter duties
- Firefighter skills
- Specialized skills
- Shift hours
- {{anchor|Fire warden}}Fire wardens
- Firefighter safety zone guidelines
- Hazards caused by fires
- During a fire
- During debris cleanup
- Reconnaissance and "reading" the fire
- Science of extinguishment
- Use of water
- Open air fire
- Closed volume fire
- Asphyxiating a fire
- Tactical ventilation or isolation of the fire
- Categorizing fires
- United States
- United Kingdom
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.35|Firefighters douse a burning building in Massueville, Quebec|Massueville, Canada.
Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. This involves structural firefighting and wildland firefighting. Specialized training includes aircraft firefighting, shipboard firefighting, aerial firefighting, maritime firefighting, and proximity firefighting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “firefighting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.